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Global History 2
regents review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolutism | Age of Kings --- Monarch is another word for King |
| Divine Right | belief that king was chosen by God ( same as Mandate of Heaven in China) |
| King Louis XIV | King of France -- Sun King |
| Peter the Great | Russian king that Modernized and Westernized |
| Galileo and Isaac Newton | Scientists--- Believed in experimentation and observation |
| Enlightenment | Period of time when they were getting new ideas about the government |
| John Locke | Believes in Life, Liberty, and Property (Natural Rights of Man) |
| French Revolution | Results influenced America and Latin American Revolution |
| Jose de San Martin, Toussaint l’Ouverture, and Simon Bolivar | Independence leaders in Latin America |
| Nationalism | Love and pride in your country ( Makes you want to unite together to form a new Country OR break away to form a new country) |
| Otto Von Bismark | United Germany with Nationalism Believed in "BLOOD and IRON" |
| Industrial Revolution | Change in the way work was done ---- Factories, Urbanization (moving to cities), Pollution, and Poor work conditions |
| Meiji Restoration | Modernization in Japan |
| Imperialism | When one country takes over another ---- They did this because they wanted Resources, raw Materials, and Markets to sell goods. |
| Scramble for Africa | Berlin Conference was a meeting between countries where they divided up the continent of Africa without paying any attention to what Africa Wanted |
| Spheres of Influence | Imperialism in China |
| WWI | causes were MAIN ( Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism) Result was Treaty of Versailles -- Blamed Germany |
| Totalitarian Dictatorship | Government that has total control over the people -- Uses Censorship, Secret Police, and propoganda |
| Russian Revolution | caused by poor leadership and WWI. |
| Karl Marx | Founder of Communism |
| Communism | Government and Economy where everything is controlled by the government. ( the State decides what to make and how much of it to make and what it's going to cost) |
| Capitalism | Economy where the people ( private business) control the money. Founded by Adam Smith |
| WWII | caused by Treaty of Versailles |
| Holocaust | example of Genocide ( mass murder of a large group of people) |
| Cold War | war of ideas between US and USSR ( Democracy Vs. Communism) Gorbachov --- Periostroka and Glastnoz |
| Communist China | Mao ZeDong --Communist Leader Nationalist Leader that opposed Mao was Chang Kaishek |
| Apartheid | System in South Africa where they separated (kept APART) whites and blacks. |
| Nelson Mandela | Black South African who went to jail for fighting apartheid --- Became first black president of South Africa |
| Rawanda | Example of Genocide |
| Ethnic Cleansing | Another name for Genocide --- Example is Serbia/ Bosnia |
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