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Final Exam History
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 words that describe the period of the italian renaissance | creativity and change |
| 3 effects the printing press had | 1. books-cheaper and easier to produce 2. more people learned how to read 3. more access to knowledge (medical-law) |
| why was florence, italy the center of the renaissance movement? | great location for trading |
| Why did king henry the 8th break away from the pope to start his own church | he wanted a divorce because his wife was not producing a son, pope said NO, made him mad and he started his own church |
| 3 reasons tension started to build between 2 world superpowers | 1. possession of atomic bomb 2. alliances broken up 3. different types of govt. |
| 3 characteristics that describe a communist govt. | 1. govt. controls economy 2. no one profits from working hard 3. govt. controls businesses |
| 3 characteristics that describe a democratic/capitalistic govt. | 1. businesses are privately ran 2. freedom to start your own business 3. choices of political parties to belong to |
| a metaphoric divider (during cold war) that separated communism and democracty in europe | iron curtain |
| ultimate goal of berlin airlift, marshal plan, and truman doctrine (all same) | prevent communism |
| who does vietnam war involve | north vietnam and south vietnam |
| what are pentagon papers | documents leaked to media verifying that the govt. had not been honest w/ americans about how war was going |
| how did america view their govt. during war? | americans did not trust govt. |
| which country starts the scramble for Africa? | Belgium |
| 5 reasons for exploring africa | 1. imperialism 2. spreading christianity and civilization 3. economic needs 4. ending african slave trade 5. new technology |
| what event took place in darfur, sudan. | sudanese govt. and janja-weed-arab nomads targeted black african groups from southern sudan; nomads wanted better land |
| 2 religions seen most in africa among all the countries | muslim/islamic and christianity |
| 2 ethnicities Rwandan civil war involved? what causes this genocide? | tutsis and hutu; hutu's were mistreated and wanted a hutu ran govt. |
| in addition to civil war and genocide, what else is a threat to people of Africa? | AIDS, HIV |
| 3 factors that led to WW1 | 1. Francis Ferdinand and wife = assassinated 2. alliances put on alert 3. germany in "arms race" |
| whose assassination led to the outbreak of WW1 | Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife |
| What did selective service act do? | instituted a draft during WW1 |
| When WW1 began, Germany wanted to avoid a 2 front war and devised the __________ plan that would quickly destroy _________________. | Schlieffen;France |
| What is Armistice Day? What happened on this day? | when the war ended on November 11,1918, germany surrendered |
| leader of germany during WW2 | hitler |
| terms of treaty of ________ caused WW2 | versailles |
| seen as an economic declaration of war and UNOFFICIALLY brought america into WW2 | lend lease act |
| code name for atomic bomb | manhattan project |
| where were atomic bombs dropped? | hiroshima and nagasaki, japan |
| what is D-day | june 6, 1944/allied forces freed france from germany |
| what is island-hopping | american forces going from island-to-island and capturing them, heading to japan |
| what influenced jobs and crops settlers had in their colonies | where they lived, land, climate |
| in what region were agriculture and plantation life most prevalent? | southern colonies |
| main economic activities of new england colonies | made furniture, especially chairs; made ships; fished; grew corn and wheat |
| mayflower compact of 1620-important step in development of democracy in america because it: | 1st step toward the colonists governing themselves |
| book, written by thomas paine, called for colonists to join in the effort for independence against britain | common sense |
| what did the proclamation line do? (proclamation act) | colonists can't move west of Appalachain |
| what did stamp act put tax on | all legal documents |
| group that led the boston tea party | sons of liberty |
| poster boy for american freedom..."Give me liberty or give me death!" | patrick henry |
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