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The growth of what city weakened the Golden Horde (Mongols) in Russia? 266-267

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Moscow

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What was the title given to the leader who united the Mongol tribes and established a Mongol empire? 264

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“Genghis Khan,” meaning “universal ruler.”

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Who was Akbar the Great? 268

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He was the most successful Mughal ruler (the grandson of Babur)

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Which empire came to power in the middle east in the 1400s and disrupted European trade?

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The Ottoman empire.

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Who settled the trade disputes between Spain and Portugal by dividing the world between the two countries? What was the dividing line called? 281

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The Pope, The line of demarcation

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Which Spanish Conquistador defeated the Aztecs and destroyed their capital?

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Hernándo Cortés

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Which explorer was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa?

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Vasco de Gama

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Which nation came out of the Seven Years’ War the strongest?

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Great Britain

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Which country and religious group won the Thirty Years war?

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France, and the Protestants

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Who epitomized absolutism in France? Why? What was the name of his palace? 297-300

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Louis XIV introduced absolutism. He also believed in one king, one law and one faith. To show his power and splendor, Louis had a great palace built called Versailles.

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The Seventeenth and Eighteenth century exaltation of reason is known as what?

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the age of reason

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What is empiricism? Why is it Biblically false? 322-324

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-all knowledge can be learned through experience
- false b/c all knowledge can be known from God

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Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the governed?

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John Locke

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What phrase did Thomas Jefferson adopt from John Locke and insert in the Declaration of Independence? According to Locke, why do men unite under a government?

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-He took a quote that is similar to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
- preservation of property.

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What aspects of biblical Christianity did some Enlightenment philosophers and scientists reject? What became the new religion of the Age of Reason? 327

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-they reject the miraculous aspect
- rationalism became new religion

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What were the two most important reasons for why Europeans settled in the American colonies? 339

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Religious and Political Liberty

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What was at the root of the colonial protest against the actions of parliament? 340-341

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They believed the Parliament had overstepped its authority by going beyond what the law said and violated the charters of the government of the colonies.

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What was the Old Regime? Which event symbolized the downfall of the Old Regime? 344-345

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  • The name given to the old Social & political order in France before the revolution.
    -The Storming of Bastille
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List the three estates in France, who made up each estate and who paid the most in taxes? 345-346

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-First Estate: Clergy of the R.Church
-Second Estate: Privileged class,
-Third Estate: Peasants, working class,paid many fees to the higher classes

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What did the Tennis Court Oath declare? What estate was behind it? 348

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-an oath to force a new constitution on the king
-the third estate

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What action of the Parisian mob is considered the beginning of the French Revolution? 349

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  • storming of the Bastille (which involved lots of violent events)
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The purpose of the Reign of Terror was to get rid of whom?

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To execute people who were accused of being “anti-revolutionary.”

23
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What was the dechristianization of France? Give two examples of what occurred.

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-rejected God and received reason as god
-Religious practice was outlawed
-ppl who were protecting priests or anything with religion they were killed

24
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How was the American revolution conservative and the French revolution radical?

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-The french revolution : violence/ take over
- the American revolution : self defense.

25
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To what place was Napoleon finally exiled?

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The island of St. Helena

26
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The major European powers supported which nation in its 1821 revolt against the Ottoman Empire?

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Greece

27
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In general terms, Latin American nations experienced many problems in the 19th century except…

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Apathy towards the roman catholic church

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List the four major powers of the Grand Alliance that defeated Napoleon 365

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Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia

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What was the main weakness of the alliance system?

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national interests over international

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Who was the Prussian politician primarily responsible for the unification of Germany? Against what three European nations did he take Prussia to war to achieve his goal? 379-380

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-Count Otto von Bismarck
-Denmark, Austria, and France

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What was the dual monarchy? 381

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-when Austria and Hungary were separate monarchies (with own constitution) that had equal partners within one empire

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Which Russian czar abolished serfdom in 1861 but was assassinated in 1881?

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Alexander II

33
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In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin? In what industry did the Industrial age make its real breakthrough?

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-Great Britain
- the cotton textile industry

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What two related causes did William Wilberforce fight for in Parliament? 397-398

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-He fought to abolish slave trade
-He fought to abolish slavery itself

35
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British socialists who sought to achieve a socialistic society without revolution and who sought to gradually undermine Capitalist society, were called 401-403

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Fabian Socialists

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According to the Communist Manifesto, The theory of communism may be summed up with what sentence? According to the Communist Manifesto, what should be done with eternal truth and all religion? Who wrote it?

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-Abolition of private property
-eternal truth and religion should be abolished
-Carl marx, Fredrick Engels

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What man laid the foundation for the modern theories of biological evolution? In what book did he set forth his theory of evolution? What did he think about the African race?

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-Charles Darwin
- On the Origin of Species, in 1859
-He was racist and justified racism with science

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What were the Dutch colonists in South Africa called? 418

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They were called Boers (Dutch for farmers).

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Explain the cause of the Opium Wars. 421

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-The cause of the opium wars was the trade/distribution of opium in China that was smuggled by british traders
-They forced China to sign the Treaty of Nanking which opened 4 more trade ports and started another war, further weakening China.

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What motivated Russia to participate in the Crimean War? Given Russia’s environment, explain the goal of Russia’s eastward expansion during the war and one of its likely goals in today’s Ukraine conflict. 430-431

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-wanted warmer sea ports
-desire to expand to the mediterranean.

41
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Identify three underlying causes of World War I

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nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and conflicting alliances.

42
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Who was assassinated on June 28, 1914? What chain reaction occurred because of this assassination?

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-Francis Ferdinand
-WW1

43
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BIEQ: How might owning property encourage good stewardship in society? Give Bible verses which support this.

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When a person owns something they tend to take care of it and do what is necessary to help the thing/possession become the best it can.
Genesis 1:28 tells us that God commanded us to multiply and rule over everything. In this way, ruling over/ taking care of the things God has blessed us with is obeying God.

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Compare and contrast the American and French Revolutions. Discuss the spiritual, political and social aspects of the revolutions.

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  • French : more equality, wanted to overturn the French Monarchy, started because of the storming of the bastille
    Cult of reason; they put reason above God and religion.

-They both wanted change from being ruled by an absolute ruler.

-American: wanted freedom, liberated from British rule

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