Section 6 Europe 09/28/14 Flashcards
Portuguese leader who financed and encouraged expeditions to improve trade between Europe and the Americas.
Prince Henry the Navigator
The act of European exploration and settlement around the world.
Colonization
Event where the Bolsheviks overthrew the Czar.
Russian Revolution
In Marxist Theory the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
Socialism
An economic system where all poverty is owner by everyone in a society
Communism
Treaty that ended World War I
Treaty of Versailles
Worldwide period of bad economics times, brought about by the stock market crash of 1929.
Depression
The killing of millions of men, women, and children in Europe during World War II.
Holocaust
Period of tension between the USSR and USA
Cold War
Title for Russian leaders, before the Russian Revolution
Czar