Age of Exploration
Why did people want to explore so badly?
They wanted to cut the cost of trading by taking out the middleman
The English Reformation
Who established a harsh communist dictatorship in Cuba and turned to the Soviet Union for economic and military support?
Fidel Castro
Why was the Cold War "Cold"?
b/c no armed conflict between the superpowers occurred
What did Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party, set up?
- the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
- a dictatorship that denied people basic rights and freedoms
**he also improved China's economy and business practices
What was the right to demand tribute and labor from Natives in a particular area? How did Native Americans practice their faith?
Encomiendas, they spoke their native language and practicing their faith in secret.
What was the difference between the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation?
The Catholic Reformation came second, and people wanted to improve the Catholic Church but stay Catholic. The Protestant Reformation had people who wanted to change Catholicism, but were willing to make their own religion if needed.
These mothers organized protests and marched silently every week for 30 years demanding an accounting by the government of the whereabouts of their missing children
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
an invisible line that divided Europe into Soviet lead communist countries in the East and Democracies led by the US in the West
The Iron Curtain
What was Mao's policy to increase agricultural and industrial output in a program? What did he set up to accomplish this?
The Great Leap Forward, communes
Who is credited with beginning the Age of Exploration? Where did he spend much of his time exploring?
Prince Henry/Henry the Navigator, the west coast of Africa
Who was the German monk who wrote the 95 Theses?
Who promoted the idea of Predestination?
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Who seized power over Cuba and established a repressive government that became corrupt in 1952?
Fulgencio Batista
What was the new policy of providing economic and military aid to European countries in order to stop the spread of communism?
What was the expanded aid effort made in the same year?
the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan
What did Mao launch to renew people’s loyalty to communism and establish an equitable society? How did he do this?
the Cultural Revolution, he shut down schools and universities and encouraged students to experience the revolution on their own
What treaty created a line where one side belonged to Spain and the other belonged to Portugal? What was this line called?
The Treaty of Tordesillas, The Line of Demarcation
Name THREE important figures in the Renaissance.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Niccolo Machiavelli
Name 3 Causes of the Cuban Revolution.
- Rule by a repressive dictatorship
- Corruption and bribery in government
- Unequal distribution of wealth
- Foreign control of many businesses
- High unemployment
The Soviet Union's version of NATO with seven Eatern European countries
the Warsaw Pact
What were Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms called? What did they focus on?
The Four Modernizations,
- Science, Industry, Farming, Defense
Which explorer arrived in Mexico and made alliances with groups of people who hated the Aztecs?
Who was inspired by his success and traveled to Peru, killing thousands of the Inca while holding their leader hostage?
Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro
What is the difference between the Council of Trent and the Inquisition?
The Council of Trent was established to decide that changes that would be made to the Catholic Church (like stopping the sale of indulgences) while the Inquisition was put in place to combat the Protestants, using torture and execution to root out heresy.
Name 3 Effects of the Cuban Revolution.
- Creation of a communist dictatorship
- Denial of basic political rights and freedoms
- Established collective farms operated under government supervision
- Government control of business
What was the policy that allowed for increased political freedom in both the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?
What was the policy that started changing the Soviet Union’s economic system from a command economy to a market economy (it helped improve the economic conditions of many Soviet citizens)?
Glasnost, Perestroika (Reconstruction)
Why did demonstrators in Bejing occupy Tiananmen Square? What was the government's response to this?
they demanded more political rights and freedoms, the government sent troops and tanks in, killing and wounding thousands of Chinese citizens