THE BELIEF THAT ONE RACE IS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.

THE IDEAS ABOUT EVOLUTION AND “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST” APPLIED TO HUMAN SOCIETY.

TO PREVENT CONFLICT, 14 EUROPEAN NATIONS HELD THIS MEETING FROM 1884-1885 IN ORDER TO LAY DOWN RULES FOR THE DIVISION OF AFRICA.

A ZULU CHIEF WHO USED HIGHLY DISCIPLINED WARRIORS AND GOOD MILITARY ORGANIZATION TO CREATE A LARGE CENTRALIZED STATE.

DUTCH SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS AFRIKANERS).

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE BOERS.  THE FIRST MODERN “TOTAL” WAR.

A FOREIGN POLICY WHERE EUROPEAN POWERS GOVERNED PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDED FOR THEIR NEEDS BUT NOT GIVING THEM RIGHTS.

A POLICY BASED ON THE IDEA THAT IN TIME, THE LOCAL POPULATIONS WOULD ADOPT FRENCH CULTURE AND BECOME LIKE THE FRENCH.

THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA IN 1889 WHO SUCCESSFULLY PLAYED ITALIANS, FRENCH AND THE BRITISH AGAINST EACH OTHER TO KEEP ETHEOPIA FROM FALLING UNDER THEIR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.

AN INTEREST IN TAKING OF LAND FOR ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION OR PRODUCTS.

A WAR THAT BROKE OUT IN 1853 WHERE BRITAIN AND FRANCE SIDED WITH THE OTTOMANS AGAINST THE RUSSIANS IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM FROM GAINING ADDITIONAL OTTOMAN LANDS.

A HUMAN-MADE WATERWAY THAT CUT THROUGH THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ AND CONNECTED THE RED SEA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.

INDIAN SOLDIERS.

THE MOST VALUABLE OF ALL BRITISH COLONIES—INDIA.

A REBELLION THAT BEGAN ON 5/10/1857 WHEN SEPOYS MARCHED TO NEW DELHI AND CAPTURED THE CITY.  THE REBELLION SPREAD THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIA.

BRITISH RULE OVER INDIA FROM 1757 TO 1947.

THE COUNTRIES THAT BOARDER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

MODERNIZED SIAM.

LEADER OF THE FILIPINO NATIONALISTS, CLAIMED THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD PROMISED IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENCE AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ENDED.

1839 open clash between the British and the Chinese. The battles took place mostly at sea.

Under these rights, foreigners were not subject to Chinese law at Guangzhou and four other Chinese ports.

occurred in the late 1830s, a movement with the goal of having all Chinese people share in the vast wealth of the country and no one would live in poverty.

an area in which a foreign nation controlled trade and investment in China.

A US policy that proposed that China’s “doors” be opened to merchants of all nations

A movement that broke out in China in 1900, led by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in order to demonstrate their discontent with Western influence in their country.

An 1854 treaty where Japan agreed to open  2 ports for trade with the US.

The period of time that Mutsuhito reigned which means, “enlightened rule”. This period was marked with concentrated efforts to modernize Japan.

A 1904 war between Japan and Russia that changed the world’s balance of power.

When one country brings another country under their control.

A word that means a military dictator

A document that declares any attempt by Europeans to colonize in the Americas would be perceived as a direct threat to the United States of America.

A writer who was exiled from Cuba who returned to launch a second war for independence for the Cuban people.

A war that lasted 4 months and made the United States a World power.

Opened in 1914, this canal linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by creating a canal through Panama.

Extention of the Monroe Doctrine that gave the US the right to be an international police power in the Western Hemisphere

Played a leading role in Mexico’s fight for independence

a liberal reformer who strongly influenced the politics of Mexico.

Juarez’s liberal reform movement

a caudillo who came to power in Mexico in 1876

A reformer who attempted to run for election against Diaz. He was jailed and exiled. He called for a revolution against Diaz.

A revolutionary leader in Northern Mexico who used “Robin Hood” like policies that made him very popular.

Another powerful revolutionary leader from southern Mexico. His battle cry was “Tierra y Libertad” (Land and freedom)

A POLICY OF GLORIFYING MILITARY POWER AND KEEPING AN ARMY PREPARED FOR WAR.

THE SEIZURE OF A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY BY A STRONGER COUNTRY.

SOLDIERS FOUGHT EACH OTHER FROM TRENCHES. ARMIES TRADED HUGE LOSSES OF HUMAN LIFE FOR PITIFULLY SMALL LAND GAINS.

A PROCESS WHERE COUNTRIES DEVOTE ALL THEIR RESOURCES TO THE WAR EFFORT.

ALLIANCE BETWEEN GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, AND ITALY.

ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND LATER JOINED BY BULGARIA AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. NAMED CENTRAL DUE TO LOCATION.

GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA, JAPAN, AND ITALY.

RULER OF GERMANY WHO FORCED BISMARK TO RESIGN.

PRUSSIAN’S BLOOD-AND-IRON CHANCELLOR WHO FREELY USED WAR TO UNIFY GERMANY.

US PRESIDENT DURING WWI AND ONE OF THE BIG FOUR.

LEADER OF FRANCE DURING WWI AND MEMBER OF THE BIG FOUR.

TERRITORY THAT FRANCE LOST TO GERMANY IN THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR 1870.

REGION IN THE SOUTHEAST EUROPE THAT SUFFERED FROM THE INTENSE NATIONALISM OF SERBS, BULGARIANS, ROMANIANS, AND OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS. LED TO DEMANDS FOR INDEPENDENCE.

THE DEADLOCK REGION IN NORTHERN FRANCE.

AREA THAT CONSISTED OF A STRETCH OF BATTLEFIELDS ALONG THE GERMAN AND RUSSIAN BORDER. RUSSIANS AND SERBS BATTLED GERMANS AND AUSTRIA-Hungarians

GERMANY’S PLANS TO DEAL WITH A TWO-FRONT WAR. TAKE OUT FRANCE FIRST AND THEN DIRECT ALL FORCE AT RUSSIA.

A CAMPAIGN INTENDED TO SECURE THE DARDANELLES FOR THE ALLIES IN THE HOPES OF CAPTURING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAPITAL OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

GERMANY’S POLICY OF SINKING SHIPS WITHOUT WARNING

A SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE COULD ONLY BUY SMALL AMOUNTS OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE ALSO NEEDED FOR THE WAR EFFORT.

BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP THAT WAS SUNK BY THE GERMANS. 1198 PEOPLE DIED INCLUDING 128 AMERICANS.

ONE-SIDED INFORMATION DESIGNED TO PERSUADE. Used to keep up moral and support for the war.

AN AGREEMENT TO STOP FIGHTING.

WOODROW WILSON’S SERIES OF PEACE PROPOSALS THAT OUTLINED A PLAN FOR ACHIEVING A JUST AND LASTING PEACE.

CONSISTED OF THE LEADERS OF FOUR OF THE COUNTRIES THAT WON WWI. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES.

ALLOWING CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY TO DECIDE WHAT FORM OF GOVERNMENT THEY WISH TO LIVE.UNDER

THE PEACE TREATY SIGNED JUNE 28, 1919 THAT OFFICIALLY ENDED WORLD WAR I.

AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION WHOSE GOAL WOULD BE TO KEEP PEACE AMONG NATIONS.

US PRESIDENT DURING WWI AND ONE OF THE BIG FOUR.

LEADER OF FRANCE DURING WWI AND MEMBER OF THE BIG FOUR.

PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN DURING WWI AND ONE OF THE BIG FOUR.

LEADER OF ITALY DURING WWI AND ONE OF BIG FOUR.