What are the 3 reasons Europeans risked their lives to explore new lands?

1. What are the 3 reasons Europeans risked their lives to explore new lands? 1

2. Gold- to gain wealth from other areas around the worldGlory- to become famousGod- to spread their religion to areas all over the world (primarily Christianity) 1

3. What did Prince Henry do for Navigation and exploration? 2

4. Prince Henry (Prince of Portugal) set up a navigation school and paid for many explorations along the west coast of Africa. 2

5. What European country colonized most of South America? 3

6. Spain 3

7. What 2 main European countries colonized Canada? 4

8. Great Britain and France 4

9. What European country colonized Australia? 5

10. Great Britain 5

11. What European country dominated colonization during the Age of Exploration? 6

12. Great Britain 6

13. What are the four causes of WWI? (Hint: think MAIN) 1

14. Militarism- glorification of the military; feeling the need to be protected from attacks by other European countriesAlliances- two alliances were formed (allied powers and central powers) to prevent any country from attacking anotherImperialism- European countries formed colonies all over the world creating competition for the best areas with the most profitable resourcesNationalism- extreme pride for your country; the need to prove that your country is better than all others 1

15. What caused the Russian Revolution? 2

16. Food shortages in Russia as well as years of oppression from Czars 2

17. Who was a communist revolutionary during the Russian Revolution and later became Russia’s first communist leader? 3

18. Vladimir Lenin 3

19. Why did Russia back out of WWI early? 4

20. They were fighting a civil war (the Russian Revolution). Fighting a civil war and a national war was too costly. So they backed out of the national war (WWI) to focus on the civil war. 4

21. What was the Treaty of Versailles? 5

22. The treaty the ended WWI 5

23. What did the Treaty of Versailles make Germany do? 6

24. Germany had to take full responsibility for causing the war, pay huge amounts of money to Great Britain and France, and reduce the size of its armed forces. 6

25. What was the economy like worldwide during the 1930s? 1

26. There was a worldwide depression. Germany’s economy was particularly hit hard during this time. 1

27. What allowed for Nazism to rise in Germany? 2

28. The downfall of the economy mixed with Hitler’s public speaking skills convinced many Germans to follow along with Hitler and the Nazi party. 2

29. What was the Holocaust? 3

30. The murder of millions of Jews and other groups of people by the hands of the Nazis during WWII. 3

31. Who were the two super powers after WWII? 4

32. The Soviet Union and the United States 4

33. What was the economy like worldwide during the 1930s? 5

34. There was a worldwide depression. Germany’s economy was particularly hit hard during this time. 5

35. What were the two super powers ‘fighting’ over? 6

36. They were fighting over government/economic systems. The United States was pushing for more countries to become democracies with an economy closer to market. The Soviet Union was pushing for more countries to become communist with economies closer to command. Each was fighting to be the most powerful country in the world. 6

37. What happened to Germany and Berlin after WWII? 1

38. Both Germany and Berlin were initially divided into four sections with each of the allied countries controlling a section (France, Great Britain, U.S.A., and the Soviet Union). France, Great Britain and the U.S.A. eventually combined their parts into one democratic section. The Soviet Union kept their part and set up a communist government creating two countries: East and West Germany. East Germany was controlled by the Soviets but contained Berlin. So, there was a section of Berlin that was free and controlled by France, Great Britain, and the U.S.A. This was the west side. People from East Germany tried to escape communism by going to the west side of Berlin. The Soviets then built a wall to prevent people from escaping. The wall came down in 1989. Germany was then reunited into one country. 1