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PASS Tournament SS
PASS Tournament Final Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Age of Exploration was: | a time period when Europeans were forced to explore by sea; they began by trying to find a route to Asia |
| The 5 major European powers during the Age of Exploration were: | France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, and Great Britain |
| France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, and Great Britain were able to expand and conquer because of: | technological advances |
| Mercantilism involves: | trade between countries, imports and exports, and raw materials and finished products |
| A limited government is: | a government that has limits on the power of the government and its leaders |
| An unlimited government is | a government that has almost no limits on the power of the government and its leaders |
| One of the most significant ideas of the Enlightenment was: | that all men have natural rights and freedoms that no one should be able to take away |
| The French Revolution occurred when | people became fed up with the greed of the monarchy and the injustice of the estate system |
| The Cold War was: | A 20+ year conflict between capitalist powers and communist powers |
| World War I was caused by: | Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism with Europe in the late 1800s -early 1900s |
| World War II was caused by: | The Treaty of Versailles, secret alliances, and Germany's acts of aggression |
| The global Great Depression occurred because of: | Bank mismanagement, high debt, destruction of WWI |
| Nationalism is: | Fierce loyalty to one's country |
| Censorship is: | To keep someone from saying, writing, or sharing something deemed inappropriate |
| Militarism is | Obsession with and increase of a nation's military |
| Alliances are | Mutually beneficial relationships between countries |
| Capitalism is | An economic system in which businesses are owned by private individuals and the goal is to make high profits |
| Which leader took over France after the French Revolution? | Napoleon |
| The Latin American Revolutions were influenced by which movement? | The Enlightenment |
| Imperialism occurred after the ____ as countries needed more raw materials and new markets | Industrial Revolution |
| Japan kept from being conquered by modernizing during the: | Meiji Restoration |
| South African tribe, the ZULU nation, fought the imperial powers during: | The Zulu Wars |
| Imperialism is | when a stronger country takes over a weaker nation to take advantage of their resources |
| The Holocaust was: | Hitler's plan to eliminate the Jews from Europe |
| Zionism is: | The movement to create a Jewish homeland |
| Why was the Yalta Conference significant? | The winners of WWII decided to allow the Soviet Union to take eastern Germany and eventually eastern Europe. |
| Harry Truman was: | President of the United State at the end of WWII and the Cold War |
| Joseph Stalin was: | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union |
| Adolf Hitler was: | the Dictator of Nazi Germany |
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