World History Final Semester 2
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- What were the main reasons for European voyages of exploration in the 1400's?
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1. Grow Wealthy
2. Spread Christianity
- Who was the explorer that was able to find a sea route between Portugal and India?
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Vasco de Gama
- Spices were the most important trade good from the East during which century?
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1600's
- What was the name of the nobleman who organized exploration efforts in such a way as to help Portugal take the lead in overseas exploration?
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Prince Henery
- What was Bartolomeu Dias the first to do?
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Sailed around the Southern tip of Africa
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Which Russian ruler was nicknamed the "Terrible"?
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Ivan the fourth
- Which English document made clear the limits of royal power?
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English bill of rights
- Which war fought between 1618 and 1648 was fought over religion, territory and power?
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30 years war
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What problem helped weaken the Spanish Empire?
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Sever Inflation and taxes
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Put the following in order:
English Civil War
Glorious Revolution
The Restoration
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1. English Civil War
2. The Restoration
3. Glorious Revolution
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Which ruler of Russia is credited with having westernized Russia?
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Peter the Great
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In France, what was the Edict of Nantes designed to accomplish?
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Bring end to violent religious conflicts
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King Louis "the fourteenth" became the most powerful ruler of France, and boasted, "I am the "
- State
- Which Spanish king stimulated the arts and defended the Roman Catholicism?
- Felipe
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Which country's government had become a constitutional monarchy by the end of the 1600's?
- England
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What was the term used of for the concept that held that God supported the absolute rule of a king?
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Divine Right
- What was the name of the first Russian ruler who adopted the title czar, meaning Caesar?
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Ivan the terrible
- In Europe, what territorial changes were made as a result of the seven years war?
- NONE
- What was the name of the ruler whose territory the War of Austrian Succession was fought?
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Maria Theresa
- What famous US document that embodied Enlightenment principles said that people have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?
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Declaration of Independence
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What was the name of the movement that had a belief in a more secular outlook, faith in science, and a belief in progress?
- Enlightenment
- Which famous Enlightenment thinker proposed the idea that governments should have a system of checks and balances?
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Montesquieu
- What was the name of the style of art that was grand and ornate and dominated Europe in the 1600's and 1700's?
- Baroque
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Which key Enlightenment book written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau explained the idea of direct democracy?
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Social Contract
- Who was it that proposed the law of universal law of gravitation?
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Isac Newton
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Who helped develop the scientific method?
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Francis Bacon
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Who was the author of the heliocentric theory of planetary motion?
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Nicolas Copernicus
- At which famous meeting held at the conlcustion of the Napoleonic Wars, was the Concert of Europe established?
- Congress of Vienna
- What was the major impact of the Congress of Vienna?
- Naturalism Grew
- After which famous battle was Napoleon forced to give-up his plans of invading Britain?
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Battle of Trafalger
- What was the issue that arose after King Louis VXI called the Estates General to meet in 1789?
- How many votes would each state receive
- What was the momentous issue that led to the first meeting of the Estates General in 1789?
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Propose taxation of Nobles
- What was the document, issued August 27, 1789, that proclaimed that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?
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Declaration of the rights of man
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What happened July 14, 1789, Bastille Day?
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Mob stormed prision
- What was the name of the group that imposed and directed the Reign of Terror?
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Committee of Public Safety
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What term covers the following ideas?
- The nation of any group of people should have common culture
- An individuals greatest loyalty should be to a nation of ones own people
- Loyalty should not be given to a king
- Nationalism
- What was the major accomplishment of Camillo di Cavor?
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Unification of Italy
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By 1849, conservatives controlled what geographic area?
- Europe
- Who was one of romanticisms first composers?
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Beethovn
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What was the title of the pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friendrich Engels?
- The Communist Manifesto
- What was the name of the historical process that made the population grow faster than the housing supply in the cities?
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Industrial Revolution
- What historical process paved the way for the Industrial Revolution, led to population growth, icreased food supplies, caused farmers to lose land and seek other work?
- Agricultural Revolution
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What is laissez-faire policy?
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No government interference.
Hands off
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What is an entrepreneur?
- Takes on risk of business
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Which industry was the first to undergo major industrialization?
- Textile
- What happened to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and what started?
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- Assassinated
- Started WWI
- Assassinated
- What event between 1914 and 1918 drained the treasuries of European states?
- WWI
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What was Woodrow Wilsons plan for the peace in the postwar world called?
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14 points
- What event was brought to an end by the Armistice of November 11, 1918?
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End of WWI
- Why were Germany and Austria-Hungry known as the Central Powers?
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Their location was in the heart of Europe
- What did the Schlieffen Plan call for Germany to do in the event of a general European war?
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Attack France then Attack Russia
- What is the correct geographic term for the region that was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe prior to WWI?
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Bulken Peninsula
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What is militarism?
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Build up an army that is ready for war
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What is "total war"?
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Devote all resources to war.
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Which war revealed the weakness of the czarist rule and military leadership?
- WWI
- What does "Totalitarian State" mean?
- Government has total control
- were radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries.
- Bolsheviks
- In which country did the global depression and war debts caused great suffering?
- Germany
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In which political ideology is there a disregard for individual rights?
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Facism
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What methods did Hitler use as he tried to achieve lebensraum (living space) for the German people?
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Conquer other countries
- Isaac Newton's theories of motion and gravity were modified by whose theory of relativity?
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Einsteins
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Which states were the Axis Powers?
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Germany
Italy
Japan
- What caused the Germans to start taking Adolf Hitler, and his message seriously?
- Great Depression
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What is the British and French Policy that called for giving into aggression to keep the peace?
- Appeacement
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What plan did the US start that saved Germany's economy?
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Dawes Plan
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In 1939 what kind of an agreement was signed between the Soviet Union and Germany?
- non-aggression pact
- What were the trials of the Nazis called?
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Numberg Trials
- What was the German term for the strategic use of surprise and overwhelming force?
- Blitzkrig
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What was Auscheitz?
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Concentration camp
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What isit that upheld rights of free trade and choice of government and it became the plan for postwar peace?
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Atlantic Charter
- What was Hitlers plan to commit genocide against thepeople considered inferior?
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Final Solution