Europe/Middle East
who was the first democratically elected president in Russia
Boris Yeltsin
What happened in Tiananmen Square and why?
Chinese people peacefully demanded democratic reforms. Deng sent in the army to repress the protestors and many were killed and arrested. proved that China's government was not willing to make democratic changes
The ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was the foundation for what type of government?
Communism
Heliocentric theory
Copernicus
Person who believed all people have natural rights. they also have the right to overthrow governments that fail to protect these rights
John Locke
Democracy.
What was the Great leap forward?
Attempted by Mao to modernize China (FAILED)
who was the nationalist who played a role in the unification of Germany in the late 1800's?
Otto von Bizmarck
He improved the telescope, discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter, and provided observational evidence that the Earth orbits the Sun
Galileo
Person who believed everyone is entitled to freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
what is Islamic Fundamentalism?
belief that governments should create societies based on the rules of Islam, Taliban, women have very few rights, Ayatollah Khomeini
What did Japan do that contributed to the start of WWI?
Rape of Nanking. took over Korea, Manchuria, and more of Southeast Asia
What country was the potatoe famine in?
Ireland
Developed calculus and theory of gravity
Isaac Newton
Person who believed society is a social contract (all people agree to work for the common good of society)
Rousseau
what is the main reason why the middle east has developed wealth and influence?
oil
Gandhi was famous for what kind of disobedience?
civil/nonviolent/peaceful/
India tried but failed to gain independence from Great Britain during the _____Rebellion
Sepoy
Helped discover how planets moved
Kepler
He believed that when individuals act in their own self-interest by producing and trading goods they inadvertently, yet efficiently, fulfill the needs of society
Adam Smith
what is the E.U. and what does it do?
European Union, they have decreased tariffs and now use a single form of currency
Who was Cambodia ruled by after it gained independence?
Pol Pot
Japanese raped and killed Chinese civilians which was called the ______ of ________
Rape of Nanking
"I think, therefore I am" "Father of Modern Philosophy." He revolutionized mathematics by bridging algebra and geometry
Descartes
Person- he believed that power in government should be divided into three branches to prevent kings from being too strong- separation of power and system of checks and balances
Baron de Montesquieu