World History Midterm Quiz

Nationalism hurt our multi-ethnic empire. We lost World War I after our archduke was shot.

This belief in individual freedom, rights, & limited government was born of the Enlightenment

Peter the Great dragged us into being modern, but then came the Great War, revolution, & Lenin

It's the political or economic domination by one country of other places--Europe did it up big

It's the economic system based on free enterprise & individual ownership--Adam Smith approved

After Capt. Cook found me, Britain sent convicts here. My brave young men fought at Gallipoli.

We declared independence from Britain in 1776, then helped the Allies win the Great War

Scientist who made food safer by his process to kill germs

Home of Martin Luther and Bismarck--doing great till the Kaiser lost World War One

Powerful Catholic nation wiped off the map by Russia, Prussia & Austria till after World War I

Both France & the U.S. wound up with one--it's government led by representatives of the people

We sunk Spain's Armada, beheaded our king after a civil war, & began the Industrial Revolution

After the U.S. made us open up to trade, we modernized big time. Goodbye samurai, hello tech!

Home of the potato and the Inca Empire, high in the Andes Mountains

This belief that wanted to erase the results of the French Revolution is cautious about change

This pride in your people's culture and heritage both united & divided Europe after Napoleon

Someone opposed to the church's official teaching--being one in the past could get you roasted

Belief that government should control the economy in the public interest

We went from absolute monarchy under Louis to revolution, Terror, Napoleon, & the Belle Epoque

Home of the Aztecs, conquered by Cortez, Spanish colony led to independence by Hidalgo

Home to Hindus, Muslims, & the Taj Mahal. After the Sepoys rebelled, we were a British colony.

I'm the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to cities like Florence & Venice, unified in 1800s

Being thrown out of the Catholic Church

Napoleon pulled a famous one--it means takeover of the government, often sudden & violent

The "Liberator" of South America from Spanish rule

Home of Confucius carved into spheres of influence by imperial powers after losing Opium War

Genius whose laws of physics inspired the Enlightenment's quest for natural law

This new transfer of food, animals, people, diseases, and ideas changed the world forever

A potato famine caused millions of my people to leave home, many for the U.S.

Lawyer who led the French Revolution and Reign of Terror

Monk whose 95 Theses began the Protestant Reformation

After ruling the entire Middle East, we fell behind Europe. Ceased to exist after World War I.