New Ideas & Revolutions
The Holy Roman Emperor revoked a policy of tolerance towards Protestants sparking what war?
Thirty Years War
Otto von Bismark was a ______ruler who unified the German states
Prussian
During WWI, nations focused all their resources and citizens on the war effort. What term did historians use to refer to this?
Total War
Western leaders feared after WWII, countries, one by one, would fall to communism. What was this called?
Domino Effect
The civil war in Syria led to the emigration of millions Syrian refugees seeking _____________________. Some countries feared that the refugees would put a strain on their resources. Xenophobia also encouraged anti-immigrant propaganda to denied human rights to refugees.
asylum
Who led the "Reign of Terror"
Maximilien Robespiere
Prior to the Civil War, what did the North and the South disagree about the most
slavery- should slavery be allowed in new states
Psychological trauma caused by war during WWI was known as ________________________________, today it is known as PTSD.
Shell Shock
What was the law that led to segregation and discrimination of the nonwhite majority of South Africans (in the country of South Africa)?
apartheid
___________________________ once cooperated with U.S. forces by fighting Soviet occupation in Afghanistan. He was one of the leaders of al Qaeda at the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks
Osama bin Laden
Who led Haiti to gain independence?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Who proposed a division of labor?
Adam Smith
Which events led to United States’ entry into…
World War I?
The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
Who fought a populist revolution using guerrilla tactics to oust the standing leader of Cuba - Fulgencio Batista?
Fidel Castro
Who is the traditional Buddhist religious “holy man” of the region of Tibet?
Dali Lama
Who led independence movements in South America?
Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
_____________ brought people of African descent around the world together to stress the need to stand together.
Pan-Africanism
Which events led to United States’ entry into…
World War II?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What war had extreme American opposition because of its exposure on television?
Vietnam
Who supplied nuclear missiles to Cuba in the “Cuban Missile Crisis” leading to the U.S. being at the brink of war in 1962?
Soviet Union
Louis XIV used the motto "One King, One Law, One Faith" to assert his power as an
absolute monarch
the right to vote
suffrage
Stalin’s ___________________ Plan brought all of Russian industries under government (his) control.
Five Year
What “Middle Eastern” city-state grew from a small fishing and trading community into a luxurious international hot spot? (
Dubai
What European country was ruled by a constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution of 1688
England