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Question 1

Social Darwinism

Answer 1

The belief in survival of the fittest in in the modern social and economic struggle

Question 2

Opium wars

Answer 2

War between Japan and china over opium to trade with Britain.

Question 3

Tokugawa Japan

Answer 3

Empire that retained power and caused the great peace (1600-1850) and established local feudalism

Question 4

Meiji restoration

Answer 4

Japan’s ruler created a restoration that destroyed the foundation imperialism in Japan

Question 5

Cash crop agriculture

Answer 5

Settlements growing crops for the purpose of being sold

Question 6

Lenin

Answer 6

Russian communist, politician, and political theorist. Served is Russian republic 1917-18

Question 7

Stalin

Answer 7

Leader of the Soviet Union 1920-1953 played a huge role as part of the allies in ww2

Question 8

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 8

A 13-day missile scare between us and Russia regarding us missile in Italy and Russian missiles in Cuba. Closest the Cold War ever came to escalating into a nuclear war

Question 9

NATO

Answer 9

North Atlantic treaty organization. Military alliance between most of Europe and NA

Question 10

Marshall plan

Answer 10

A $12 billion American initiative to aid Western Europe in its recovery from ww2

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

1933-45. A genocide led by nazi Germany where 6 million European Jews, gypsies and other minorities were killed

Question 12

Fascist

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A follower of the political system of autocratic fascism

Question 13

Mussolini

Answer 13

Italian politician and leader of the national fascist party during ww2. 1933-43

Question 14

Hitler

Answer 14

German politican and leader and chancellor of the nazi party ww2

Question 15

WW1

Answer 15

First global war, 1914-18 one of the largest in history leaving 16 million dead

Question 16

Edward blyden

Answer 16

African migrant to US, joined free black immigrants and wrote influential writings about pan-africanism (the bonds between African people)

Question 17

Ottoman Empire

Answer 17

An empire founded in turkey between 1300-1924. The empire was powerful, spread across the Middle East, and ended the Byzantine empire

Question 18

Karl Marx

Answer 18

1818-1883. A German philosopher and revolutionary socialist. His work, the communist manifesto, established the idea of communism

Question 19

Proletariat

Answer 19

The class of workers regarded collectively, often the lowest class. Regarded with communism

Question 20

Spanish American revolution

Answer 20

The numerous wars that took place against France after napoleonic invasion of Spanish politics, influencing colonies

Question 21

Abolitionists movement

Answer 21

The movement in Europe and americas to end the African and Indian slave trade

Question 22

WW2

Answer 22

A global war between 1939-45. ITS was the most widespread war in history involving the allies and the axis as opposing sides

Question 22

Nazi

Answer 22

A member of the national socialist German workers party, associated with nazi Germany during ww2

Question 22

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 22

Most important peace treaty between Germany and the allied powers that ended ww1

Question 22

French Revolution

Answer 22

1789-99. A period of political turmoil and unrest in France that overthrew the monarchy and established a republic

Question 22

American revolution

Answer 22

1765-83. A period of political upheaval in the colonies of America that established a republic and cut ties with Britain