| Question |
Answer |
| WWI |
1914-1918 |
| Treaty of Versailles |
1919 |
| Foundation of the Turkish Republic |
1923 |
| Hitler takes power as chancellor of Germany |
1933 |
| Berlin Olympics |
1936 |
| The Spanish Civil War |
1936-1939 |
| WWII |
1939-1945 |
| VE (Victory in Europe) Da |
1945 |
| Cold War |
1945-1991 |
| Colombian Civil War |
1948-1957 |
| Foundation of NATO |
1949 |
| The Treaty of Rome (EEC) |
1957 |
| "Papa Doc" Duvalier is elected President |
1957 |
| Jimenez forced into exile |
1958 |
| Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba |
1959 |
| Foundation of OPEC |
1960 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis |
1962 |
| Formation of the PLO |
1964 |
| FARC formed |
1966 |
| Munich Olympics |
1972 |
| Denmark, UK & Ireland join the EEC |
1973 |
| The overthrow of the Shah in Iran |
1979 |
| Iran-Iraq War |
1980-1988 |
| Falklands War |
1982 |
| Treaty of Paris (formation of EU) |
1951 |
| The Fall of the Berlin Wall |
1989 |
| Pinochet steps down as head of state |
1990 |
| Collapse of the USSR |
1991 |
| USSR advisers leave Cuba |
1991 |
| Swede, Finland & Austria join the EU |
1995 |
| Taliban Govern Afghanistan |
1996-2001 |
| Chavez comes to power in Venezuela |
1998 |
| Switzerland joins the UN |
2002 |
| The EURO is first issued as legal tender in 12 countries |
2002 |
| The EU increased to 25 members |
2004 |
| Six day War |
1967 |
| the Yom Kippur War |
1973 |
| First Major Palestinian Intifada |
1987-1991 |
| Lula de Silva becomes the President of Brazil |
2002 |
| Begin of Construction of Berlin Wall |
1961 |
| Nuremberg Trials |
1945-1946 |
| Intifada |
Revolts toward Israel for Taking Palestinian Territory |
| Cuneiform |
Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets |
| Cuneiform |
wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. |
| Anti-Semitism |
hatred towards Jews. |
| Hajj |
Muhammad’s migration to Medina (from Mecca). |
| Martyrs |
People who suffer/die for their beliefs. |
| Mandate |
an official order or commission to do something. |
| Desalination |
The process of purifying saltwater (into freshwater) for irrigation and drinking. |
| Theocracy |
Country ruled under (according to) a religion. |
| Secular |
denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. |
| Conquistadors |
Spanish conquerors in Latin America. |
| Mercantilism |
belief that in order to increase wealth (in gold) exports > imports. |
| Mestizos |
Child that is half European and half Native American (of mixed ancestry). |
| El Niño |
Strong currents in the Pacific Ocean (Peru) |
| Caudillos |
Latin American leader who seize power for a short period of time. |
| Multiculturalism |
Policy that encourages cultural diversity. |
| Inflation |
Economic trend where there is a steep increase in prices. |
| Socratic Method |
A pedagogical technique in which a teacher does not give information directly but instead asks a series of questions, with the result that the student comes either to the desired knowledge by answering the questions them selves. |
| Aristocracy |
Government ruled by a small upper class (elite). |
| Absolute Monarchy |
System of government in which the monarch has absolute power. |
| Appeasement |
pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands |
| Holocaust |
6 million Jews (& more groups that were discriminated against, like gypsies and homosexuals) were persecuted and exterminated. |
| Welfare State |
a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, esp. those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. |
| Ethnic Cleansing |
During Hitler’s time in power, when he tried to “cleanse” Germany by eradicating all Jews & people that weren’t blonde and blue-eyed were not right. |
| Cold War |
Battle-less war/conflict between the Superpowers (U.S & Russia). 1945 – 1991. |
| Democracy |
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
| Genocide |
the deliberate killing of an ethnic or religious group. |
| Coup d’état |
revolt, often by military leaders, against a nation’s government. |
| Feudalism |
System of government under which local lords ruled the land but were bound by ties of loyalty to higher lords and to the monarch or emperor. |
| Communism |
system of government in which all property is held in common. |
| Fascism |
governmental system which is led by a dictator that has complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism |
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