H. G. Wells: “History is a race between education and catastrophe”.

viernes, 30 de enero de 2015

4º CC.SS. - TEMA 5 - Vocabulary

Link words and definitions:
Colonialism, Protectorates, Dominions, Mandates, Entente Cordiale, Treaty of Saint-Germain, Trench, White Man’s Burden, Companies, Berlin Conference, Schlieffen Plan, Opium War.

  • Alliance formed between Britain and France in 1904.
  • Territories that were granted significant freedom to rule themselves.
  • A defensive military fortification dug to protect soldiers.
  • A permanent world assembly which settled disputes between countries.
  • Conflict between Great Britain and China over their conflicting viewpoints on trade.
  • Battle plan drawn up by German military tacticians, with the objective of securing victory in the event of a war with both France and Russia.
  • Areas directly ruled by a governor on behalf of the British government and represented the Crown.
  • Private organisations that controlled colonial trade.
  • Meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonisation.
  • German and Turkish territories and colonies that were passed to Britain and France after the Great War.
  • A practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people by another.
  • Territories where the local rulers could continue ruling domestically, but ceding British foreign affairs.
  • Treaty signed by allies and Austria after the Great War.
  • Poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling who defended colonialism.