World History 1
The term Renaissance means...
Rebirth
This Italian dictator created a fascist government and promised to restore Italy’s greatness.
Benito Mussolini?
Columbus accidentally "discovered" America when he was hoping to...
Find a quicker route to India/Asia
This scientist created laws of motion and is credited with beginning the enlightenment.
Sir Isaac Newton
This philosophical movement emphasized "natural rights" and the idea that reason and logic, rather than tradition or religion, should govern human affairs.
The Enlightenment.
In this time period during the French Revolution, Robespierre and the Jacobins executed or imprisoned large numbers of enemies.
Reign of Terror
This Russian leader used Five-Year Plans to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin?
This was the name for an era of European history in which privateers and adventurers like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and others set sail in search of "New" lands.
Age of Exploration.
This was the U.S. policy of stopping communism from spreading to new countries.
Containment?
This term means the growing connection of countries through trade, technology, migration, and culture.
Globalization?
The "A" in the "MAIN" Causes of WWI acronym stands for...
Alliances
This is a word (and MAIN cause of WWI) which means an intense pride in one's country OR the desire of a given ethnic group to form a country corresponding to that identity.
Nationalism
This was the name for the exchange of people, goods & diseases between the Old world & New World.
Columbian exchange; OR Triangle Trade.
This U.S. plan gave money to Western European countries after WWII to help rebuild and resist communism.
The Marshall Plan?
This period of reduced tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was called this.
Détente?
This is the increased buildup of arms and an intense glorification of the military in a given society.
Militarism.
This is the name for a model of the universe in which the sun is at the center.
heliocentric
This policy forced Soviet peasants to give up private farms and work on state-controlled farms.
Collectivization?
This term describes wars fought between countries supported by larger powers, such as the United States and the Soviet Union.
A proxy war?
This two-word term describes a relationship in which the citizens remain loyal to a government who, in return, provides safety and security.
Social Contract
This man started the reformation.
Martin Luther
This philosophy emphasizes the public ownership of goods, services and the means of production in a society.
This philosophy emphasizes private ownership of land and the means of production, as well as the free exchange of goods and services in a market economy.
Capitalism.
This MAIN cause of WWI refers to the domination of foreign lands by a powerful state far away.
Imperialism.
True or False: Thomas Hobbes believed people were born good and reasonable.
False