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9th Grade
05/21/2011

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Italy
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which country is credited with the beggining of the Renaissance?
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learning
Definition

in the fourteenth century, Florentine writer's study of the classics stirred a rebirth of what?

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perspective
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what word means to portray a three-dimentional appearence on a flat surface

 

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Donatello
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who was the leading sculptor of the Renaissance and sculpted a statue of Dacid for de Medici
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Michelangelo 

Definition
Which multitalented artist turned architect/sculptor completed one of him most famous masterpieces, the Pieta, hile in his early twenties?
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humanism
Definition
what is the renewed focus on man's capacities known as?
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Erasmus
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this honored and indluential scholar of the Renaissance published his first edition of the Greek New Testament in 1516
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Miguel de Ceruantes
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who was the formost Soanish writer of the late Renaissance?
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Thomas Moore
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who was the English humanist who spent regular hours in prater and write he book Utopia, meaning "nowhere"?
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genre painting
Definition
what is the trpe of painting that depicts scenes every day life called?
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a protest
Definition
the reformation began as a religious moment to do what?
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England
Definition
in which country did the reformation begin?
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Bible
Definition
what, according to Wycliffe, is the supreme authority for all believers?
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Romans 1:17
Definition
which verse did Luther use to claim "the just shall live by faith"?
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justification by faith
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while a priest, Luther discovered throguh Scripture studies that which of the following is true?
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treasury of saints
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the saints' "excess works," stored in a band in heaven , where known as what?

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Johan Tetzel
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who sold indulgences in Martin Luther's area?
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indulgences
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Luthers' Ninety Five These covered the ussue of what?
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book of common prayer
Definition
Thomas Cranmer's book of Bible readings and prayers is known as what?
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humanities
Definition
what is the course of stufy that includes the study of history, science, grammat, classical literature and philosophy called?
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English Bible
Definition
Wycliffe, Tyndale, Coverdale, and Rogers all worked on what printed book
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seperatists
Definition
the protestants in England who saw no hope for change in the English church and who removed themselves from it were known as who?
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Puritans
Definition
the Protestants in England who wished to cleanse the Anglican church of its Catholic practices were the...?
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John Knox
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who was the leader of the protestant reformation in Scotland?
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presbiterian church
Definition
which church was established in Scotland through the influence of John Knox?
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Marco Polo
Definition
what traceler to the Far East contributed o the Ago of exploration by his tales of the strange customs and great wealth of the Orient?
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Spain
Definition
which country was the first to explore the New World?
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Portugal and Spain
Definition
which two countries dicided the world between them in the line of demarcation?
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Aztecs
Definition
what indian group founded the walled city of Tenochitlan?
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Hernando de Soto
Definition
who discovered the Mississippi River?
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Jacque Cartier
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who was the first great French explorer in the New World?
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Megallan
Definition
who was the first European to view the Pacific Ocean?
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Ferdinand Magellan and Balboa
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who gace the Pacific Ocean its present name?
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Samuel de Champlain
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Who was the Father of New France and the founder of Quebec?
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Jamestown
Definition
the first permanent Englsih colont in America was...?
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Mercantilism
Definition
what was the dominant economic system of the Age of Exploration?
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prospectus
Definition
what key term is a word for the details of a proposed business venture?
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underwriter
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today, we use this word to descrive an insurance company
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capital
Definition
the supply of invested money in a company
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dividends
Definition
when a profit was made by a company, it was given to the stockholders in the form of these
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cavaliers
Definition
who were the members of the nobility who supported the king over Parliament?
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Fredrick I
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who was the Prissian king who enhanced the prestige of Prussian rulers among the rest of Europe by taking the title of King of Prussia
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Iran IV
Definition
this Russian tyrant was also known as the Terrible
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absolute
Definition
what is the term for the unlimited and unrestained political power that European rulers set out to attain?
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divine right
Definition
kings of the 17 and 18th senturies asserted that God established their authority and therefor they ruled by what?
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round heads
Definition
these were members of the Puritans, the lesser hentry, and the merchants who supported Parliament over the king
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intendents
Definition
who were the officials who reaplced the nobility in positions of authority and were directly responsible to the king of France?
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Frondes
Definition
what is the name given to the series or riots, civil wars, and antogovernment plots experienced France in the 1640's and early 1650's?
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Junkers
Definition
who were the members of the Prussian nobility who worked closelt with the electors in governing the country and serving as officers in the Prussian army?
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balance of power
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what did European monarchs seek to preserve in order ti make syre that their neighbors did not become too strong an thus able to threaten their borders?
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Treaty of Utrecht
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what treaty ended the War of the Spanish Successions?
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Hohenzollem
Definition
who was the ruling family in Prussia in the 1700's?
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Romonov
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who was the ruling family in Russia?
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Hapsburg
Definition
who was the ruling family in Austria?
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French Protestants
Definition
who were the Huguenots?
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Stuarts
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what family succeeded the Tudors to the throne of England?
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Walter Scott
Definition
who wrote Ivanhoe?
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romantirasm
Definition
what cultural movement gave literary and artistic expression to the concept of "liberty, equality, fraturnity?"
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Frederic Chopin
Definition
who was the polish composer who has been called the "poet of the piano..."?
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Peter Ilyich Tchdikovsky
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who was the orchestral Russian composer who wrote many symphonies. ballets, and overtures sucj as the Nutcracker?
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Edgar Allan Poe
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who was the American writer of poems and short stories who is considered the father of modern mystery and detective fiction?
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Beethoven
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what man bridged the gap between classical and romantic music?
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real politik
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what is the polical system in which nations used whatever means necessary to advance their national goals called?
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risorgimento
Definition
what is the movement which stressed individual rights and person freedoms called?
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indemnities
Definition
what is the term for the compensation to other nations for war damages?
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Victor Hugo
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who wrote the Hunchback of Notre Dame?
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James Fenimore Cooper
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who wrote the novel The Last of the Mohicans?
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Johann Woffgang von Goethe
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who wrote Faust?
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Jakob and William Grimm
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who compiled German fairytales such as Hansel and Gretel and Cinderella?
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Alexander Pushkin
Definition
which of the following poets is considered to be the greatest Russian poet?
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nationalism
Definition
what is the term for the strong spirit of pride that promted groups to seek their independence or to defend their ethnic interests called?
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Florence Nightingale
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who was the British nurse who established the modern nursing profession through her efforts during the Crimean War?
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Livington
Definition
who was the famous missionary that opened up the interior of Africa to the gospel message?
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Martin
Definition
who was the South American freedom fighter who led the struggle against Spain and secured the independence of Chile and Peru?
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Suez Canal
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what canal did Britain secure control of in order to protect her trade with India and the Far East?
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1861-1865
Definition
what are the dates for the civil war?
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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
what of the following land acquisitions doubles the size of the Unites States? 
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France
Definition
Britain gained Canada as a result of a war with who?
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......
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which of the following was not one of the possessions outside the North American continent that the U.S. controlled by the end of the nineteenth century?

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Boers
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who were the first Europeans to settle South Africa?
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Bolivar and Martin
Definition
who were the two leaders of South America's struggle for independence?
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Treaty of Kangawa
Definition
which treaty was the first treaty Japan ever signed with a western nation?
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Missionary outreach
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what was the most positive result of imperialism?
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.....
Definition
through which treaty did Britain recieve Hong Kong?
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19th
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which century is considered teh "great century" of missionary activity
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Roosevelt callary
Definition
what precipitated the Spanish American War?
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imperialism
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what term means the extension of power by one people or country over another country?
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Carey
Definition
who was the missionary who led the first missionary journey to India?
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Candillas
Definition
what term applies to ambitious military leaders in Latin America?
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Woodrow Wilson
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who was the president of the United States during WWI?
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Andrew Carnagie
Definition
who was the steel manufacturer that gave money to build the peace palace in the Netherlands?
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dis arment
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which term means the elimination of weapons?
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ultimatum
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which term means a list of demands with threats?
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chauvinism
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what is the term for a feeling of superiority over other nations?
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moratorium
Definition
whis a temporary suspension of all reparation payments?
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total war
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what is warfare which affects the civilian population that is away from the battle zones?
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armistice
Definition
what is a temporary cessation of fighting called?
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altritin
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what is the term for a long and tiring warfare in which one side tries to wear down the other?
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Charles Dawnes
Definition
who was the American banker who formed a commitee to help Germany with her reparations?
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
what treaty concluded the peace between the Allies and Germany?
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war debts
Definition
huge amounts of money borrowed from the U.S. by Britain, France, and other countries during the war years is called what?
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John J Pershing
Definition
who was the leader of the American Expefitionary Force which began landing in Europe in 1918?
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
who was the leader of the U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?
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Russia
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what country left the struggle against Germany in 1918?

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U.S.
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what country joined the struggle against Germany in 1917?

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mobilize
Definition
give the term that means "to make a country's troops ready for battle"?
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stock market collapsed
Definition
what occured in October 1929?
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...
Definition
who was known as the "father of mofern music"?
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...
Definition
what purpose did the Treaty of Portsmouth serve?
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Mussolini
Definition
who founded the Fascist party?
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Roosevelt
Definition
who was the president of the United States who sought to promote the relief, recovery, and reform to get the country out of the Great Depression?
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Lenin
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what Communist leader instituted war communism?
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T.S.Elliot
Definition
who wrote "the Waste Land"?
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To found communist parties in other countries
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why was the Comintern organized?
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temporary retreat from communism to help Russian economy
Definition
the New Economic Policy may best be described as
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Adolf Eichmann
Definition
who ran the S.S. (defense detatchment) for Hitler?
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Stalin
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what Communist leader instituted a system of purges, eliminating all who were disloyal to the regime?
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purges
Definition
what term is used for organized government massacres in Russia?
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Raputin
Definition
which monk became an advisor to the Russian royal family?
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Mein Kampf
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what is the name of Hitler's book that explains the beliefs of the Nazi party?
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architect
Definition
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American what?
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F.D.R, Stalin, Churchill
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who were the "big three" during WWI
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Axis Power
Definition
during WWII the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was known as the what?
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Munich Conference
Definition
in which pre-WWII conference did the western democracies attempt to appease Hitler?
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December 7, 1941

Definition
what is the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? 
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Churchill
Definition
what prime minister of Great Britain encouraged the British people never to surrender despite the gloomy prospects?
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Poland
Definition
the German invasion of what country led to the official beggining of WWII?
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Sept. 1, 1939
Definition
when did WWII beginning?
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Eisenhower
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who was the Allied leader of the Normandy invasion?
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individual within a country who aid enemy by spying, spreading enemy propoganda and community sabotage (traitor)
Definition
the term 5th communist refer to
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June 6, 1944
Definition
what was the date for D-Day?
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Britain
Definition
what country did the Nazis' never invade?
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May 8, 1945
Definition
when did Allied victory in Europe take place?
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sanctions
Definition
what term means forbidding the sale of materials to a certain country?
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invasion of Russia
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which battle was the last offensive attack made by Germany?
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Francisco Franco
Definition
who was the Fascist general who rebelled against the republic government of Spain and became its dictator in 1939?
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Yalta Conference
Definition
what was the war time meating of the major leaders of the Allied power that recognized Soviet control of eastern europe?
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Pact of Steel
Definition
what was the pact made by Mussolini and Hitler?
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Eisenhower
Definition
who was the supreme commander o all allied forces in the sw pacific?
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Cold War
Definition
what is the term of a post war state of hostility and competition between the soviet union and U.S.?
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warsaw pact
Definition
what was the name of the Soviet counterpact of NATO?
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Cuba
Definition
what Latin American country allied itself to the Soviet Union in the 1950s and stirred up revolutionary activity throughout the region?
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Mao Zadong
Definition
who was the major leader of Communist China?
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Boris Yeltsin
Definition
who was the 1st president of Russia"?
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iron curtain
Definition
what is the term for the symbol of division between the communist world and the free world?
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communist guerrillas who bunched subcersive activity in South Vietnam
Definition
who were the Viet Cong?
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Winston Churchill
Definition
who said that an iron curtain has descended across te Continent?
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Douglas MacArthur
Definition
who commanded the UN forces in Korea?
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Czechoslinakia split into two
Definition
what happened on January 1, 1993
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Lyndon Johnson
Definition
which president after the Gulf of Tonkin inceident, pledged to repel any armed attack against forces of the US and to precent further aggression in Vietnam?
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Kennedy
Definition
which US president achieved a major Cold War vctory during the Cuban Missle Crisis?
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Richard Nixon
Definition
which US president graduallr reduced American incolvement in Vietnam through program called Vietnamiztion?
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Harry Truman
Definition
which US president inplemented a foreign policy designed to precent the spread of communism ?
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Ronald Regan
Definition
which US President was determined to restore America's prestige in the world, and at the same time denounced the evils of Communism?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Definition
what does NATO mean?
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Jonathan Edwards
Definition
what is the name of the pastor that is inseparably linked with the Great Awakening?
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Daniel Defoe
Definition
who was the author of Robinson Crusoe?
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Franz Hayan
Definition
who was the Austrian composer who played a major role in style for classical music and was called the Father of the Symphony?
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Age of Reason
Definition
period from 17th and 18th century
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Jonathan Swift
Definition
who was the popular English satirist whose greatest work in Gulliver's Travel?
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Edward Jenner
Definition
who was the Englishman who developed the vacinne for smallpox?
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William Harvey
Definition
who was the Englishman known as the Father of Expiremental Biology
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Antoine Lavoister
Definition
which Frenchman was known as the Father of Modern Chemistry?
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panthiesm
Definition
what is the belief that everything in the universe is all part of one great substance called GOD?
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Alexander Pope
Definition
what englishman was the foremost poetic satrist of the Ago of Reason?
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federalism
Definition
which is a principle estabished in the us constitutional convension that delegated specific powers to the national fovernment and reserved all oter powers for the state governments?
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coup d'etat
Definition
what is the term for the sudden and illegal seizure of power?
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Duke of Wellington
Definition
who was the British commander who led teh coalistion forces in victory over Napolean at Waterloo?
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George Washington
Definition
who was the determined general that led the American troops during the War for Independence?
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Napolean Bonaparte
Definition
who was the brilliant millitary leader in France what became emperor in December 1804?
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guerrilas
Definition
what is the term for the small bands of the Spanish troops which attacked French garrisons in the Iberian Peninsula and then retreated into the hills?
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cotton industy
Definition
the industial revolution had its start in what industry?
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factory system
Definition
what brought workers raw materials and machinery under one roof
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henry bess erber
Definition
who was the man responisble for an inexpansive and efficient process for making steel?
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roads
Definition
John McAdam aided the building of what?
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Britain
Definition
which nation led in road, canal and railroad construction?
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Britain
Definition
who led the way in social reform?
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steam engines
Definition
what interest did James Watt, Richard Trevithic, and Robert Fulton have in common?
Term
communism
Definition
what term best describes Karl Marx's theory of history?
Term
they were not allowed to work in a textile mill
Definition
how did the Factory Act of 1833 affect children under the age of nine?
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William Wilberforce
Definition
who led who led the antislavery movement in England?
Term
universe manhood sufferage secret balot, equal electorial districs, pay for members of Parliament
Definition
Chartism was a movement advocating reform in what?
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Robert Owen
Definition
which textile manufacturer established "utopias" in Scotland and in Indiana?
Term
secretariat, general assemble, security council
Definition
what are the three major dicisions of the United Nations?
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attempt to attain religious unity
Definition
what does the ecumenical movement refer to?
Term
New York City
Definition
where is the headquarters of UN?
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poverty
Definition
what has been the greatest problem for Third World countries?
Term
communist Soviet Bloc
Definition
what does the term "second world" refer to?
Term
creating national home for Jews in Palastine
Definition
what was the Zionist movement dedicated to?
Term
Egypt made peace overtures with Israel camp David Accords
Definition
what was the long term result of the Yom Kippur War?
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industrialized bloc
Definition
what does the term "first world" refer to?
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Costa Rica
Definition
which nation is a good example of Latin American democracy?
Term
region's adversity
Definition
what are the most disruptive elements in the Middle East?
Term
sought to control the production and price of oil around the world
Definition
what is the main puurpose of OPEC?
Term
Iran
Definition
the majority of Muslims are from what sect?
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