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An appointment official in the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes and was directly responsible for the sultans court

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Pasha

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A soldier in the elite guard of the ottoman Turks

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Janissary

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Residence of a sultan and his wife

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Harem

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“Holder of power”, the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks

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Sultan

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A group of religious advisers who educated Muslims

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Ulema

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Chief official of a sultan

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Grand vizier

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He executed his two most able sons on suspicion of treason

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Süleyman

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Persian King

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Shah

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Conformity to traditional religious beliefs

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Religious orthodoxy

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Political disorder

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Anarchy

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They used Shiite faith as a unifying force

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Safavids

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_____ believed that the shah was divine

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Shiites

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His paintings were characterized by simple subjects, soft colors, and flowing movements

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Riza-I-Abbasi

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Isfahan was _____’s capital which featured a central polo ground

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Shah Abbas

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A local official in Mogul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes

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Zamindar

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Hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husbands funeral pyre

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Suttee

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During his rule he had an empty treasury, military campaigns forced his to raise taxes and he was imprisoned by his son

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Shah Jahan

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Foreigners in India who were also Muslims

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Moguls

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18
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British military success in India was achieved by the genius of

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Sir Robert Clive

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Founded the a mogul dynasty in India

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Babur

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An increase in population, growth in manufacturing and trade and improvements in the food supply all occurred in ____ between 1500 and 1800

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China

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The extended family was the ideal family unit in

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Qing, China

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22
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The ________ was closed to commoners

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Forbidden city

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The prose literature of this era was lighthearted and entertaining

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Tokugawa

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Shoguns, Ronins, and Daimyo all comprised the ______ warrior class

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Japanese

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_______ was the first Jesuit missionary who came to Japan

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Francis Xavier

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A ______ could hold the title of adviser, government official, and castle guard

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Samurai

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27
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This emperor was generally tolerant of Christian missionaries

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Kangxi

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28
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The Portuguese were the first Europeans to make contact with this dynasty

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Ming

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29
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Reports from early ____ missionaries made Europe more curious about China

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Christian

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30
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Leader of exploration and trading voyages

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Zheng He

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Ruling dynasty from 1644 until 1911

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Qing

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32
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Active Christian missionaries in China

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Jesuits

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33
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Territories or domains

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Hans

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Japanese social outcasts

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Eta

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Head of noble families

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Daimyo

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36
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Private business based on profit

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Commercial capitalism

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37
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The hostage system was political control used by the _____

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Shogunates

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38
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Banners were ______ fighting units

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Manchu

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39
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Ming was a dynasty found by?

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Ming Hong Wu

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40
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Wrote, “wealth of nations”

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Adam Smith

41
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Framed a new religious movement, Methodism

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John Wesley

42
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Wrote, “upon experimental philosophy”

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Margaret Cavendish

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Wrote, “discourse on Method”

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Rene Descartes

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Wrote “discourse on the origins of the inequality of mankind”

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Thought scientists should use inductive reasoning instead of relying on ancient authorities

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Francis Bacon

46
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Gravity is the law of what?

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Universal Attraction

47
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Kepler developed laws of _____

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Planetary motion

48
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Reason is the chief source of knowledge is the definition of what?

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Rationalism

49
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Maria Theresa was a traditional empress from where?

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Austria

50
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______ was invaded by Austria in the War of the Austrian Succession

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Prussia

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The diplomatic revolution was an alliance between France, Austria, and _____

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Prussia

52
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This involved proceeding from the particular to the general

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Inductive reasoning

53
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______ and Britain fought over colonial empires

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France

54
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They approved the Declaration of Independence

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Second Continental congress

55
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The sharing of power between national and state governments

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Federal system

56
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Served as head of the cabinet for the British and wanted a peaceful foreign policy

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Robert Walpole

57
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Scotland and _____ came together to create a the United Kingdom of Great Britain

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England

58
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Offspring of _____ and Europeans were Mulattoes

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Africans

59
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Offspring of _____ and Europeans were mestizos

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Native Americans

60
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The first estate consisted of the ____

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Clergy

61
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The second estate consisted of _____

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Nobility

62
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The third estate consisted of the ____

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Social commoners

63
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Meetings of the estates general opened here

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Versailles

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Home to the armory and prison that was stormed by the Parisians

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Paris

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The legislative assembly declared war on _____ in the spring of 1792

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Austria

66
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Rulers of _____ threatened to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power

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Prussia

67
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The Declaration of the rights of man and citizen proclaimed freedom of speech, freedom of press, and ______

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Tax exemptions

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The ______ of the National Assembly set up a limited monarchy

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Constitution

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The _____ and the Mountains were dissenting groups within the national convention

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Girondins

70
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The government of the directory was opposed by the _____ and Radicals

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Royalists

71
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_____ toppled the Directory

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Napoleon

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The the committee of public safety was originally set up to defend France from ___

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Foreign Armies

73
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Enemies of the republic during the reign of terror were prosecuted by ____

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Revolutionary courts

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1,880 citizens of ____ were executed by the Committee of Public Safety

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Lyon

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Citizens of ____ were sunk in barges in the Loire River

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Nantes

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Napoleon was born here

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Corsica

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Napoleons argument with the ____ allowed Catholicism to be recognized, made those who purchased church land his supporters and restored some stability to France

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Catholic Church

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Women were treated as less than equal to men by Napoleon’s ____

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Civil Code

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Napoleon’s ______ was designed to stop British trade with Europe

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Continental System

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Germany was the ally of ______

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Austria-Hungary

81
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Russia was the protector of ____

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Serbia

82
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The Triple Alliance included: Germany, Austria and ______.

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Italy

83
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Across ______, war time governments setup planned Economies

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Europe

84
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____ entered the war over unrestricted submarine warfare

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United States

85
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______ states used propaganda to maintain high morale and maintain support for the war among their citizens

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Democratic

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The Von Schlieffen plan was a _____ plan during the war

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German

87
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Austria-Hungary feared that Serbia would create a large ___ state

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Slavic

88
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____ was the Red Army’s commissar

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Trotsky

89
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Setup a provisional government and made the fatal mistake of continuing the war

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Kerensky

90
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Site of a women led, organized strike

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Petrograd

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The Duma was a ________ legislative body in 1917

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Russian

92
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Representative councils of workers and soldiers

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Soviets

93
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The Allies promised to recognized independent ___ states on reference to the Ottoman Turks during the war

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Arab

94
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Lloyd George was the _____ leader in 1919

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British

95
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In the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to give up land to a new ______ state

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Polish

96
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Georges Clemenceau was the _____ leader in 1919

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French

97
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Woodrow Wilson argued at the ____ peace conference most strongly for the League of Nations to prevent future wars

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Paris

98
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Aggressive preparation for war

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Militarism

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Military Draft

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