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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What country built the first factories in the Industrial Revolution? | England |
| Who invented the Steam Engine? | James Watt |
| A group of skilled English textile workers in the early 19th century who resisted the introduction of new, automated machinery. | Luddites |
| The process of making a town and rural farmland into a city. | Urbanization |
| An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. | Labor Union |
| Who was the Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher who founded a utopian socialism and the co-operative movement? | Robert Owen |
| A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. | Romanticism |
| Who was the English novelist who delivered a realistic picture of life during the Industrial Revolution with works like Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and David Copperfield? | Charles Dickens |
| Who wrote On the Origin of Species? | Charles Darwin |
| What is the term for the art movement from the mid-to-late 19th century that focused on capturing the fleeting effects of light and color in a scene, rather than precise detail? | Impressionism |
| 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 |
| What is the term for biased words and images that are meant to distort public opinion? | Propaganda |
| What is the term for Benito Mussolini’s political movement that stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals? | Fascism |
| What is the name of the political party led by Adolph Hitler? | Nazi Party |
| Who led Great Britain through World War II? | Winston Churchill |
| Who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II? | Charles de Gaulle |
| Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II? | Joseph Stalin |
| The term for hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people. | Antisemetism |
| What is the term for the Nazi’s systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half of whom were Jews? | The Holocaust |
| What country’s civil war is considered a precursor to World War II? | The Spanish Civil War |
| What country attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? | Japan |
| What is the term for the process of freeing a population from the cultural or social effects of colonization? | decolonization |
| What modern day country formed out of the Ottoman Empire? | Turkey |
| What European country colonized Vietnam before it declared its independence? | France |
| Who was the leader of North Vietnam after it declared independence? | Ho Chi Minh |
| Who led the Republic of China until his death in 1975? | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Who led the Communist Revolution in China and formed the People’s Republic of China? | Mao Zedong |
| Who led India’s independence movement? | Mohandas Ghandi |
| What country separated from India after its independence from the British Empire? | Pakistan |
| What is the name of the international organization founded in 1945 with the mandate to prevent future wars? | United Nations |
| Today, over 60 countries around the world celebrate an independence day from what imperial power? | The British Empire |
Created by:
Andrew C MMS