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Benchmark 3 Study Guide
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Suez Canal (what country it is in, who took over)
• Egypt• British
Roosevelt Corollary (definition)
• Stated the U.S. could act as an international police in the Americas
Monroe Doctrine (definition)
• Forbid further colonization by European powers in the Americas
Spanish-American war (event to start war, who won)
• Bombing of the USS Maine• U.S.
Imperialism (definition)
• Extension of rule or influence by one govt., nation, or society over another
Liberia & Ethiopia
• In Africa, these 2 countries were able to maintain their independence during the age of imperialism
Sphere of influence (definition)
• Area in a country in which a foreign nation holds special trading privileges
Berlin Conference
• When Africa was being split up by European powers, Africans not invited to the conference
Stanley & Livingstone
• Stanley sent to Africa to find Livingstone after he went missing
Boers
• Dutch farmers/settlers
Muhammad Ali
• Controlled Egypt before the British took over
Boer War (who was involved, who won)
• Boers/Africans (Zulus)/British• British won
Boxer Rebellion
• Attempt by the Chinese to get rid of foreign influence
Bolivar and San Martin
• Worked together to gain independence for South American nations (who were under Spanish rule)
Thailand (significance during imperialism)
• King Mongkut and his son established Thailand as a neutral area/buffer between France & Great Britain
Panama Canal (who started it and finished it)
• France• U.S.
Opium War (what was smuggled in)
• On the test, it will say something like, “What was smuggled in to China, thus starting wars?”– Opium
• It is not going to say what was smuggled in, starting the Opium War. That’s too easy!
Sinking of the USS Maine
• This is a repeat question (from the Spanish-American war)
Open Door Policy (issued by whom?)
• U.S.
Country that split from India
• Pakistan
Meiji (definition)
• Enlightened rule/ruler
Gandhi
• Led India’s independence movement
Japan (significance during imperialism)
• Able to remain free from colonial rule because they adopted Western style politics & way of life.
Battles near Verdun & the Somme River
• Showed just how ineffective trench warfare was
“spark that lit the fuse” for WWI
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Rasputin
• Allowed to make key political decisions in the Russian court, which many didn’t like
Country that GY invaded (thus bringing in Britain)
• Belgium
Wilson & Fourteen Points
• 14pts. Was Pres. Wilson’s idea
Germany declared war on what 2 countries first (Aug. 1 & 3)
• Russia, France
Heir to Austro-Hungarian throne
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Schlieffen Plan
• GY would race west, defeat France, and return to fight Russia in the east
Lenin
• Brought back to Russia to stir up trouble• Leader of Bolsheviks• Ended the Russian Rev.
MAIN
• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Triple Entente
• BR, FR, RU
Treaty of Versailles
• Know the terms, in general
1918 Armistice (2 countries)
• Germany & France
End result of March Rev.
• Czar abdicated and the royal family was killed
Central Powers
• GY, Au-Hu (I forgot the Ottoman Empire again on the test. )
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Stopped the war b/w RU & GY
Allies (1914/1915)
• BR, FR, RU, Italy
League of Nations
• From the Fourteen Points, would protect great & small states alike (prevent war)
Zimmerman Note/Telegram
• Would help Mexico regain land (from the U.S.) if they allied with Germany
Battle of the Marne
• Caused GY to fight a war on 2 fronts (left the Schlieffen plan in ruins)
(end of the war) Germany & Paris
• Allies launched a counterattack when GY was 40 miles from Paris
Big Four countries
• BR, FR, US, Italy
Lusitania
• British ship, sunk by a u-boat, killed 128 Americans
Battle of Tannenberg
• During this battle, it took 4 days for the Germany army to crush the Russian army