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0
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–Portugal
–founded southeast coast if Africa
(1487)

A

Barthomeu Dias

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–Portugal
–North Africa
–spread Christianity
–founded navigational school
(1415)

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Prince Henry

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–Portugal
–gave Portugal direct trade route to India
(1498)

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Vasco Da Gama

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–Portugal
–South America
–“new” world
(1500)

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Pedro Cabral

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  • -Spain

- -sailed across the Atlantic Ocean

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Christopher Columbus

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–Spain
–1st to sail around the world
(1519)

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Ferdinand Magellan

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–Spain
–led conquistadors
(1519)

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Cortes

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–Spain
–conquered Inca Empire
(1532)

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Pizarro

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–France
–named river St. Lawrence
(1534)

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Cartier

Lawrence and carter

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–France
–claimed Quebec
–“New France”
(1608)

A

Champlain

cant Champlain I found new france

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–Netherlands
–found Hudson River
–Hudson Bay
–Hudson strait
–Sea route to Asia
(1609)

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Hudson

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–England
–went around the world
–defeated Spanish Armada
(1587)

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Drake

  • I drake(take) whatever I want*
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12
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  • Manufactured goods being sent to Africa

- traded for captured Africans

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Triangular Trade

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13
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  • trade path that brought captured slaves to West Indies

- middle leg of triangle trade

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Middle passage

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14
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Buying and selling of Africans for work in Americas

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Atlantic salve trade

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15
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What came from the Americas to the rest of the world through trade

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Corn, potatoes, tobacco

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16
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What came from Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas through trade

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Cattle

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Indigenous people means

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Natives

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18
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Economic system based on private ownership and the investment of wealth for profit

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Capitalism

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Objective is to obtain as much wealth as possible for the mother country

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Mercantilism

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  • centralised power
  • controls private/public affairs of citizens
  • divine right
  • answers to no one
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Absolute monarchy

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This family included:

  • Ferdinand
  • Philip 1
  • Henry Vlll
  • Philip ll
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The Hapsburg Family

Spain

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-Ruler of Spanish empire during the Golden Age
-Escorial palace built
(1563)

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Philip ll

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23
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Ruler during the peace of Augsburg

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Charles 5

holy Roman Empire and Spanish empire

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  • Religious peace throughout Holy Roman Empire
  • Protestants and Catholics
  • signed in 1555
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Peace of Ausburg

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  • (1618-1648)
  • religious war
  • Protestants and Catholics
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30 years war

Holy Roman Empire

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26
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  • what ended the 30 years war
  • strengthened France
  • Ended religious wars in Europe
  • independence to German princes
A

Peace of Westphalia

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27
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Hapsburgs ruled _________ countries

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Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Prussia

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28
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Fredrick the Great

A

Ruled Prussia with a military lead

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29
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Which family consists of :

  • Elizabeth
  • Henry Vll
  • Henry Vlll
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The Tudor family

ruled England and Scotland

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30
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  • absolute monarch
  • ruler of England and Scotland
  • king v. Parliament
  • cavaliers v. Roundheads
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Charles l

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31
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-absolute monarch
-ruler of Scotland and England
(1603)

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James l

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32
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________tried Charles l, he was found guilty and executed.

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Cromwell

led Roundheads in cavaliers v. Roundheads

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33
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  • ruled England and Scotland
  • restoration period
  • hapeas corpus
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Charles ll

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34
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  • ruled Scotland and England
  • absolute monarchy
  • fled to France
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James ll

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35
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  • Takeover after James ll flees
  • glorious revolution
  • bloodless
  • English bill of rights
A

William and Mary of Orange

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36
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-proved planets revoke aprons the sun in elliptical orbits

A

Kepler

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37
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Heliocentric theory

Sun-centred

A

Copernicus

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38
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Built telescope

Prove heliocentric theory

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Galileo

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39
Q

Laws of gravity

A

Newton

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40
Q

Blood flow in the human body

A

Harvey

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41
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The _______revolution was a huge influence to the Enlightenment

A

Scientific

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42
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  • enlightenment thinker
  • humans are selfish
  • wrote the Leviathan
A

Thomas Hobbes

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43
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  • enlightenment thinker
  • life, liberty, property
  • wrote two treaties
A

John Locke

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44
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  • enlightenment thinker
  • checks and balances
  • wrote On the Spirit of Laws
A

Montesquieu

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45
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  • enlightenment thinker
  • all people are equal
  • wrote the Social Contract
A

Rousseau

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  • enlightenment thinker
  • freedom of speech, religions, reasons
  • 1700s
A

Voltaire

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47
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  • Don Quixote

- enlightenment literature

A

Search for balance

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48
Q

The ___________ influenced the Us Constitution, Declaration of Independence and fuelled revolutions

A

Enlightenment

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49
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  • July 14, 1789
  • rumours foreign soldiers would storm Paris
  • citizens went to prison for gun powder
A

Storming of Bastille

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50
Q

-women riot because of raised

A

Women March on Versailles

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51
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  • estates agreement in France

- August 27, 1789

A

Declaration of Rights of Man

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52
Q

1st estate:_______
2nd estate:________
3rd estate:________

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  • Clergymen and priests
  • noblemen
  • everyone else (peasants)
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53
Q

Long term causes of the French Revolution

A

-enlightenment ideas

Social and economic injustice of Old Regime

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54
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Short term causes of the French Revolution

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  • economic crisis
  • weak leadership of Louis XVl
  • discontent if the 3r estate
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55
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The French Revolution events

A

-storming of Bastille
-National Assembly formed
Declaration of rights of man
-New constitutions

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56
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Immediate effects of the French Revolution

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  • war with Austria and Prussia
  • reign of terror
  • rise of Napoleon
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57
Q 
The following describes \_\_\_\_\_\_:
Left 
NO king 
Sweeping change 
Power to the people
A

Radicals

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58
Q

The following describes _______:
Middle
Little change

A

Moderates

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59
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The following describes ______:
Right
Limited monarchy
Few change

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Conservatives

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60
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Reign of terror

A

3,000 Paris people killed
Poor
Peasants
NAPOLEON

61
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Congress of Vienna

A
  • balance of power
  • containment of France
  • Legitimacy
  • ⤵️power of France
62
Q
  • took control if territory
  • freed slaves
  • Santo Domingo
  • (1791-1801)
A

L’Ouverture

63
Q
  • Venezuela
  • Declared independence from Spain
  • Defeated spanish
64
Q
  • Argentina
  • freed Chile
  • took army and give it to Bolivar
A

San Martin

65
Q

Who was ruler of Prussia during the unification of Germany

A

Wilhelm was king of Prussia

bismark was prime minister

66
Q

Who believed in “realpolitik”

A

Bismark (Prime minister of Germany)

67
Q

What does Realpolitik mean?

A

No room for idealism

68
Q

What was Bismarck’s plan to unify Germany?

A 
To create a war 
1. Denmark
2. Austria
3. France 
DAF *hey daph!*
69
Q

Germany ruler who ruled without the consent of parliament

70
Q

Ruled Prussia with Blood and Iron

71
Q

7 weeks war fought during the unification of Germnay

Fought over border tensions

A

Austro-Prussian war

Prussia wins

72
Q

War fought over religion during the unification of Germany

A

Franco-Prussian War

Prussians win

73
Q

The industrial Revolution began in what country

A

England and spread to Europe

74
Q

Factors of the Industrial Revolution are

A

Land, labor, and capital ($)

75
Q

Enclosure movements did what to farmers

A

Decreased need for farms

Farmers had to move out of their homes

76
Q

Important key industries during the Industrial Revolution

A

Textile, cotton, iron ore

77
Q

Who invented the cotton gin

78
Q

What was an effect of the cotton gin being invented

A

Slave labor increased

79
Q

Hargreaves invented what important industrial invention

A

The Spinning Jenny

80
Q

The spinning jenny led to the demise of what

A

Cottage factories

Machines were to big to fit in homes

81
Q

James Watt invented

A

The steam engine

*provided a cheaper and faster way of transporting goods *

82
Q

Railroad effects during the industrial revolution

A

Created jobs
Travel was easier
Boosted England agriculture industries

83
Q

Bessemer invented

A

The steel process

Bessie Bessemer

84
Q

Effects of the industrialization

A

Better quality of life to most people
Cities grew
URBANIZATION
women and childern were hired

85
Q

The smallpox vaccination was developed by

A

Edward Jenner

sickness spread trough your the filthy overpopulated cities during the industrial revolution

86
Q

What is collective bargaining

A

Negotiations between workers and their employers

87
Q

The long term effects of the IR

A

Overuse of natural resources
Industrialization speed to W Europe and Us
Global inequality

88
Q

Most counties want to control other counties that have

A

Natural resources and raw materials

89
Q

Positive effects of the IR

A

Created jobs
Nation became wealthier
Increased production of goods
Education opportunities

90
Q

Goal of _________ is make a profit and believed the government should not interfere with the economy

A

Capitalism

91
Q

The goal of ______is to end poverty and create and equal economy

92
Q

The goal of _______is to create a classless and equal economic nation

93
Q

Known for developing the theory germs cause diseases

A

Louis Pasteur

94
Q

Known for the theory of evolution

A

Charles Darwin

95
Q

Known for theories of genetics and that we Inherit traits

A

Gregor Mendel

mending DNA

96
Q

Known for discovering radioactivity

A

Marie’s and Pierre Curie

97
Q

Thomas Edison

A

Invented the lightbulb

98
Q

Invented the telephone

A

Alexander graham bell

99
Q

Invented the radio

100
Q

Henry Ford

A

Invented gasoline engines to power a vehicle and the assembly line

101
Q

Invented airplane and wings

A

Wilbur and Orville Wright

102
Q

Imperialism

A

Takeover of a country/territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people
“Domination of another nation”

103
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The age of imperialism involved

A

Europeans going over to Africa looking for raw materials and dominating their nations

104
Q

What was significant about the Berlin Conference

A

Europeans were allowed to lay claim in Africa
Dividing Africa
No Africans attended

105
Q

King of Belgium during the age of imperialism
Controlled Congo river
Abused Africans

A

King Leopold of Belgium

106
Q

Why was the Boer War fought

A

Britain wanted diamonds and gold found in S Africa
British v. Dutch
Britain won

107
Q

British East India Company

A

British controlled India after the defeat of the Mughal empire

108
Q

Why was India so important to Britain

A

Cash crops:tea cotton coffee opium

109
Q

What happened during the Sepoy rebellion

A

Hindus and Muslims refused to use guns
Thrown in jail
Rebellion and uprising

110
Q

Indian nationalist movements

Groups founded to try to gain India home rule

A 
Indian national congress (1885)
Muslim league (1906)
111
Q

Japenese foreign trad opened up by

A

Matthew perry (US)

112
Q

Shogun was leader of ______and the stepped down ending military dictatorship

A

Japan

Emperors now started

113
Q

Who won the Russo-Japanese war

A

Japan

Fought over territory

114
Q

World war l was started by

A

The assassination of the Serbian of Austria Hungry Arch Duke Ferdinand

115
Q

Causes of World war l

A 
MANIACS
militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism 
Competition
116
Q

Military technology during WWl

A

Machine gun, gas, artillery, tank, airplane

117
Q

Russia’s problems

A

Poor working conditions
Weak military
People had no political power
Division of rich and poor

118
Q

Lenin’s highlights

A 
Leads revolution and Bolsheviks
Peace, land, and bread 
New Economic policy  
USSR 
Communist Party
119
Q

Reasons Russia erupted in revolution

A

Entered WWl

Complaints not resolved by Czar

120
Q

Civil war in Russia during Russian Revolution

A

Red army v. White army

Lenin restores order (red wins)

121
Q

Who westernized Russia

A

Peter the great

122
Q

Napoleon

A

Napoleonic Code

Stirred up Nationalism

123
Q

Congress of Vienna

A

Restores absolute monarchy and a balance of power

124
Q

Unification of Italy
Cavour____
Garibaldi_____

A

Cavour unified northern Italy

Garibaldi unified southern Italy

125
Q

Adam smith

A

Developed capitalism in the Wealth of Nations

126
Q

The_________linked Europe and Indian Ocean for British trade

A

Suez Canal

127
Q

Spheres of Influence

A

Europeans trying to control trade in china

Led to boxer Rebellion

128
Q

Great purge

A

Stalin (Soviet Union)

129
Q

Was the League of Nations useful?

A

No it failed due to the US not being there

130
Q

Great Depression caused

A

Unemployment
Bank failures
Rise of totalitarian and fascists gov.

131
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Fascist ruler of Italy

132
Q

Under emperor Tojos rule, japan invaded _______

A

Manchuria and China

133
Q

Appeasement did what during WWll

A

Allowed Hitler an fascist gov to get whatever they wanted

Didn’t work

134
Q

Mao Zedong

A

Communists mainland China

135
Q

Chiang Kai-Shek

A

Nationalist in Taiwan

136
Q

Vietnam is a _________ _______ country

A

United communist

137
Q

Berlin Wall

A

Symbol of the fall of Communism

138
Q

Apartheid

A

Extreme segregation of whites and non-whites

Apart Africa

139
Q

Mandate system

A

Your on own country but we will give you “guidance”

140
Q

Cold War

A

Division after WWl

US v. USSR

141
Q

Communist leader in Cambodia

142
Q

Indies ghandi

A

Prime minister

143
Q

Indian independence

A

Civil disobedience
Passive resistance
Salt March

144
Q

Interdependence

A

Multi-national co-operations

145
Q

International terrorism

A

Car Bombings, airline, hijacking

146
Q

Rwanda

A

Hutus killing Tutsis

147
Q

Mau mau rebellion

A

Kenyatta (leader)

148
Q

Mandate systems in Middle East

A

French- Syria and Lebanon
British-Palestine, Iraq, and trans jordon
PIT

149
Q

Gorbachev

A

Last president of USSR
gave nation some freedom
Countries wanted more
USSR fails

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