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1
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Major religion of the Ottoman Empire

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Islam/muslim

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2
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Devshirme System

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Solotan Army drafted christian boys for their army

Educated them and converted the to Islam

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3
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Janissaries

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elite force of 30,000 soldiers loyal only to the Sultan

many were converted christian boys

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4
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who was Suleiman the Magnifecent and what did he do for the Ottomans?

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Expanded their empire

efficient/culturul achievements

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5
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Ottoman empire trade activity

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huge traders

controlled Silk Road

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6
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What religion was ottoman army?

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Muslim

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7
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What ottoman empire religious tolerant?

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Yes, millet system gave othr religions power over their people

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How did Ottoman Empire expand?

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WIth their strong army, wealth, efficient gov. and loyalty

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Mughal Empire religions

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Hindu and Islam

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WHo was Akbar the Great and what did he do

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Akbar ws religiously tolerant

Expanded Empire, stengthened trade

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11
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Was Mughal Empire religiously tolerant?

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Aurangzeb wasnt(strict Islam) but Akbar the great was

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12
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What was the Tokugawa Shogunate?

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Power holders in apan until 1867

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13
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How did Tokugawa control the nobles?

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Alternate Attendance Policy

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14
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Japan Excluion Edicts

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Closed all trade with foreigners except the Dutch and Chinese

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15
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WHat was Edo?

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Capital City of Tokugawa Shogunate

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16
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Alternate Attendance Policy

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Nobles/Daimyo had to live in capital city every other year, their family lived there all the time

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17
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Absolute Monarch

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King/Queen with absolute control/power

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18
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What did Peter the Great and Louis XIV have in common

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Both wanted total control over nobles\both wanted to be educated

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19
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What was Louis XIV known as

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Sun King

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20
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How was Louis XIV absolute

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required all nobles to live at the Palace of Versailles

Made all decisions

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21
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Peter the Great Westernization

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Made russia look/feel more European

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22
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Peter the Great new laws

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Men cut beards, shorter coats, modern dress

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23
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How was Peter the Great absolute

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Power/control

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24
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Palace of Versailles

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Large Palace built to show Frances power

How of King, Nobles, and Government

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25
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Trade routes

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Conncected all continents for spices, natural resources, raw materials
Colombian Exchange/Triangular Trade
Great Britain, Dutch, French, Spanish trade

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26
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Two contries that remained isolated from trade were

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China and Japan

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27
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Scientific Revolution

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A period of drastic change in scientific thought in the 1500s-1600s

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28
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What is the scientific method

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Observation, measurement, experiment, data collection, and hypothesis to explain phenomenon

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29
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WHo came up with the scientific method

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Sir Francis Bacon

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30
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issac Newton

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Unversal Law of Gravity

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31
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Renee Descartes

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Deductive Reasoning

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32
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How did the church feel about scientific method

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Challenged their authority and power

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33
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What was the enlightenment

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Intellectual and philosophical movement in Europe ding 16-1700s

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34
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who was Thomas Hobbes/what did he believe in/what did he write

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The Leviathan
Absolute Monarch/ best type of government
people are born wicked and evil

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35
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What did the enlightenment inspire?

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French and American revolution

Peole with overthrow their government

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36
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Who was John Locke? What did he write? SWHat did he believe?

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Two Treatises of Gov.
Natural Rights are life, liberty, and property
People are born with a blank slate
Democracy is best type of Gov.

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37
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Montesquiu believed in

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Separation of Powers

3 branches f Gov.

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38
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Voltaire believed

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Freedom of speech

Religious Toleratio

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39
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Rousseau believed

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Social Contrat theory

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40
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Mary Wolstoncraft

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Womens rights and equality

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41
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Enlightened Despot

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Monarch that used enlightenment ideas while ruling

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42
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what did Catherine the Great do to be considered enlightened

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Considered a law code where everyone was equal before the law
From russia

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43
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what did Fredrick the Great do to be considered enlightened

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Supported arts and philosophies
Freedom of press and literature
Semi-religiously tolerant
From Prussia

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44
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What did Joseph II do to be considered enlightened?

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Equal law code, no death penalty, ended all censorship, religious toleration
From Austria

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45
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Who was the most enlightened despot

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Joseph II

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45
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Who was the most enlightened despot

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Joseph II

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46
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Galileo accomplishments

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Invented teelescope
Proved heliocentric theory
challened the church hich led to him being on house arrest

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47
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Who came up with the geocentric theory?

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Ancient Astonomer Ptolemy

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48
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Who came up with the heliocetric theory?

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Nicolas Copernicus

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49
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Natural rights

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Life, liberty, and property (John Locke)

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50
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First Estate Rights

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Clergy, no taxes paid, kept all records, collected taxes

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51
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Second estate rights

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Nobles
no taxes paid
collected taxes
could hunt on any land in France

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52
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Who was in the third estate

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everyone else/ Bourgeoise

Pad ALL taxes, no hunting rights, no rights

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53
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Complaints of third estate

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Equal taxes, all estates should pay

Social equality, king is abusing power

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54
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How are third estates wnats supported by enlightenment

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idea of equality and limited government

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55
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How were Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette treating their poeple before the revolution

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ABusing their power, spending the tax money on palace and parties, supported the 1sr and 2nd estate, arbitrary arrests and jail for anyone

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56
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Declaration of Right of Man

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A list of rights written by the third estate declaring equality beofre the law, natural rights = taxes and limited power of government (review this doc)

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57
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National Assembly

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After the tennis court oath, the 3rd estate spearated and decared themselves the National Assembly that wrote a new constitution for Franc with limited monarchy

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58
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What happened to Louis XIV

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Tred after trying to escape France

Killed by the guillotine

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59
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Maximellen Robespierre

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Leader of Reign of Terror
Killed people against the revolution
censorship and fear

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60
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How was Robespierre killed?

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Guillotine

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61
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Committee of Public Safety

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Hunted down and killed those against the Revolution

Fear and censorship

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62
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Guillotine

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Cut your head off

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63
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How did Napoleon use a coup

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Overthrw the directry of 5 men

Then he overthrew the 2 men he came in power with

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64
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Actions emperor Napoleon took while in power

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expanded French empire all over Europe
Jobs based on merit, not birth
Napoleonic Code

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65
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WHat is the Napoleonic Code

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Equal law for everyone in the french Empire
Even conquered people
Women still not equal

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66
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Napoleonic Wars Mistake #1

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Cut off all tade with Britian
Forced everyone not to trade with Britain
People werent happy

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67
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Napoleonic Wars mistake #2

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Russia used scorched earth policy and got his forces stuck in Russia in the middle of winter
Napoleon did not retreat and thousands of his forces died

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68
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Where was Napoleon exiled

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Elba first
he escaped and tried to regain power but lost the battle at waterloo
Exiled and died on St. Helena Island

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69
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What were the 2 historical circumstances that led to Congess of Vienna

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Restore Europe back to original brders and monarchs from before Napolen
Restore balance of power

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70
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Waht did COngress of Vienna do and try to restore

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Restore legitimate monarchs back to power

order and stability to Europe restored

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71
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Nationalism

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Pride in ones country

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72
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What was Haiti a colony of

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France

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73
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Who was Toussaint L´Overture

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Slave who led rebellion against whites

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74
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WHy were people upset and started the Haiatian Revolution

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Inequality/slavery

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75
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Outcome of Hatian Revolution

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Renamed Haiti
First successfuul slave revolt
Freed from France

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76
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(Latin American Revolution) Simon Bolivar

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George Washington of South America
¨The Liberator¨
Led independence of South America from Spain

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77
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Jose San MArtion (Latin American Revolution)

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Helped Bolivar free south America

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78
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Father Miguel Hidalgo (Latin American Revolution)

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Helped lead movement of Mexico from Spanish Control

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79
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Mazzini (Unification of Itlay)

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Came up with the idea to unify Italy

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80
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Cavour Unification of Itlay)

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Prie Minister of Piedmant Sardinia that led the ¨brains¨ of the whole unification operation

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81
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Garibaldi (Unification of Itlay)

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Leader of Red Shirt Army that fought to Unify Italy

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82
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Otto Von Bismarck (Unifcation of Germany)

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Prime Minister of Germany
led unification
first social welfare programs in germany

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83
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Otto Von Bismarck famous quote

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¨Blood and Iron¨

this unified germany using nationalism and WAR

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84
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Agriculuture before mechanization

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Slow, non-effiecient

throw seeds on land and the would blow away

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85
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Agricultural Rev.

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New Technology to grow more food faster

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86
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Enclosure Movement

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Build fences on common land and ¨enclosed farms¨ for people to rent and work on. Peasants lost their jobs and moved to the cities

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87
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Jethro Tull Seed Drill

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Planrted seeds into the ground
More food grown
less seed waste

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88
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What happened dring the Irish potato famine

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Potato crop diseased and unable to be eaten

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89
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WHat were two effects of the Irish Potato Famine

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Many died

Many Irish moved to America

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90
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WHat happens to the farmers after mechaniation?

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Lass need so many moved to the cities looking for jobs

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91
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Urbanization

Facotry Life

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Horrible, long hours, low pay, deaths, no benefits, women and children worked, child labor, unsafe

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92
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City life

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crowded, gross, smelled, disease riden, crime, tenements

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93
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The geographic context for the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

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GB had tons of natural resources like coal and iron

Also had people, money and entreprenuers to start businesses

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94
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Who started capitalism

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Adam Smith

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95
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What did Adam SMith write

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The Wealth of Nations

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96
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Capitalism Ideology Laissez-Faire

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Government is hands off the economy
SHould not interfere with regulations
Supply and demand runs the economy and it should fix itself
Pro business

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97
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Communism person and what did he write

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Karl Marx
Wrote the communist Manifesto
Saw horrors of the industrial revolution

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98
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Communim Ideology

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The workers will violently overthrow the owners and take over society
Becuas of that, everything should be publicly owned

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99
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Labor Movement (unions)

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Organization of workers

wanted higher pay

100
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Suffrage Movement

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Women want rights to vote and equality

They get the right to vvote after WWI

101
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Imperialism

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one country takes over another

102
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How did nationalism cause imperialism

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Pride in your country lelads one to expand their power onto others

103
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How did scial darwinism cause european imperialism

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europeans believed that they are superior beings that need to take over and teach people how to be and act more like them
¨White Mans Brden¨

104
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How did Industrial Revolution cause European Imperialism

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The needed raw materials to fuelindustrial rev.

105
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How did vaccines cause European Imperialism?

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they could go into places ithout fear of disease (Africa)

106
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How did machine guns cause European Imperialism?

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kil opposition

107
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How did steamships cause European Imperialism?

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Navigate difficult waters (Africa)

108
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Spheres of Influence (China)

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economic influence or control only over a region

109
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Opium Wars

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Britain snuck opium into China b/c they would not trade wth them

110
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Boxer Rebellion

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Chinese rebelled against all the foreigners in their countr (They lost)

111
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Scramble for Africa

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Interest in Afric due to raw materials and diamonds found there

112
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Berlin Conference

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Europeans split up Africa liake a peice of pie lmfao

113
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WHite mans Burdan

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Need to civilzr the people of Africa

114
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Causes of imperialism in India

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Raw Materials
Cheap Labor
Grow Opium

115
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Sepoy Rebellion

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Indian soldiers rebel against british due to beef/pork fat rumr
Indans lost and many died

116
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Causes of WWI: MANIA

A

M:MILITARISM(Militar weapons solders ckonscription increases)
A:ALLIANCES(triple alliace, triple entente)
N:NATIONALISM(Balkan regions)
I:IMPERIALISM
A:ASSASINATION (arch duke Ferdinand of Austria Hungary)

117
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Trench Warfare

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Dug hols in ground

Dirty, gross

118
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Machine Guns

A

Increased number of people kiled

119
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Mustard Gas

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Gas maks created
Painful death
Colorless, odorless gas

120
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Treaty of Versailles Punishment

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Reparations
War Guilt Clause
Loss of Colonies

121
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League of Nations

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international peacekeeping organization
weak
appeasement

122
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What led to the historical circumstances that led to the Treaty of Versailles

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Britain/France hated Germany so much and wnted to punish them harshly

123
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Peace (Russian Rev.)

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Leave WWI early due to heavy russian losses

124
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Land (Russian Rev.)

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Give land to the peasants

125
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Bread(Russian Rev.)

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Grow food and equally distribute to everyone

126
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What did Lenin promise Russia

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Peace, land, bread

127
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Russina Civil War Red Army

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Supported Lenin and Communism

128
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White Army

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Against Lenin

129
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What did Lenin rename Russia?

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

130
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Lenins Economic Policy

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Combined Communism and Capitalism

Successful- Almost rebuilt before Great Depression hit

131
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What was the Meiji Restoration

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Modernization, Industrializatin, Westernization of Japan under Emperor Meiji

132
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How did Meiji Restoration help Japa become an imperial power

A

They gained power, strength, and respect

Better military, weapons and navy to take over areas

133
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How did Great Depression lead to the rise of fascism in Europe

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Leaders offered hope and solutions for the tough times people were living

134
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Fascism

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Far right, authoritarian gov. with tolitarian style gov.

135
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What did Benito Mussolini use

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Fascism, 1st fscist leader

136
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WHo brought Benito Mussolini into power

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¨Black Shirt¨ supporters brought him legally

Italian

137
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Propoganda

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Biased or misleading info used to influence people (used by Stalin)

138
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Gulag (Stalin)

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Labor camps established for political opponents of Stalin

139
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What did Stalins Five Year Plan focus on

140
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Collectivization farms

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took private farms away and made them all government farms

food handed over to the government

141
Q

Difference between stalin and hilter

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Stalin=Communism

Hilter=no communism

142
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Does Hilter use propoganda?

143
Q

Treatment of Jews under Nazis

A

Horrible, unequal

Nuremberg Laws

144
Q

How Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles

A

Went into Rhineland ith miltary
Annexed Austria
Took over Sudentenland and Czech

145
Q

Appeasement

A

Gving into onses demands to avoid conflict

146
Q

How did League of Nations use appesement

A

Gave into Hilter

Gave into Japan invading China

147
Q

Munich Confrence (1938)

A

Gave into Hitlers demands to take over Czech

thought he would stop, used appesement to avoid WAR

148
Q 
European Front (WWII)
Blitzkrieg
A

Quick/fast lightening war used by Germans

149
Q

Why did the US join WWII

A

To fight Hitler and b/c Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

150
Q 
Pacific Front (WWII)
Island Hopping
A

US forces hopped island to island fighting Japanese forces

151
Q

How did the war end

A

Atomic Bomb

152
Q

United Nations

A

Happened after WWII
second attempt at a peace keeping organization
still here today

153
Q

Atomc bombs used

A

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Pres. Truman decided to use them

154
Q

Armenian Genocide

A

Turkey eliminated Christain minority group (Armenians) during WWI

155
Q

Hollodomor (forced famin in Ukraine)

A

Stalin refused to give food to the Ukrainian Kulaks during the 1930s b/c they opposed his policies
Millions died

156
Q

Nuremburg Laws

A

Discriminatory laws passed in 1935 against the Jewish people

157
Q

Ghettos

A

Overcrowded areas in the city that Jews were placed in

158
Q

Nuremburg Trials

A

Post WWII triasl held after war for German Nazi officials
crimes against humanity
war crimes

159
Q

NATO

A

countries dedicated to democracy, and stropping the spread of communism
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

160
Q

Warsaw Pact

A

Made in response to NATO

support of communism and spreading it

161
Q

Yalta and Postdam Confrences (1945)

A

FDR, stalin and churchill discuss what should happenn to germant after WWII

162
Q

Berlin Blockade and Airlift(1948)

A

Stalin cuts off supply between east and west berlin

US, Fance, and GB airlift supplies into west berlin for over a year

163
Q

Berlin Wall cnstructed (1961)

A

Nikita Khrushchev orders wall to be built to keep east erliners from escaping or moving to west berlin

164
Q

Detente (1969-1979)

A

Under President Nixon, US and USSR have a lessoning of Cold War tensions
the cold war begins to ¨thaw¨

165
Q

Mikhail Gorbachev come to power in Soviet Union (1985)

A

Restructure of Russian Gov. and economy (perestroika)

Openess of idea and criticism of government allowed (Glasnost)

166
Q

Fall of Berlin WSall (1989)

A

Symbolized the end of the Cold War

167
Q

Fall of Soviet Union (1989-1991)

A

Communism collapsed- end of war

Boris Yeltsin and Putin future leaders

168
Q

Korean War

A

North and SOuth Korea divided at 38th parallel
North=communist
south=capitalist
US invades to help the south

169
Q

was cmmunism contained or expanded after Korean War?

A

contained

still divided today

170
Q

Vietnam War

A

North and South Vietnam divided at 17th parallel
North=communist
south=capitalist
US invades to help the south

171
Q

was communism contained or expanded in vietnam war?

A

Expands to whole peninsula when US leaves

172
Q

Cuban Missle Crisis

A

USSR allies with Communist Cuba and puts nuclear missiles pointing at US in Cuba
Kennedy and Khrushchev go head to head and diplomacy endsthe crisis

173
Q

was communism contained or expaded during the cuban missile crisis?

174
Q

Soviet-Afghan War

A

Soviet Union helps the communist led government against the Taliban

175
Q

was communism contained or expaded during the soviet-Afghan war?

176
Q

Decolonization

A

When a mother country leaves its colony-freeing them so they can act independently

177
Q

Kwame Nkrumah

A

Independence leader of Ghana from British Rule

Country:Ghana

178
Q

Jomo Kenyatta

A

Independence leader of Kenya from British rule

Country: Kenya

179
Q

Pan-Africanism

A

United amongst africans all over the world to be free from colonialism or imperialism

180
Q

How does pan-africanism lead to decolonizationn of Africa?

A

Motivates Africans to free themselves from colonial rule

181
Q

Civil disobedience Ghandi

A

refusal to comply with certain laws as a form of peaceful protest

182
Q

Salt March

A

led march to Indian Ocean to make own alt (illegal to make salt under unfair british laws)

183
Q

Passive resistance

A

non-violent opposition to political authority

184
Q

Aparthied Laws (Nelson Mandela)

A

racially unjust laws in South Africa between blacks and whites

185
Q

FW DeKlerk

A

White president who freed Mandela from prison and worked to end apartheid

186
Q

African National Congress

A

Political Party of Mandela-fought to end apartheid

187
Q

Mandela arrest

A

Mandela arrested for conspiricy

27 years in prison

188
Q

Desmond Bishop TuTu

A

First black catholic Bishop in South Africa

Fought to end apartheid

189
Q

Zionism (Israel-Palestine Conflict)

A

Started by Theodore Herzel

Belef Jews needed a safe homeland to live in

190
Q

UN Partition Plan

A

UN divides Palestine between Jews and Muslim Palestinians- taking away palestine lands (1947)

191
Q

Conficts and Wars (Israel-Palestine Conflict)

A

War today over ownership of the right to this land

192
Q

current struggles (Israel-Palestine Conflict)

A

war/conflict ongoing

193
Q

Kashmir Problem (India-Pakistan Conflict)

A

territorial land conflict beteen India and Pakistan

194
Q

Nuclear Problem (Israel-Palestine Conflict)

A

Both India aand Pkistan have nuclear weapons and continue to grow their storage of weapons

195
Q

Water problem (Israel-Palestine Conflict)

A

Little access to clean water for over 1 billion in the region

196
Q

Great Leap Forward (Mao Zedong)

A

Maos economic and political program to increase industrial and agricultural production, collectivization of fartms led to famine/death\FAILURE

197
Q

Cultural Rev

A

10 years of ¨Red Guards¨ made up of students persecuting political opponents to Mao Zedong

198
Q

Four Modernizations (Deng Xiaoping)

A

Program to modernize science, agriculture, industrial production, and military in China

199
Q

Tiananmen Square Massacre (Deng Xiaoping)

A

Thousands of protestors shot and killed, May 14th

Protesting communism and dictatorship

200
Q

Positive Effects Of Urbaniation

A

Socialization
Modernization
Closer access to goods
Jobs closer

201
Q

Negative effects of Urbanization

A 
Climate issues
pollution and environment
spread of disease 
social inequality
overcrowding
202
Q

Westernization (Kemal Ataturk)

A

Implement the social, political, economic ideals of the western AEuropean nations

203
Q

Secularism (Kemal Ataturk))

A

Separation of the Chruch and State

204
Q

Treatment of Women (Kemal Ataturk)

A

equality of women in the political and social spheres

205
Q

Westernization (Shah Reza Pahlavi)

A

Rapid industrializationn and modernizatiom of Iran between 1963-1979
Pro western foreign policy

206
Q

Secularism(Shah Reza Pahlavi)

A

Replaced islamic laws with western laws

Forbid traditional Islamic clothing

207
Q

Treatment of Women (Shah Reza Pahlavi)

A

forbade them from wearing the veil

not separate from society

208
Q

Islamic Foundation (Avatollah Khomeini)

A

Pure islamic law

strict adherence to Islamic law

209
Q

Theocracy (Avatollah Khomeini)

A

gov. and religion are one

religious law repalced western laws

210
Q

Anti-westernization (Avatollah Khomeini)

A

Anti-westernization customs and laws

211
Q

Treatment of women (Avatollah Khomeini)

A

bad

unequal veiled

212
Q

Desertification

A

overfarming can turn fertile land into desert

Africa

213
Q

pollution

A

harmful materials into environment

Cars, planes, factories, nuclear meltdown, coal, fuel burning

214
Q

Examples of Globalization

A

Social, economical, political interconnectedness al over the world

215
Q

Scarcity

A

Not having enough of something like resources, clean water, land

216
Q

Technology

A

application of scientific knowlege for practical purposes

phones, health, vaccines, computers, internet

217
Q

Treatment Of women

A

Inequality still exists all over the world

low pay, child care, amternity leave, rights, veils

218
Q

Deforestation

A

Cutting doen the forests

Brazil

219
Q

Nuclear Proliferation

A

Build up/spread of nuclear weapons

Iran, India, North Korea

220
Q

Terrorism

A

Use of violence against civilians

9/11

221
Q

Social Media

A

Spread of info on a public platform
Misinformation also shared
Propaganda
Shared experiences

222
Q

Migration

A

Moveent of people from one place to another

refugees, escape, famine/droughts, war/crisis

223
Q

Americanization

A

More american influence seen all over the world

McDonalds, fashion, music, laws, democracy

224
Q

Green Revolution

A

Advancements in farming in the 1960s-1970s to increase the food production (moslty India) usif chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides

225
Q

How long has globalization been around

226
Q

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

A

Middle Easten Countries control gass prices and amount of petroleum released in the world

227
Q

International Monetary Fund

A

190 countries joined
Goals: decrease poverty worldwide
encourage trade, financial stability and economic growth
created in 1945

228
Q

World Bank

A

187 countries

reduce poverty bylendimg money to poor countries to improve their economies and standard living of people

229
Q

World Trade Organization

A

Deals with global rules for trade

Trade flows smoothly and freely as possible

230
Q

World Health Organization

A

Addresses world health issues

AIDs and COVID

231
Q

European Union

A 
27 members
States of Europe
Political and economic organization governent of Europe
Britian left ¨Brexit¨
Euro is currency
232
Q

Genocide

A

Systematic killing of a group of people based on race/religion etc

233
Q

Mother Teresa

A

Catholic nun dedicated to womens rights and helping the poor 12 53
20th century humanitarian

234
Q

Aung San Su Kyi

A

Burmese politician used non violence to get democracy and human rights for people in Burma/Asia

235
Q

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

A

Argentine huan rights movement formed to recognize those who disappeared in Argentia due to corruption

236
Q

Rwandan Genocide: when did it happen

A

1994-3 months

237
Q

Rwandan Genocide:Where did it happen

238
Q

Rwandan Genocide: Who were the perpetrators

239
Q

Rwandan Genocide: Who were the victims

240
Q

Rwandan Genocide: Why did it happen

A

Hatred between the two groups since colonized by Belgium

Hutu presidents plane shot down and it sparked the killings of the Tutsis

241
Q

Rwandan Genocide: What happened as a result

A

800,000 tutsis killed in 3 months

242
Q

Cambodian Genocide: When did it happen

243
Q

Cambodian Genocide: Where did it happen

244
Q

Cambodian Genocide: Who were the perpetrators

A

Pol Pot: leader of Cambodia and his Khmer Rougue followers

245
Q

Cambodian Genocide: Who were the victims

A

25% of Cambodian population

246
Q

Cambodian Genocide:Why did it happen

A

opponents to Pol Pots regime

Starvation, famine, death caused by his economic policies

247
Q

Cambodian Genocide: What happened as a result

A

1.5-2 million died

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