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Modern World Final
Mrs. Ross Adv. Modern World
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Geography
10th Grade
12/16/2009

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Why did feudalism develop?
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basic need for protection
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Renaissance means..
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rebirth
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examples of humanist writers
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Petrach, Dante, and Cervantes
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Four areas of the humanities
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history, poetry, and grammar
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Renaissance started in this city-state
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Florence
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Albrecht Durer's drawings
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rhinoceros, showed emphasis on natural world
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Charles V
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Holy Roman Emperor
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How did the Reformation start?
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When Martin Luther wrote 95 Theses
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Feudal social structure
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monarch (king) was at the top
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Classical learning
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study of Ancient Greece & Rome
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Humanism
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the intellectual movement of the Renaissance
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examples of Renaissance artists
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da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli
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Where did the Renaissance spread to?
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Northern Europe
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Medicis
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bankers, patrons, and politicians
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Don Quixote
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quote with Sancho, Renaissance work
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95 Theses
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complaints against Church and sale of indulgences
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Diet of Worms
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Martin Luther took his stand against the Church and the Holy Roman Empire
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Martin Luther's salvation
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result of faith alone
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Protestant Reformation
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wanted to change Catholic Church
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Start of English Reformation
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Henry VIII started as result of an annulment issue
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Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
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Queeen Elizabeth had her beheaded in order to save the throne
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Predestination/John Calvin
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Reformer, believed God a long time ago determined who'd be saved
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Luther's speech
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"i cannot and will not recant"
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Real World Application:Social Contract
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"we the people in order to form a more perfect union..."
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Real World Application: Natural Rights
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abortion
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Real World Application: Free Market
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the stock market
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Real World Application:General Will
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waiting in the cafeteria line
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Real World Application: Checks and Balances
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congress veto of health care reforms
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Real World Application: Separation of Powers
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President, Congress, and Supreme Court
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Egalitarian
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Rousseau
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Capitalist
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Adam Smith
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Revolutionary
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John Locke
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Constitutionalist
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Montesquieau
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Declaration of Rights of Man
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similar to the Declaration of Independence
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Sans-culottes
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working-class men of Paris who carried out French Revolution
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Impact of Enlightenment ideas
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led to both American and French Revolutions
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National Assembly
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French Revolution government created by the 3rd estate
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Storming of the Bastille
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people stormed the prison, French Revolution began
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Women's March on Versailles
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women of Paris marched for bread
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3 goals of French Revolution
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liberty, equality, fraternity
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Declaration of Independence
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when a government abuses its power, the people have a right to revolt
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Members of the Th rid Estate
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everyone besides clergy and nobles
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Stamp Act
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legislation passed by Britsh government that affected everyone
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No taxation without representation
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Colonists did not really want representation in government, it was just a rally cry or slogan
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Shot heard round the world
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first shots fired at Lexington and Concord, started American Revolution
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Thomas Paine
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wrote Common Sense
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French and Indian War
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King George thought the colonies should pay for the cost of fighting
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Britain dominated:
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China, South Africa, India
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Spain dominated:
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Latin America
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US dominated:
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Philippines
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France dominated:
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Vietnam
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Imperialism
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policy of extending control over foreign territories
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White Man's Burden
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white man had a duty to spread western civilization to less sophisticated
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Boxer Rebellion
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result of wars in China, Righteous Harmonious Fists attacked
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Cause of Sepoy Rebellion
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ammunition greased in fat oil
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Treaty of Nanking/sphere of influence
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China became a sphere of influenced, opened five ports
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Example of regionalism
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sepoys
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Social Darwinism
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belief that White Europeans were the "fittest" race
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Berlin Conference
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decided how to divide Africa
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Motives for Imperialism
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benefit economies by providing natural resources and markets
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Raj
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direct rule of British government
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Meiji Restoration
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Major goal was to focus on modernizing Japan to compete with the west
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3 types of Western Imperialism
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colonies, protectorates, and spheres of influence
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Start of Opium Wars
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over British trade deficit
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peninsulares
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highest position according to Spanish-American colonial system
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example of negative impact of Open Door Policy
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Opium War
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Gandhi
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nonviolence, fasting, civil disobedience
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M.A.I.N. causes of WWI
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militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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assassination facts
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Franz Ferdinand shot
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria, Italy
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2 crises of WWI
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Moroccan and Balkan
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Pan-Slavism
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movement to get all Slavic people into one South Slavic State
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Belgium
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Germany invaded neutral Belgium and the start of WWI
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total war
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raised taxes, borrowed money, forbade strikes, imposed the draft
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Reason US entered WWI
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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Wilson's Fourteen Points
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freedom of seas, no secret alliances, self-determination
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Describe Western Front
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no man's land, stalemate, trench warfare
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Treaty of Versailles
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forced Germany to take full blame for WWI
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Peace without victory
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goal presented by Wlson at Paris Peace Conference
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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war was outlawed as a means to settle disputes
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Features of totalitarian state
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single party, obedience to leader, schools indoctrinate youth
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failure of appeasement
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when Britain and France met Hitler's demands at Munich Conference
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Itally, Japan
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3 major leaders in WWII
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Roosevelet, Churchill, Stalin
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Reasons WWII began
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Germany was embarrassed, Treaty of Versailles, Italy wanted territory
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blitzkrieg
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lightning wars
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Battle of Britain
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Germans were defeated
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Atlantic Charter
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goal was to destroy Nazi Germany
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Result of D-Day
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Allied forces liberated France
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How WWII ended
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2 bombs on Japan
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Containment Policy
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purpose was to stop the spread of Communism
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2 alliances created during Cold War
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NATO & Warsaw Pact
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