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3 vows taken by a monk

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chastity
obedience
poverty

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5 pillars of Islam

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  • faith in the one god Allah and his prophet Mohammed
  • alms to the needy
  • fasting during sunlight hours of Ramadan
  • pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime
  • prayer five times daily
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three major characteristics of the ideal Renaissance man

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artist
scholar
athlete

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3 main ideas behind Luther’s teachings

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justification by faith alone, not works
Bible is the only authority (Scripture, not traditions)
priesthood of all believers (access through Christ alone, not priests)

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5 tenets of Calvinism

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total depravity
unconditional election
limited atonement
irresistible grace
perseverance of the saints
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the eastern church became known as the ________ church

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orthodox

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___ preserved the knowledge of Ancient Greece and Rome in the early Middle Ages by copying manuscripts

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monasteries

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Renaissance literally means (or is translated) ______

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rebirth

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became a missionary to the Irish after being enslaved in Ireland as a youth

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Patrick

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the founder of the Muslim faith and the prophet of Allah

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Mohammed

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created a rule for monastic life

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Benedict

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defeated Muslim invaders at Tours and ended the Muslim march through Spain

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Charles Martel

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the Muslim “struggle for the faith” often translated holy war

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jihad

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organized the Frankish land into countries and revived learning and literacy
crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD

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Charlemagne

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“The Conqueror”
won the Battle of Hastings to win the English crown
distributed the lands he won to his Norman supporters and to the church

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William I

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wrote SUMMA THEOLOGICA in an attempt to ground the Christian faith in Aristotelian logic

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Thomas Aquinas

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an association of people who worked at the same occupation

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guild

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a gathering of scholars dedicated to passing on knowledge

began in Europe in the 1100s

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university

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the practice of buying and selling church offices

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Simony

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a ceremony performed by a feudal lord or king which granted an individual a church office

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lay investiture

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Renaissance scholars who studied the art and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome

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Humanists

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the Italian who crafted a poetic form known as the sonnet

climbed Mount Ventoux for pleasure

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Francisco Petrarch

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the Italian sculptor who may be best known for his painting in the Sistine Chapel “The Last Judgment”

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Michelangelo

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controlled the politics of Florence through its support of the arts and public works

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Medici family

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wrote THE DIVINE COMEDY in the vernacular - Italian

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Dante Alighieri

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the Italian artist painted frescoes with lifelike figures

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Giotto di Bondone

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the ideal Renaissance man

an inventor, an artist, and a scientist who kept numerous notebooks filled with thoughts and sketches

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Leonardo DaVinci

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wrote THE PRINCE to advise rulers on how to retain political power

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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opened a school for navigators in Portugal and sponsored voyages along the west coast of Africa

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Prince Henry

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the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa, which his king named “Cape of Good Hope”

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Bartholomeu Dias

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led the first expedition to sail around Africa to India, giving Portugal a sea route to the East

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Vasco de Gama

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attempted to sail west to reach the Far East

on his first voyage he first landed on San Salvador and claimed it for Spain

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Christopher Columbus

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crossed what is now Panama to claim the Pacific Ocean for Spain

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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led the first voyage around the world in 1519

killed in the Philippines

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Ferdinand Magellan

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became the second man to circumnavigate the globe

English sailor

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Francis Drake

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explored North America for the English and the Dutch

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Henry Hudson

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the “morning star” of the Protestant Reformation

an English cleric who called on the church to give up her earthly possessions

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John Wycliffe

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a Bohemian priest who preached against the immorality of the church

was tried for heresy and burned at the stake in 1412

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Jan Hus

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38
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The Reformation began in the area known today as _____

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Germany

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the Christian humanist from Holland who wrote IN PRAISE OF FOLLY and also prepared the first printing of the Greek New Testament

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Desiderius Erasmus

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the Christian humanist from England who wrote UTOPIA and was later executed by the king

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Thomas More

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the greatest English playwright of all time

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William Shakespeare

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credited with inventing the moveable-type printing press

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Johannes Gutenberg

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a letter which provides forgiveness for certain sins

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indulgence

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considered the beginning of the Reformation

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the nailing of the 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenburg

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Martin Luther was protesting the sale of indulgences by the friar —–

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Johan Tetzel

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the key concept in Luther’s theology is _____

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justification by faith

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The leader of the Swiss Reformation in Zurich was _____

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Ulrich Zwingli

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48
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the nature of the _____ separated the Lutheran and the Swiss Reformations at the Marburg Colloquy

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Eucharist

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broke with the Catholic Church to form the Church of England primarily in order to divorce Catherine of Aragon

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Henry VIII

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In 1533 Henry secretly married ____ who later gave birth to another daughter, Elizabeth

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Anne Boleyn

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51
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John Calvin wrote _______, a book which became very influential in Protestant thinking

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Institutes of the Christian Religion

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the doctrine that, since the beginning of time, God has called the “elect” to salvation

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Predestination

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a government controlled by church leaders

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theocracy

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the Holy Roman Emperor who issued the Edict of Worms but could not capture Luther

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Charles V

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studied theology under Calvin

later returned to Scotland and led the Presbyterian church

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John Knox

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founded the Jesuit order in 1534 and established missions, schools, and universities around the world

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Ignatius of Loyola

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the global exchange of plants, animals, and disease between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

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Columbian Exchange

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investors buy shares of stock in order to share the profits

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joint-stock company

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Spanish officials who ruled over a large colonial area in the king’s name

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viceroys

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60
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conquered the Aztecs of central Mexico

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Hernando Cortes

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61
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conquered the Incas of Peru

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Francisco Pizarro

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the ruler of the Aztecs

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Moctezuma

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63
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a priest who objected to the treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish government

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Bartolome de las Casas

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first postulated the heliocentric theory in ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES

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Nicholas Copernicus

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formulated the three laws of planetary motion

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Johannes Kepler

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built a telescope and wrote THE STARRY MESSENGER to support the heliocentric theory
later forced to recant

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Galileo Galilei

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published ON THE WORKINGS OF THE HUMAN BODY

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Andreas Vesalius

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a French philosopher who argued that everything should be doubted until it could be proven by reason

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Rene Descartes

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demonstrated that the heart acts as a pump to circulate blood

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William Harvey

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70
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the Catholic teaching that the bread of the Eucharist is transformed into Jesus’ body

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transubstantiation

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71
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refused to fight against its persecutors

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Radical Reformers or Anabaptists

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72
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The Peace of Augsburg recognized the existence of the _____ Church within formerly Catholic lands

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Lutheran

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73
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became known as the Episcopalian Church in the US

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Anglican Church

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74
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began in Zurich and Geneva

led to the Presbyterian church in Scotland and the US

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the Reformed Church

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75
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the Radical Reformers baptized only ______

they believed in a complete _______ of church and state

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believers

separation

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76
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the first to be called “Protestants”

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the Lutheran movement

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77
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3 motivations for exploring the New World

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gold
God
glory

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78
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the 3 estates in pre-Revolutionary France

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clergy
nobility
commoners - bourgeoise, peasants

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5 characteristics of the Enlightenment

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reason
nature - orderly
happiness
progress
liberty
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80
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slogan of the American Revolution

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no taxation without representation

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81
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slogan of the French Revolution

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liberty, equality, fraternity

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82
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Which revolution wanted to destroy society?

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French

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83
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Which revolution wished to reform society?

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American

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84
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Which revolution was based on Christian foundations?

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American

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85
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which revolution was avowedly atheistic?

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French

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86
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Which revolution was utopian and believed in the perfectibility of humans?

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France

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87
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Which revolution believed humans were prone to evil?

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American

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88
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Which revolution gave rise to even further violence?

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French

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89
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Which revolution quickly established a stable government?

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American

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90
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the Catholic ruler of Spain who attempted to defeat both the Muslim Ottoman Turks and the English and Dutch Protestants in battle

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Philip II

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wrote DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA in order to ridicule the medieval ideal of chivalry

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Miguel de Cervantes

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92
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made England the greatest naval power in the world and won popular support for Elizabeth

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the defeat of the Spanish Armada

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93
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ruled France through her sons

ordered the St. Bartholomew Day Massacre of French Protestants

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Catherine de Medici

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became a Catholic in order to rule France
Paris is worth a mass
Issued the Edict of Nantes guaranteeing French Protestants the right to construct a building for worship in every city except Paris

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Henry IV

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placed great emphasis on reason using mathematics and logic to prove basic truths
I think, therefore I am

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Rene Descartes

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led England in the via media for 46 years

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Elizabeth 1

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97
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plotted against her cousin, the English queen, and was later beheaded

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Mary Stuart Queen of Scots

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perhaps the greatest author of all time

wrote such works as HAMLET, OTHELLO, and ROMEO AND JULIET

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William Shakespeare

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99
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wrote LEVIATHAN

believed that, because humans were naturally evil, an absolute monarchy was the best form of government

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Thomas Hobbes

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100
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wrote two TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT to explain in what circumstances individuals might be justified in rebelling against their government
believed government must provide a framework which guaranteed one’s life, liberty, and property

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John Locke

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101
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bold English pirates who raided Spanish shipping

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sea dogs

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102
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the English noblemen who remained loyal to Charles I during the English Civil War

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Cavaliers/Royalists

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103
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the Puritan supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War

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Roundheads

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104
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French Calvinists

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Hugenots

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105
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the theory that royal power came from God

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divine right of kings

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106
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an unwritten agreement between government and human society to maintain peace, safety, and order by giving up certain rights

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social contract

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107
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an economic system which operates without governmental interference

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laissez-faire

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108
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a forced transfer of military or political power

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coup d-etat

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109
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the first Stuart king of England and a vocal proponent of divine right
directed an English translation of the Bible

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James I

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110
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led the royal forces during the English Civil War

later captured, tried, found guilty of treason, and beheaded

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Charles I

111
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led the forces who were loyal to the Parliament during the English Civil War
named Lord Protector of the Commonwealth

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Oliver Cromwell

112
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the “Merry Monarch” who led England during the Restoration

secretly received funds from Louis XIV of France

A

Charles II

113
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the king of England for only three years

after the birth of his son, he was forced to flee to France

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James II

114
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enthroned by the Glorious Revolution

in order to rule as sovereigns, they signed a Bill of Rights guaranteeing the English people certain rights

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William and Mary

115
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the “terrible” who killed thousands in Novgorod and eventually killed his own son

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Ivan IV

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the first Czar to travel in Western Europe

worked to westernize Russia

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Peter I the Great

117
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led the nation of Prussia during this time

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Hohenzollerns family

118
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led the nation of Austria-Hungary

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Hapsburg family

119
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the king of Prussia who assumed the title “first servant” but refused to end serfdom or torture

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Frederick II

120
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the princess made queen of Austria-Hungary by the Pragmatic Sanction
was attacked by Prussia

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Maria Theresa

121
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in order to pay for the French and Indian war, the British decided to

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tax the American colonies

122
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the location of the “shot heard ‘round the world” which began the American Revolution

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Lexington

123
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this American victory allowed Benjamin Franklin to gain help from the French

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Saratoga

124
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the victory at ______ over Lord Cornwallis ended the American Revolution

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Yorktown

125
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penned the US Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

126
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the first written plan of government for the United States

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Articles of Confederation

127
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became known as the Sun King

became king at age 5

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Louis XIV

128
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the home to French kings during the 1700s

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Versailles

129
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the greatest Baroque composer

wrote fugues, counterpoint, etc. to the glory of God

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J. S. Bach

130
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mocked French society and culture in plays, poetry, novels, essays, over 20,000 letters and over 2000 books and pamphlets

A

Voltaire

131
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believed that society corrupted people
wrote THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Man is born free, but everywhere is in chains

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

132
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led the National Assembly (and the Committee of Public Safety) during the Reign of Terror

A

Maximilian Robespierre

133
Q

brought together astronomy, physics, and mathematics

wrote MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY

A

Isaac Newton

134
Q

used reason to analyze economic systems in his 1776 book WEALTH OF NATIONS

A

Adam Smith

135
Q

the French philosophe who wrote THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

A

Denis Diderot

136
Q

believed that without an all-powerful government to restrain evil, life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”

A

Thomas Hobbes

137
Q

a powerful symbol of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789

A

the fall of the Bastille

138
Q

the third estate’s vow to continue to meet until they had created a constitution

A

the Tennis Court Oath

139
Q

a set of revolutionary ideas adopted by the French National Assembly in 1789

A

the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

140
Q

the radicals’ attempt to maintain control of the French Revolution through a series of accusations, trials, and executions coordinated by the Committee of Public Safety

A

Reign of Terror

141
Q

When Napoleon was crowned Emperor of France, who placed the crown on his head?

A

himself

142
Q

Napoleon’s attempt to destroy Britain’s economy through a naval blockade

A

the Continental System

143
Q

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia, but the Russians’ _____ and ____ resulted in his defeat

A

scorched earth policy

freezing temperatures

144
Q

Napoleon was finally defeated at the ______ after his escape from his first exile and the “Hundred Days”

A

Battle of Waterloo

145
Q

3 factors of production

A

labor
capital
land

146
Q

5 characteristics of the Romantic movement

A 
emphasis on passion, emotion
focus on the individual
love of untamed nature
emphasis on the supernatural and grotesque
celebration of the past
147
Q

when landowners purchased additional land and fenced it, throwing small farmers off their land

A

enclosure movement

148
Q

a work stoppage used to force employers to raise wages and improve working conditions

A

strike

149
Q

the belief that government or society should control major industries for the good of all the people

A

socialism

150
Q

the belief that government should won all means of production and control all economic planning

A

communism

151
Q

a rebellion against the machines that were harmful to the commonality

A

Luddite movement

152
Q

someone who risks his money to start a new business planning to make profits

A

entrepreneur

153
Q

an organization formed to represent the interests of workers

A

labor union

154
Q

invented the cotton gin

A

Eli Whitney

155
Q

the Scottish instrument maker who developed an improved steam engine in 1712

A

James Watt

156
Q

built the CLERMONT, a steamship which operated on the Hudson River between New York City and Albany

A

Robert Fulton

157
Q

wrote DAS KAPITAL to propound “scientific socialism” which would inevitably take the form of a revoltuion

A

Karl Marx

158
Q

disproved the idea of spontaneous generation and demonstrated the link between microbes and disease

A

Louis Pasteur

159
Q

demonstrated that light acts simultaneously as a wave and as a particle
developed a special theory of relativity

A

Albert Einstein

160
Q

invented the telephone in 1876

A

Alexander Graham Bell

161
Q

credited with inventing the telegraph in 1837

A

Samuel Morse

162
Q

developed the first usable and practical electric light bulb

he also invented the phonograph

A

Thomas Edison

163
Q

built a line of affordable vehicles called the Model T by using the assembly line

A

Henry Ford

164
Q

used dogs to study conditioned reflexes

A

Ivan Pavlov

165
Q

Marx’s primary understanding of history was

A

a continuing struggle between classes

166
Q

published ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES to explain his theory of evolution

A

Charles Darwin

167
Q

began the study of psychoanalysis

A

Sigmund Freud

168
Q

an artistic movement which sought to capture the “general sense” of a scene rather than the exact reproduction through light, vivid color, and motion

A

Impressionism

169
Q

what part of the psyche is on top, and what is it about?

A

super-ego
subconscious rules and values
I shouldn’t

170
Q

what part of the psyche is on the inside

A

ego
our conscious thinking selves
I am

171
Q

what part of the psyche is on the bottom?

A

id
our subconscious desires and urges
I want

172
Q

led to mass starvation in Ireland in the mid 1800s

A

a blight on the potato crop

173
Q

falsely accused and convicted in 1894 of giving French military secrets to Germany
finally cleared in 1906

A

Alfred Dreyfuss

174
Q

declared the Americas off-limits to further European colonization in 1823

A

The Monroe Doctrine

175
Q

the belief that the US should settle land from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans

A

Manifest destiny

176
Q

Otto von Bismarck’s political philosophy to bring about German unification through practical rather than idealistic actions

A

realpolitick

177
Q

Bismark argued that _____ would win Germany, not —

A

blood and iron

speeches and ballots

178
Q

in 1871 Wilhelm I was proclaimed the first ___ of Germany

A

kaiser

179
Q

the Compromise of 1867, the Bitter Compromise, created the ______ of Austria-Hungary

A

Dual Monarchy

180
Q

the conflict on the coast of the Black Sea between Russia and the combined forces of Great Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia

A

the Crimean War

181
Q

the Ottoman Empire lost territory in the ____ during the 1800s and early 1900s
difficult terrain and diverse ethnic groups made it a difficult area to unite

A

Balkans

182
Q

the attack on Father Gapon and a group of protestors outside the Winter Palace by Russian troops

A

Bloody Sunday

183
Q

the process by which one nation or people could control another

A

Imperialism

184
Q

the nation of India was primarily controlled by who during the 1800s?

A

Great Britain

185
Q

was sparked over beef and pork fat used in rifle cartridges

A

The Sepoy Rebellion

186
Q

divided into “spheres of influence” rather than colonies

A

China

187
Q

this Asian nation chose to modernize and was later able to defeat Russia in war

A

Japan

188
Q

an attack on western missionaries and Chinese converts to Christianity in 1899

A

the Boxer Rebellion

189
Q

the term used by Rudyard Kipling to describe the responsibility of spreading Western European civilization to those less cultured than themselves

A

The White Man’s Burden

190
Q

the only two African nations to remain independent of European colonization during the 1800s

A

Liberia and Ethiopia

191
Q

4 main causes of World War 1

A

militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism

192
Q

4 new weapons used in World War I

A

airplanes
machine guns
poison guns
submarines/U-boats

193
Q

3 results of World War 2

A

40 million dead
Cold War begins
US and USSR emerge as superpowers

194
Q

information designed to influence people’s opinions in order to support the war effort

A

propaganda

195
Q

the area between opposing trenches

A

no man’s land

196
Q

the Chinese Communists’ journey to find a safe place in western China

A

the Long March

197
Q

the attempt by a government to control all aspects of life

A

totalitarianism

198
Q

the government makes all major decisions about the production of goods in this system

A

centralized planning

199
Q

the deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

A

genocide

200
Q

FDR’s program to increase government spending and to create new laws regulating the stock market and banking system

A

the New Deal

201
Q

a system of labor camps in Siberia

A

gulag

202
Q

a totalitarian system based on extreme nationalism

founded by Benito Mussolini

A

Fascism

203
Q

giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace

A

appeasement

204
Q

the “powder keg” with the most visible power struggle during the early 1900s

A

the Balkans

205
Q

the spark which set off World War I

A

the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

206
Q

After Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who began mobilizing to support Serbia in case of attack?

A

Russia

207
Q

the Schlieffen plan called for Germany to

A

attack France quickly through Belgium

208
Q

Germany’s quick sweep toward France led who to enter the war?

A

Great Britain

209
Q

saved the city of Paris and halted the German advance in France

A

the Marne

210
Q

died from violence and starvation in the spring of 1915 when Ottoman leaders began removing them from the Caucasus mountain region, claiming that they were assisting the Russian invaders

A

600,000 Armenians

211
Q

caused public opinion in the US in May 1915 to turn against Germany

A

the sinking of the Lusitania

212
Q

a secret message from Germany promising that if Mexico attacked the US, Germany would see that Mexico got back part of the land she lost in the Mexican War

A

the Zimmerman Note

213
Q

ended WWI

A

the Treaty of Versailles

214
Q

The French leader in WWI

A

Georges Clemenceau

215
Q

Clemenceau’s goal

A

buffer zone between Germany and France

216
Q

The British leader in WWI

A

David Lloyd George

217
Q

George’s goal in WWI

A

German Navy destroyed

218
Q

US’s leader in WWI

A

Woodrow Wilson

219
Q

Wilson’s goal in WWI

A

League of Nations and the 14 points

220
Q

a self proclaimed holy man and healer who became Czarina Alexandra’s personal advisor

A

Gregory Rasputin

221
Q

appointed by the Duma to lead Russia’s provisional government in February 1917

A

Alexander Kerensky

222
Q

the leader of the Bolshevik party during the early twentieth century and is considered the father of the Russian Revolution

A

Vladimir Lenin

223
Q

re-elected president of the US in 1916 on the slogan “he kept us out of war”

A

Woodrow Wilson

224
Q

led the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War

A

Mao Zedong

225
Q

the Indian leader who practiced non-violence toward living things and civil disobedience to injustice

A

Mohandas Ghandi

226
Q

the US president who favored a minimal government response to the Great Depression

A

Herbert Hoover

227
Q

“March on Rome” brought him to power in 1922

later known as Il Duce

A

Benito Mussolini

228
Q

replaced Lenin as Soviet leader in 1924,

Great Purge eliminated thousands of enemies

A

Joseph Stalin

229
Q

the charismatic leader who became German chancellor in 1933

became known as the Fuhrer

A

Adolph Hitler

230
Q

Japan attempted to justify her invasion of _____ in 1931 by blowing up a section of Japanese railway and blaming China for it

A

Manchuria

231
Q

Italian forces invaded the African nation of ____ in 1935

A

Ethiopia

232
Q

died when Stalin refused to send food during a famine in 1932

A

millions of Ukrainians

233
Q

while in prison for an unsuccessful coup attempt, Hitler wrote

A

Mein Kampf

My Struggle

234
Q

After annexing Austria, Hitler met with French and British leaders at ________ and they all agreed to allow Germany to annex part of the nation of ______

A

Munich

Czechoslovakia

235
Q

British prime minister who believed that this agreement with Hitler would create “peace in our time”

A

Neville Chamberlain

236
Q

the division of ____ between Germany and the Soviet Union was a secret section of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

A

Poland

237
Q

German forces relied on an attack known as the ____ to create panic and quickly overwhelm resistance

A

blitzkrieg

238
Q

some 300,000 Allied troops were rescued in the evacuation of

A

Dunkirk

239
Q

Hitler established special camps in the nation of _____ for the primary purpose of killing large numbers of Jews and destroying their bodies

A

Poland

240
Q

became the new prime minister of Great Britain saying he could bring nothing but blood toil, tears, sweat in May 1940

A

Winston Churchill

241
Q

In the Battle for Britain, the British used a new technology called

A

radar

242
Q

In June 1941, Hitler sent German troops into _______ breaking his promise to Stalin

A

Soviet Union

243
Q

FDR called Pearl Harbor

A

a day that will live in infamy

244
Q

led a small number of American and Filipino troops in a doomed defense of the Philippines

A

Douglas MacArthur

245
Q

the Allied strategy of skipping Japanese strongholds and capturing weaker targets to use as bases for further attacks

A

Island hopping

246
Q

Japanese pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and deliberately crashed into Allied ships

A

kamikazes

247
Q

The Allied invasion of France on the beaches of Normandy

A

D-Day

248
Q

the first to reach Berlin where they discovered that Hitler had taken his own life

A

the Soviet Union

249
Q

decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japanese cities in hopes that it would force Japan to surrender

A

Harry Truman

250
Q

the site of the first atomic bomb dropped in a war setting

A

Hiroshima

251
Q

brought more than 200 former Nazis and military leaders to justice for roles in war crimes

A

Nuremberg Trials

252
Q

the struggle between communism and capitalist democracy that began shortly after the end of WWII

A

Cold War

253
Q

Winston Churchill used the image of a ___ to describe the sharp division between Eastern and Western Europe that resulted from Soviet actions

A

iron curtain

254
Q

The West followed a Cold War policy known as ____ that involved resisting Soviet aggression to limit the spread of communism

A

containment

255
Q

supplied the former German capital with food and fuel in response to a Soviet blockade

A

Berlin airlift

256
Q

responded with troops assembled from seventeen different nations in June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea

A

United Nations

257
Q

However the success of the UN offensive brought in forces from ____ to aid the North Koreans

A

China

258
Q

In October 1957 the Soviets launched the ______, history’s first artificial satellite

A

Sputnik

259
Q

this invasion of Cuba in April 1961 failed to topple the government of Fidel Castro and reflected badly on the US government

A

Bay of Pigs

260
Q

In 1962, __ brought the Soviet Union and the US to the brink of nuclear war

A

the Cuban Missile Crisis

261
Q

sought to “de-Stalinize” the Soviet Union, loosening some of the more drastic economic and political restrictions

A

Nikita Khrushchev

262
Q

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader from 1985-1991, began an era of ______ , the willingness to discuss Soviet problems openly

A

glastnost

263
Q

In November 1989 Germans spontaneously began tearing down the

A

Berlin Wall

264
Q

The Islamist terrorist organization______ launched an attack on the World Trade Center and the US Pentagon on September 11, 2001

A

al Qaeda

265
Q

an Islamist terrorist group governing Afghanistan

A

Taliban

266
Q

2 new nations - Hindu _____ and East and West ______ for Muslims
were created in 1947 by Great Britain

A

India

Pakistan

267
Q

a Catholic nun founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta)

A

Mother Theresa

268
Q

the French lost control of Vietnam at the battle of

A

Dien Bien Phu

269
Q

the Communist leader of the Vietminh, ______ received assistance from both China and the Soviet Union

A

Ho Chi Minh

270
Q

postulated that if one nation such as Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would quickly follow

A

domino theory

271
Q

QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO, also known as ______, was a collection of Mao Zedong’s writings which became the Chinese Commnists’ Bible

A

Little Red Book

272
Q

Mao’s program to create a society in which peasants and physical labor were the ideal
as a result, teachers, skilled workers, and artists were tortured

A

Cultural Revolution

273
Q

ended the pro-democracy protest in the spring of 1989

A

the Tiananmen Square Massacre

274
Q

the Chinese Guomindang (Nationalist) party moved to the island of ______ after the civil war

A

Taiwan

World History (14 decks)

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