unit 2
What does renaissance mean?
what is rebirth
what theory did Nicolaus Copernicus make.
Heliocentric
what were the 5 main natural resources and technological improvments.
cotton, textile, iron, steel, industry
What does MAIN stand for?
Militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
who fought in the cold war?
USA USSR
what work of art did Michelangelo create?
Statue of david
used a telescope to support the heliocentric theory.
Galileo Galilei
What did Jame watt invent?
steam engine
when does the US enter the war?
1917
who competed in the space race
usa and ussr
Where was judaism concentrated in?
Europe
Discovered laws of gravity.
Issac newton
who found the small pox vaccine?
edward jenner
when does Russia leave the war?
1918
who was the communist dictator of cuba?
Fidel Castro
connected Asia to the mediterranean basin for trade.
silk road
Who wrote the leviathan?
Thomas hobbes
Who discovered bacteria?
Louis Pasteur
Who was the former leader of germany? WWI
Kaiser Wilhelm II
who developed nuclear program?
Indira Gandhi
Textiles, cotton, numeral system.
india and middle east
What is Don Quixote?
A novel written by De Cervantes.
What important improvement did James Hargreaves invent?
Spinning jenny
who was the usa leader during this time?
woodrow wilson
who made indian democracy?
Jawahrial Nehru