World History 1
The "A" in the "MAIN" Causes of WWI acronym stands for...
Alliances
a philosophy that emphasizes individual rights and free market capitalism.
Liberalism
Columbus accidentally "discovered" America when he was hoping to...
Find a quicker route to India/Asia
The Mughal Empire was based in this modern day country
India
The Soviet Union made their own NATO - which was
The Warsaw Pact
In this time period during the French Revolution, Robespierre and the Jacobins executed or imprisoned large numbers of enemies.
Reign of Terror
This philosophy emphasizes the public ownership of goods, services and the means of production in a society.
Socialism/Communism
This was the Spanish term for the Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula.
Reconquista
The Safavid empire was based in this country
Iran
Which of the following areas was NOT added to the Qing Empire during its expansion?
A. Tibet
B. Xinjiang
C. Mongolia
D. Korea
Korea
The term Renaissance means...
Rebirth
Martin Luther disagreed with the Church's practice of...
(Indulgence)- letting people pay to forgive their sins
What happened to the samurai when the Meiji Restoration happened?
They were disbanded and mostly became government officials
Why did France surrender so quickly in WW2
They build a WW1 style defense, which could not match the blitzkrieg style of WW2 Germany
Which of these countries does NOT have nuclear weapons
USA, Pakistan, Israel, France, Soviet Union, Australia, India, UK, China, North Korea
Name of both the Communist leader of China, and the man who led the Nationalists and fled to Taiwan
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
In what year did China become communist?
1949
Commodore Perry "opened up" Japan, what commodity were the Americans mostly interested in - in that area
whales for oil
Name of Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
Cortez
What was the Molotov Ribbentrop pact
A secret agreement between Hitler and Stalin to not attack each other
Man lands on the moon
Cuban missile crisis
Berlin Wall is built
Direct US troop involvement in Vietnam
Berlin Wall
Cuban missile crisis
Man lands on moon
Vietnam
Name of the two rulers of Spain that ended the reconquista and united Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella
Which of these was nether a German or Portuguese colony in Africa
Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Mameluke vs Janissary - difference
Mamelukes were soldiers slaves of the Arab dynasties, Janissaries were with the Ottomans
What was a rather gruesome practice that the Ottomans did every time there was a new sultan
kill all the brothers