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1
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What ideas did the bourgeoisie embrace?

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The ideals & principles of enlightenment

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2
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What group imposed the reign of terror on France?

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The community of public safety

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3
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What was the result of the battle of trafalgar?

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The British won

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4
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What percentage of Frances’ population made up the second estate?

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2%

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5
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What group fought for independence in Latin American?

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Croel’s

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6
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What did Jose de San Martin do?

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Help liberate South America

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7
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who started the independence movement in Mexico?

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Father Miguel helado

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8
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What three things were caused by nationalism ?

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Destroyed empires
Rise of nations, states
Opposed by conservatives

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9
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What did Mary Shelley do?

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She wrote Frankenstein

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10
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Who was ludwig van beethoven

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A romantic composer

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11
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What was the industrial revolution?

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Machines making goods

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12
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What were three results of the agricultural revolution?

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Farmers move to cities
Enclosures
Agricultural experimentation

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13
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What are the three facts of the industrial revolution?

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Land
Labor
Capital

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14
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What is the laissez- faire policy?

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No government interference

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15
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What is a Zionist?

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Jews looking for a home land

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16
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Why was Captain Dreyfus accused of spying?

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Accused of selling military secrets for money

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17
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What did the emancipation proclamation do?

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Declared all slaves in the confederate states free

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18
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What concept is the theory of evolution based on?

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Natural selection

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19
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What British colony was nicknamed “jewel in the crown”?

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India

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20
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How did menelik prevent Europeans from colonizing Ethiopia?

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Exploited European countries

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21
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What was the Great trek?

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Migration of Dutch settlers

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22
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What caused the Crimean war?

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Russian wanted land on the Black Sea

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23
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What was the purpose of the Berlin conference?

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How to peacefully divide Africa

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24
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Why did British sell Opium to China?

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To improve the balance of trade

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25
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What two wars were fought to gain control of Korea?

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The sino- Japanese war

The russo- Japanese war

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26
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What was the goal of the Monroe doctrine?

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To discourage Europeans from colonizing in the America’s

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27
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What was Benito Juarez known for?

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La reforma

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28
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What was the goal of the Mexican revolution?

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To overthrow the Diaz dictatorship

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29
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What was militarism?

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Keeping army ready for war

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30
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What was the “power keg” of Europe?

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Balkins

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31
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When did World War One end?

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Nov 11, 1918

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32
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What was president Wilson’s plan for post-war world called?

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14 points

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33
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What were pogroms?

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Violent riots aimed against ethnic or religious groups

34
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Who were the bolsheviks?

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Radical Russian markists revolutionaries

35
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What group backed the communists during China’s civil war?

A

Peasants

36
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What is a totalitarian state?

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State where government control private & public life

37
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What did Reza’s shah pahlavi do?

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Changes Persia——> iron

38
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What was the long march?

A

Chinese communist fleeing the nationalists

39
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Who was the leader of the salt march?

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Ghanaian

40
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What forced Britain into granting India self- rule?

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Continuous campaign of civil disobedience

41
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What theory replaced Newton’s idea of gravity?

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Einstein’s theory of relativity

42
Q

What do Franz Kafka, James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald have in common?

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Novelists

43
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Who started the Great Depression?

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Stock market crash in 1929

44
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What was Benito Mussolini’s nickname?

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11 duce

45
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What treaty did the Nazi party want to overturn?

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Treaty of Versaille

46
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What three countries made up the Axis Powers?

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Germany
Italy
Japan

47
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Why did the U.S become isolationists after WW1?

A

Avoid political ties to other countries

48
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What happened on the “date that will live in infamy” which caused the U.S to enter WW2

A

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

49
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What was the importance of the Battle of midway?

A

Turning point in the pacific

50
Q

What cities did the atomic bomb destroy?

A

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

51
Q

Why was the central issue of the Nuremberg trials?

A

Holocaust

52
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What was behind the iron curtain?

A

Soviet Union and it’s satellite countries

53
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What was the Truman doctrine?

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U.S supports any country who supports communism?

54
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?

A

?

55
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What two groups fought a civil war in China?

A

Nationalists & communists

56
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Who were considered heroes during China’s cultural revolution?

A

Peasants

57
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What are “Third World countries” ?

A

Developing countries

58
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Who was ayatollah ruholla khomeini?

A

Religious leader that opposed the rest in iron

59
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What was the purpose of the Strategic Defense Initiative?

A

Protect U.S against missels?

60
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What did the partition do to India?

A

Made two independent countries

61
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What two countries fought over the kashmir?

A

India and Pakistan

62
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What caused the suez crisis?

A

Egypt sieved control of Suez Canal

63
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Who signed the camp David accords in 1978?

A

And war Sadat of Egypt menachem begin

64
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What was the apartheid?

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South Africa’s policy of separating the races

65
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What happened after the Nigerian military promised to bring back civilian rule in 1993?

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Civilian electric president, military then took over

66
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What was perestroika?

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Soviet Union along private interprize.

67
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What allowed Germany to reunify?

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Fall of communism in east Germany in 1989

68
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Who became Russia’s first elected president?

A

Boris yeltsin

69
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What group did the Serbs practice ethnic cleansing on?

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Muslims

70
Q

Why was the internet created?

A

Share info by researchers

71
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What is sustainable development?

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Developing without using natural resources

72
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What is the goal of the nuclear non- proliferation treaty?

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To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to the treaty.

73
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What is popular culture?

A

Cultural groups that reflect a groups common nations, background.

74
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What is global interdependence?

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Nations dependent on other nations

75
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What is a ambitious cooperation space venture?

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International space nation.

76
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What is the advantage of micro chips in computers?

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Small & hold millions of micro circuits

77
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What has helped transform the world into a “global village” ?

A

Communication satellites

78
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What did China promise to do Hong Kong once it regained control of it ?

A

Respect economic system & political liberties

79
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What happened to Yugoslavia when communism ended?

A

Ethnic hatred toward country of power

80
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What is the Hubble space telescope?

A

Observe object in most remote places in the universe.

81
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What is the green revolution?

A

Preserving environment & resources

82
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How many Republicans were created when the Soviet Union fell?

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