Exam Review

Question 1

Gamal Abdul Nasser

Answer 1

Got his country’s independence and created the Suez Canal

Question 2

Deng Xiaoping

Answer 2

Kept Communism in China, but allowed for some market economy.

Question 3

Wilhelm II

Answer 3

German Leader during WWI

Question 4

Nicholas II

Answer 4

was incompetent as a leader and helped led to the Revolution.

Question 5

Pol Pot

Answer 5

Prime Minister in Cambodia killed artists, former Gov’t leaders, and basically anyone educated.

Question 6

Toussaint L’ Overture

Answer 6

Led a slave revolt in Haiti, and was a leader in the independence movement.

Question 7

Simon Bolivar

Answer 7

Fought against the French RUle in South America. He was a leader in the Columbian fight for independence.

Question 8

Henry VIII

Answer 8

Started the Protestant idea by separating from the Church.

Question 9

John Calvin

Answer 9

Part of the Protestant Reformation

Question 10

Martin Luther

Answer 10

Starting the Protestant Reformation

Question 11

Johannes Kepler

Answer 11

German astronomer

Question 12

Isaac Newton

Answer 12

Discovered the law of gravity

Question 13

Galileo

Answer 13

Discovered Craters and rocks on the moon

Question 14

William Henry

Answer 14

Known for discovering the circulation of blood

Question 15

John Locke

Answer 15

An enlightenment thinker that is attributed with “life, liberty, and property.”

Question 16

Montesquieu

Answer 16

Philosopher attributed with the separation of government powers.

Question 17

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 17

The natural equality of all men.

Question 18

Voltaire

Answer 18

Freedom of Religion and separation of church and state.

Question 19

William and Mary

Answer 19

Part of the Glorious Revolution in England

Question 20

Enlightenment

Answer 20

(this would lead to the American Revolution, the US Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence.)

Question 21

Industrial Revolution

Answer 21

women and children entered the workforce, women wanted suffrage, public education expanded

Question 22

Nationalism

Answer 22

National Pride, Economic Competition, and Democratic ideals led to the growth

Question 23

Congress of Vienna

Answer 23

Changed up the map of Europe

Question 24

the league of Nations

Answer 24

The US never joined it

Question 25

Cold War

Answer 25

Competition over political influence of Capitalism and Communism

Question 26

Taiwan

Answer 26

A small island off of China where the Chinese Nationalists escaped to after the Civil War in China.

Question 27

Containment

Answer 27

Not allowing any more territories to fall communist.

Question 28

Weak Leadership

Answer 28

led to the Founding of the French Republic, which led to the RIse of Napoleon.

Question 29

Songhai African

Answer 29

Empire leaders converted to Islam, and their cities were major trade routes to foreign nations.

Question 30

Kongo African

Answer 30

Empire leaders converted to Christianity because of Portuguese Missionaries.

Question 31

African countries

Answer 31

fought for independence after WWII based on the UN Charter.

Question 32

During the MacArthur Administration

Answer 32

after WWII the US helped rebuild the Capitalist half of Germany and helped rebuild Japan.

Question 33

Indian Nationalist Party and Boxer Rebellion

Answer 33

were responses to imperialism in Europe.

Question 34

The Hardest parts about India gaining their independence

Answer 34

was due to the ethnic and religious differences among those in India

Question 35

Prior to the independence of India

Answer 35

the small Island SE of India was known as Ceylon.

Question 36

Causes of WWII

Answer 36

were aggressive totalitarian nations, the weakness in the Treaty of Versailles, the spread of nationalism in Europe, and the huge international depression.

Question 37

Genocides

Answer 37

Holocaust (caused by a belief in a Master Race, totalitarianism, and antisemitism)

Question 38

Muslims and Croats

Answer 38

by Bosnian Serbs

Question 39

Armenians

Answer 39

by the Ottoman Empire

Question 40

Darfur

Answer 40

by Sudanese.