Section 2: History & Government Flashcards

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City-State

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Each city-state was independent, but was linked to other city-states by Greek language and culture.

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Middle Ages

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The period between ancient and modern times.

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Feudalism

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A system in which monarchs or lords gave land to nobles in return for pledges of loyalty, replaced centralized goverment.

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Crusades

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A series of brutal religous wars to win palestine, the birthplace of Christianity, from Muslim rule.

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Renaissance

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A 300 -year period of discovery and learning, brought about great advances in European civilization.

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Reformation

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The revolt and separation from the Catholic Church forming Protestanism.

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Enlightenment

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During the late 1600s and early 1700s, many educated Europeans emphasized the importance of reason and began to question long-standing traditions and values.

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Industrial Captipalism

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An economic system in which business leaders used profits to expand their companies.

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Communism

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A philosophy that called for a society based on economic equality in which the worker would control the factories and industrial production.

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Reparations

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Payment for damages.

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Holocaust

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The mass killing of more than 6 million European Jews and others by Germany’s Nazi leaders.

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Cold War

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A power struggle between the communist world, led by the Soviet Union, and the noncommunist world, led by the United States.

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European Union

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An organization whose goal was a united Europe in which goods, services, and workers could move freely among member countries.

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