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Winner of the Russo-Japanese War?

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Japan

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Russian national legislature?

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Duma

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What was the Monroe Doctrine?

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U.S controls this hemisphere

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Russian soldiers shot and killed people marching to the Czar’s winter palace?

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Bloody Sunday

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The Sepoy Rebellion occurred in this country.

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India

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The Boxer Uprising occurred in this country?

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China

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This country lost the Crimean War?

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Russia

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Czar of Russia who freed the serfs?

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Alexander the 2nd

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He was the king of Piedmont Sardinia?

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Victor Emmanuel

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Cavour teamed up with this country before fighting Austria?

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France (Napoleon the 3rd)

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Loyalty/Pride in your country?

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Nationalism

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What technology allowed Europe and the U.S. to imperialize Africa and Asia? List 4 answers.

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Machine gun, medicine, steamboats, telegraph

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Giueseppe Marzzini starts and leads this group in Italy?

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Young Italy

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Who was Camille de Cavour?

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The Prime Minister of Piedmont

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He was the leader of the Red Shirts?

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Garibaldi

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The Ems Dispatch led to this war?

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The Franco-Prussian War

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Who picked Bismark to be chancellor of Prussia?

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King William 1st of Prussia

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What was Bismarck’s philosophy?

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Blood & Iron

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List the countries Bismark defeated IN ORDER

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Denmark, Austria, France

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What was the rush to plant the flag over as many people and as much territory as possible?

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Imperalism

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What is a tariff?

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A taxed imposed by the government on imported goods

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What is a propaganda?

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False, misleading, one-sided information

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All of Africa was taken over by 1900 EXCEPT for these two countries?

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Liberia and Ethiopia

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What was Social Darwinism

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The idea of “survival of the fittest” applied to countries

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Where did Bloody Sunday take place?
Russia
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List the countries in the Triple Alliance
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy
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List the countries in the Triple Entente
Britain, France, Russia
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Who believed that in an ideal society, the government should be controlled by a class of "philosopher kings"?
Plato
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What is a concept from classical Athens that is central to Western political thought today?
Individual achievement, dignity, and worth are of great importance.
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When a country's constitution requires the branches of government to remain independent of each other, it is adhering to the constitutional principle of...
Separation of powers
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John Locke argued that life, liberty and property are
natural rights that should be protected by the government
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Both the US Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man emphasized the idea that government must..
protect the rights of people
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Unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution produced..
a lasting constitution
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Which leader was inspired by the ideas of the American Revolution and the Enlightenment to lead liberation of much of South America from Spain?
Simon Bolivar
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The principles of the American Rev. and the French Rev. are similar in many ways, what summarizes their similarities?
Both favored representative governments.
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When members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath, they were attempting to..
Draft a national constitution
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In the 19th century, labor unions developed mostly in response to..
wages and working conditions
38
To increase production output during the Industrial Revolution, businesses primarily invested in
machinery
39
At the end of the 1800's, colonies were generally seen as a
sign of country's relative power
40
In 1900, anti-foreign sentiment in China led to an uprising known as the
Boxer Uprising
41
Gandhi used his philosophy of non-violent noncooperation in an effort to
achieve Indian's independence from Great Britain
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Why did most of the combat on the Western Front of WWI take place in a relatively small area?
the armies became immobile because of trench warfare
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The Shlieffen Plan was created to
avoid the problem of fighting allied powers on two fronts
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How did Russia's participation in WWI affect it's empire
economic hardships brought on by the war resulted in the downfall of the czar
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One contribution of overseas colonies to the Allied effort during WWI was that they provided
large numbers of soldiers to reinforce the Allied armies
46
President Wilson said that his 14 points would provide framework for
a lasting and just peace
47
A major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of Versailles following WWI was to
Keep Germany from rebuilding it's military powers
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According to the German plan, German will invade this country first?
France 1st then Russia.
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The German plan to win WWI was called?
The Schlieffen Plan
50
The 1st declaration of war for WWI was
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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When WWI begins what was the U.S position?
neutral
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What was "No Man's Land"
Area between the trenches
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What is a sepoy?
Indian soldiers in British Army
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WWI begins with his assassination?
Archduke Ferdinand
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King of England that was beheaded?
Charles 1st
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King of England that was beheaded?
Charles 1st
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Who wrote Leviathan? What was it about?
Thomas Hobbes, Absolute rule
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Who was Adam Smith
Enlightened philosopher, wrote The Wealth of Nations
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Why was agricultural revolution needed before the industrial revolution?
Produced more food with less farmers
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How was Common Law created?
By appointing royal judges
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Who was Sigmund Freud
Father of psychology
62
Who was the Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell
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What was a creole
Parents from spain or portugual but born in the new world (2nd Class)
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Who was the last Tudor ruler?
Elizabeth the 1st
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Who came into power with the Glorious Revolution?
William and Mary
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He was the last Czar of Russia
Nicholas 2nd
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What were the French government before and after Napoleon?
The Directory then Louis XVIII

Finals Semester 1 World History Honors (1 decks)

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