WWI
Who were the allied powers?
Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain
What are city-states
Sparta, and Athens
What is the Renaissance?
The ¨rebirth¨ in which culture and learning of classical greece and rome were revived and further developed.
What is Imperialism?
Extending a country's power through military force
Who made the Heliocentric model?
Galileo
What was the Bolshevik Revolution?
Who was Julis Ceaser?
He was rich, famous general who won many battles and was loved by many.
What is the printing press
This made information available to a wider audience by diffusing knowledge and learning and increasing literacy.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
The invasion, occupation, colonization, and annexation of African territory by European powers.
What are natural rights?
Life, liberty, and property
What year did the war end
1919
What is the middle ages?
The time between two great civilizations
What are patrons?
Without these individuals who gave financial support, many great works of art, sculpture, and literature may never have been produced
What is the Sphere of Influence?
When another nation holds political and economic influence over another.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
He developed calculus to mathematically explain the laws of motion and the force of gravity.
Who were the central powers?
Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungary Empire
What are hieroglyphics?
They wrote this all over their tombs
Who was Leonardo Da Vinci?
He was the original Renassance Man
What is the Berlin Conference?
The conference was a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, which eliminated most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance
What is the urbanization?
Effect of Industrial Revolution on European populations.
What is the League of Nations?
This organization was formed after the war to prevent future world wars
Who are serfs
What is humanism?
A system of importance to human rather than supernatural matters.
What are economic, political, and humanitarian factors, and Social Darwinism?
Reasons for European colonization of Africa and Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries.
What is the reign of terror?
The French radical Maximilien Robespierre ordered thousands of executions.