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John England Exam Review
An exam review for John Englands 10th Grade World History 2 class.
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History
10th Grade
06/11/2009

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Newton:
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Discovered calculus to prove gravity and other theories.
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Galen of Pergamum
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First systemized pharmacopeia and diagnosis
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John Locke
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Two treatises on government
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Voltaire
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French social critic and philosopher
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Mary Wollenstonecroft
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Wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"
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Frederick the Great
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Enlightened Despot
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Classicism
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Reaction to Baroque
Viola-Violin-Bassoon perfected
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Clergy and Estates General
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1% of French population
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Nobles and Estates General
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Owned 25% of French land
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French People
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Paid 100% of taxes before revolution
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The revolutionary French National Assembly
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wrote a Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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clergy elected locally and they are salaried employees.
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the committee for public safety
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made sure all opposition were guillotined
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Napoleon was
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Corsican
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Adam Smith
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thought that unrestrained supply will meet demand and prices will be fair
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Thomas Malthus
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Economic theorist. fearful about food supply, pessimistic about future due to fear.
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2 supporters of utilitarianism
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Jerry Bentham
John Stuart Mill
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Socialism
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calls for end of private ownership
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Triangle Trade
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Slaves (Africa), Rum and Ironware (New England), Sugar and Molasses ( West Indies)
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Difference between Shiite and Sunni
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Shiite, leader must be a direct descendent of ali
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Sankin-Kotai
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Yearly rotation
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Carl Marx
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Started foundation of worldwide communist movement
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Einstein
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Theory of relativity
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British reform act of 1832
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Lowered qualifications to vote
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Home Rule Act for Ireland
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Disestablished Church of England, opposers called it antidisestablishmentarianism
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British Colonies that achieved dominion status before 1910
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Australia, New Zealand, Canada
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1848 Revolutions
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Most of Europe
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Crimean War was between
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Russia and Ottoman Empire/Allies
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Colonies of Spain in western hemisphere were freed by
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a series of revolts
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Brazil was
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A constitutional empire
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Africa was split by
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French, British, Belgians, Germans, Portuguese, Spanish
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French Empire was
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Indochina, Africa, West Indies, French Guinea, Guadeloupe
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Dutch Empire was
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Indonesian Archipelago
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Boxer Rebellion
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Response to spheres of influence
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11/11/1918
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Armistice Day
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George Marshall
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Planned Meuse Argonne Offensive
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Selective Service
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Anyone in it can be selected to serve
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Woodrow Wilson
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Football coach
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Treaty of Versailles
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Britain awarded Iraq and Palestine
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New European Nations formed after WWI
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Austria, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Finland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Albania
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Victory garden
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raised food so that armies can eat (by Herbert Hoover)
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Louis XIV
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I am the state
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In WWI we called Germans
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Huns
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Treaty of Portsmoutrh
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ended Russo-Japanese War
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Louis Philip
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Bourgeois King, Citizens King
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Open Door policy
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called for end of spheres of influence
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Emperor of Ethiopia in WWII
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Haile Selasie
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Attacked by Condor Legion
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Guernica
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Narvik is
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A key port in Norway
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Liberty ships
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capable of carrying 10,000 deadweight tons of material for the WWII war effort
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Key battle of North Africa between Rommel and Montgomery
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El Alamein
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