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| New Imperialism (1880-1914) involved the taking of land in what continents? | Asia and Africa |
| What were the reasons for New Imperialism? | 2nd Industrial Revolution needed a)more markets b) resources c) to acquire world power d) "white man's burden" |
| What was the result of the Treaty of Nanking (1842)? | British took Hong Kong after the Opium Wars |
| What was the result of imperialism in China? | Boxer Rebellion (1900) and Mao's communist revolution (1949) |
| The British took South Africa from what group? | Dutch Boer farmers and the natives |
| Who colonized the Congo? | Leopold II of Beligium |
| What meeting's purpose was to settle the colonization of the interior of Africa by avoiding war? | The Berlin Conference (1884-1885) |
| What was the result of British imperialism in India? | The Great Rebellion (1857-58) |
| What is the date for WWI? | 1914-1918 |
| What are the causes of WWI? | imperialism, struggle for world power, alliance system, militarism, nationalism, and assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Why is WWI the defining event of the 2oth century? | Ended illusion of progress due to reason and science and replaced it with disallusionment of totalitarianism |
| Name the Triple Entente (Allies) | GB, FR, Russia |
| Name the Triple Alliance (Central Powers) | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy (Turkey and Bulgaria) Italy switched sides. |
| What was the Germany military plan to implement if they went to war against Russia? | von Schlieffen Plan |
| Great Britain promised to free the Middle East under what decree? | Balfour Declaration (1917) |
| What was clause 231 in the Versailles Treaty? | German guilt clause |
| In what year did the United States enter WWI and why? | 1917 due to unrestricted submarine warfare |
| What happened to the German government following WWI? | Kaiser abdicated and the Weimar Republic was established |
| What battle prevented the taking of Paris? | 1st Battle of the Marne |
| What peace keeping organization was created at Versailles? | League of Nations |
| What was the immediate cause of WWI in 1914? | assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| As a result of European imperialism in China, what change occurred in China in 1949? | Communist Revolutio lead by Mao |
| What Englishman helped colonize Africa for British nationalism and his own personal wealth? | Cecil Rhodes |
| In 1915 what British ocean liner was sank by U-boats? | the Lusitania |
| What treaty resulted from the surrender of Russia to Germany in 1917? | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| What pledge did the Germans make to stop unrestricted submarine warfare? | Sussex Pledge '16 |
| What type of warfare most characterized WWI? | trench warfare |
