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Krise WH Final
WH Final 20112-2013
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolutism | When one ruler has complete power and control |
| Don Quixote | A book written by Cervantes about a man who went crazy and attacked windmills |
| Spain Weakens | Inflation and growing population |
| Dutch Masters | Famous group of artists from the 1600's (Rembrandt) |
| Absolute Monarchs | Kings or queens who held all power |
| Divine Right | God created the monarchy and gave the monarchs power |
| Louis XIV | The Sun King (France) |
| Versaille | The palace and estate built by Louis XIV |
| Peter the Great | The first absolute ruler of Russia |
| The Scientific Revolution | A new way of thinking about the world using careful observation and analysis. |
| Geocentric thought | A belief that the earth is the center of the universe. |
| Heliocentric thought | A belief that the sun is the center of the universe |
| Isaac Newton | Created the theory of gravity |
| Enlightenment | An intellectual movement that stressed use of thought and reason |
| John Locke | Believed man had certain Natural Rights |
| Marie Antoinette | "Let the eat cake" |
| Louis XVI | Leader of France, beheaded by the French people |
| Guillotine | Used to behead people during the French Revolution |
| Napoleon | French general and leader after the French Revolution |
| Waterloo | The place Napoleon was defeated by the British |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | Leader of the Haitian Revolution |
| Mullatos | People of mixed European and African ancestry |
| Industrial Revolution | A greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England |
| Factors of Production | Land, Labor, Capital |
| Urbanization | Movement to cities in search of jobs |
| Adam Smith | Wrote "Wealth of Nations" that supported Capitalism |
| Karl Marx | Wrote "The Communist Manifesto" that supported Communism |
| Imperialism | When a nation takes contro of weaker ones to exploit for financial and military gain |
| Sepoy Mutiny | When the Indian people rebelled against the British |
| Assassination of Franz Ferdinand | The spark that started WWI |
| Central Powers | Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| Allied Powers | England, France, Russia |
| Trench Warfare | War strategy used during WWI |
| Propaganda | One-sided information used to persuade people |
| Lusitania | Ship sunk by German submarines |
| Fascism | A militant movement that emphasized loyalty to the state |
| Hitler | WWII leader of Germany |
| Mussolini | WWII leader of Italy |
| Nazism | German fascism |
| Appeasement | Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace |
| Blitzkreig | Lightning War |
| Holocaust | The systematic mass-slaughter of the Jews |
| Kamikazes | Japanese suicide pilots |
| Nuremburg Trials | Trial of Germans for war crimes |
| Yalta Conference | Meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to decide what would happen after the war ended |
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