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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the term for a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force? | Imperialism |
| What is the only country in Southeast Asia that was not colonized by European countries? | Thailand |
| What is the name for the two wars fought in what is now South Africa between Britain and the descendants of Dutch settlers from 1880–1881 and 1899–1902? | The Boer Wars |
| What is the term for the identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations? | Nationalism |
| Whose murder in 1914 sparked the start of World War I? | Franz Ferdinand |
| What countries were allied with Germany in World War I? | Ottoman Empire & Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| What was the name of Woodrow Wilson’s international organization that was meant to ensure peace after World War I? | League of Nations |
| What country saw a revolution in 1917 that turned it into an authoritarian socialist nation called the Soviet Union? | Russia |
| On what day did World War I end? What do we call this day today? | November 11, 1918 (Veterans Day) |
| Name one piece of technology that made World War I so deadly. | Machine Gun, Poison Gas, Tank, Airplane |