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Question 1

Sepoy rebellion

Answer 1

1857
Who: Indian troops in Britain east India trading co.
What: rebellion by Indian troops in BEITCA
where: India
Why: parliament/ British gov’t takeover India furthering imperial reach.

Question 2

Opium wars

Answer 2

Who: Chinese and British
What: integration of opium into Chinese society
Where: China, Hong Kong, Beijing
Why: lead to mass immigration which caused the boxer rebellion due to massive amounts of immigrants and missionaries

Question 3

Charles Darwin

Answer 3

When: 1859
Who: British naturalist 
What: wrote origins of species 
Where: Galápagos Islands 
Why: his ideas are still used today in science

Question 4

Social Darwinism

Answer 4

Who: Herbert spencer
What: applies darwin’s theories to people
Where: England
Why: contributes to justification of British racism

Question 5

Berlin conference

Answer 5

When: 1884
Who: Europe
What: split Africa between European nations
Where: Berlin
Why: shows European disregard for other cultures In pursuit of European imperialism. Demonstrates competitive nature of European countries.

Question 6

Emperor menelik II

Answer 6

When: 1899
Who: Ethiopian emperor 
What: defeated Italians 
Where: Ethiopia 
Why: the treaty of wechale was signed effectively menelik has granted Eritrea to Italy in exchange for recognition of Ethiopian sovereignty.

Question 7

Rudyard Kipling

Answer 7

Who: author
What: wrote “white man’s burden”
Where: England
Why: demonstrates English belief that they need to care for lesser beings.

Question 8

Emmeline Pankhurst

Answer 8

Who: British aristocrat
What: lead women’s suffragette movement
Where: England
Why: drastic actions shed light on the need for women’s vote

Question 9

Schlieffen plan

Answer 9

When: 1914
Who: Germans
What: strategic battle plan
Where: Germany 
Why: its failure caused the war to continue on for much longer.

Question 10

Gavrilo princip

Answer 10

Who: Serbian nationalist
What: assassinated archduke franz Ferdinand
Where: Bosnia
Why: started chain reaction that leads to WWI

Question 11

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 11

Who: leader of Russia
What: took Russia out of WWI
Where: Russia
Why: had no succession plan when he died which allowed Stalin to get control of Russia

Question 12

Lusitania

Answer 12

When: 1915
Who: Americans and Germans 
What: passenger boat
Where: Atlantic Ocean
Why: brought Americans to join WWI

Question 13

Treaty of Brest-litovsk

Answer 13

When: 1918
Who: Russia and the allies
What: loss of Ukraine and ports in Black Sea
Where: Ukraine
Russia gave up all their fertile land and their seaports and the war is ended in the east

Question 14

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 14

When: 1919
Who: Germany
What: creates Poland,creates League of Nations
Where: France
Why: the deal cripples Germany which allows for hitler to rise into power.

Question 15

Mein kampf

Answer 15

When: 1923
Who: adolf hitler 
What: his book about his struggle
Where: Germany 
Why: outlines Hitler's ideology and unifies their Germany with a common struggle

Question 16

Fascism

Answer 16

When: 1930
Who: Italy (Mussolini) and Germany (Hitler)
What: political ideology about subordination of the individual to the state
Where: Italy and Germany
Why: allowed hitler to further his control of Germany and ditto for Mussolini

Question 17

Joseph Stalin

Answer 17

Who: leader of Russia
What: industrialized Russia. Institutes 5 year plan.
Where: Russia
Why: industrialization of Russia helps them keep up in WWII

Question 18

Benito Mussolini

Answer 18

Who: prime minister of Italy
What: leader of nationalist fascist party
Where: Italy
Why: completely revolutionized Italy by getting rid of all other political parties and by establishing pact of steel led to secret military and economic cooperation

Question 19

Policy of appeasement

Answer 19

When: 1938
Who: Neville chamberlain
What: policy for Britain and France to not intervene with Germany
Where: Munich
Why: represents lack of real action allowing Hitler to continue on his conquest

Question 20

Anschluss with Austria

Answer 20

Who: Hitler
What: wanted territory in east
Where: Austria
Why: shit

Question 21

Kristallnacht

Answer 21

Who: Germans
What: the night of the broke glass
Where: Germany
Why: demonstrates the superiority that the Germans believed that they possessed over Jews

Question 22

Potato famine: who, what, when, where, why?

Answer 22

Irish, blight that wiped out potatoes 1 million deaths, in Ireland, it demonstrates England’s discrimination of the Irish in 1845

Question 23

Ribbentrop agreement

Answer 23

When: 1939
Who: Russians and Germans 
What: non-aggression pact
Where: Moscow, or Russia if you want 
Why: this is important because it cleared the way to invade Poland

Question 24

Maginot line

Answer 24

When: 1939
Who: French
What: bunkers/underground cities
Where: French borders
Why: they were ineffective, which showed how unprepared the allies were against the Germans and also showed the superiority of the blitzkrieg tactic

Question 25

Blitzkrieg

Answer 25

When: 1940
What: Lightning warfare
Where: England, France
Why: this is important because it Demonstrates the mass destruction that occurred in WWII

Question 26

Vichy France

Answer 26

Who: French
What: France surrenders
Where: France
Why: the French defeat created a French state allied with the axis powers a collaboration with Germany

Question 27

Winston Churchill

Answer 27

Who: British prime minister
Where: England
What:
Why: retaliated against accidental bombing of London, which brought about blitzkrieg

Question 28

Battle of Britain

Answer 28

When: summer to fall 1940
Who: German and British air forces clashing In Skies over the UK
What: Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases
Where: UK
Why: britain’s decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while also proving their air power alone could be used to win a major battle

Question 29

D-day

Answer 29

When: 1944
Who: British
What: air assault, the. Amphibious landing
Where: France Normandy
Why: it allowed the allies to liberate Paris

Question 30

Nuremberg laws

Answer 30

When: 1935
Who: Jews
What: repressive laws discriminating against Jewish people
Where: Germany
Why:the beginning of trials and persecution of the Jews