Question | Answer |
Which American document was based on the ideas of John Locke? | The Declaration of Independance |
Holocaust | Planned extermination of Jews in Nazi death camps |
What occurred on D-Day? | the allied invasion of France |
Which group formed the National Assembly during the French Revolution? | Third Estate |
What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peacetime? | He was able to establish a fair tax code and system of laws |
Included in the Triple Entente | France, Great Britian, United States |
What was a contribution of Henry Ford? | created the assembly line |
Which was a reason for the Reformation? | European merchants did not agree with the high taxes to the Church in rome |
Appeasement | The policy of cooperation with an aggressor to preserve peace |
Hitler's plan to quickly attack. Known as "lightening war" | blitzkrieg |
The age of Imperialism was due to manufacturers' need for | Natural Resources |
British Rule in India | Included construction of a telegraph and railroad systems |
Important principle of Roman Law | Stated that all people were innocent until proven guilty |
Example of military alliances include | NATO and the Warsaw Pact |
Baron de Montesqeieu | Believed in a separate of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches |
Cause of WWII | Aggressive actions by Germany, Japan and Italy |
The economic system of feudalism | The manor system |
A period of worldwide economic downturn between the world wars | the Great Depression |
Goal of the Congress of Vienna | to restore the monarchies to European countries |
Areas claimed for exlusive trading or investing rights are known as | Sphere of Influence |
Totalitarian governments | Control all aspects of it's people's lives |
Republic | power is in the hands of the people elected by the citizens |
Magna Carta guarantees | basic legal rights |
Mansa Musa | Mali's first great leader |
Result of WWII | the atmoic age began and many civilians and soldiers died |
Justinian | devloped an extensive code of laws |
1945-1990 | time period of the Cold War |
Humanism | studied the potential and achievements of humans |
Reparations | payments made by a "guilty" group for damages |
The government | owns the means of production in a communist economic system |
Perestroika | economic plan to rebuild the Soviet economy |
Nationalism | Loyalty to a country |
Bosnian Muslims | Endured a policy of ethnic cleansing |
Ho Chi Min | communist leader in vietnam |
Colonialism | Form of imperialim practiced by Britian in India |
Reunifaction of Germany | Announced the end of the Cold War |
Spread of Islam throughout Africa | resulted from conquest and trade |
Bolsheviks | a radical group in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin |
Points on the triangular trade route | Africa, Asia & Europe |
Nazism | German form of Fascism |
League of Nations | a peacekeeping organization created by President Wilson |
Stamp Act | British tax on printed materials |
Suez Canal | provided a shortcut from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean |
Industrialization | increased the production of goods |