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Midterm Modern World
Midterm exam review for modern world history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oliver Cromwell | He led parliment to fight against King Charles I. He abolished the Monarchy and ruled as a dictator |
| Louis XIV | A French King who fought the war of the spanish succession. |
| Absolutism | The monarchy has complete control over everything in the society |
| Merchantilism | A country's power depended on it's wealth |
| Columbian Exchange | The global exchange of goods during the colonization of the Americas |
| Kepler | Came up with a mathematical explanation to prove that the planets revolve around the sun |
| Anabaptists | people who were rebaptised as adults |
| Socialism | The government should have more say in the economy |
| Napoliean | Seized power and the authority of power in France and made himself Dictator. |
| Hatian Revolution | African Slaves of Hati rebelled and took power of hati. First country to be ruled by a black majority |
| Simon Bolivar | A creole who led the creoles rebellion from spain. He wanted a unified South America |
| Industrial Revolution | The start of making everything by machine which was cheaper and faster |
| Berlin Conference | When all the western Europeans got together to try to decide how to split up the African territories |
| Treaty of Tordellsias | Signed between Spain and Portugual agreeing to honor the line dividing Spain and Portugual territory |