Grab Bag
Who sailed to Hispaniola?
Columbus
What leader launched a Five Year Plan to create a “Revolution From Above” in Russia?
Stalin
Who wrote The Social Contract?
Rousseau
Which estate started the French Revolution?
3rd Estate (non-nobles, non-clergy)
Name the 3 Axis powers of WWII
Germany, Japan, Italy
What system managed religious minorities in the Ottoman Empire?
The Millet system
What Chinese leader started the Cultural Revolution?
Mao Zedong
Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
Wollstonecraft
Who was the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint Louverture
Name 3 causes of WWI
Entangled alliances, Serbian nationalism, nationalism, militarism, industrialization, imperialism
Name this term: A system whereby the Spanish crown let conquerors forcibly employ indigenous people as laborers in return for food, shelter, and religious instruction
Encomienda System
What Chinese emperor distrusted eunuchs and bureaucrats?
Kangxi
Who wrote The Spirit of Laws?
Montesquieu
What faction of the Russian communist party seized power in Russia in October of 1917?
Bolsheviks
During WWII, what was the name of the famine that the Soviets created in the Ukraine?
Holodomor
Which dynasty built the Great Wall in China?
The Ming Dynasty
What ruler of the Kongo protested the Portuguese enslavement of his people?
Nzinga Mbemba/King Affonso I
Who wrote Candide and Treatise on Tolerance?
Voltaire
Name two causes of why the Industrial Revolution occurred in England first?
Abundant wages, access to food, centralized government, developed financial systems, Scientific Revolution, skilled craftsmen, abundant coal, waterways for transportation, global empire/trading
Name 3 early warning signs of fascism
Powerful nationalism, disdain for human rights, identification of enemies as a unifying cause, supremacy of the military, rampant sexism, controlled mass media, obsession with national security, religion/gov’t intertwined, corporate power protected, labor power suppressed, disdain for intellectuals and the arts, obsession with crime and punishment, cronyism/corruption, fraudulent elections
Name the moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention in 1793
Girondists
What ruler in the Americas was killed when Hernan Cortes invaded?
Moctezuma II
Who wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding?
Locke
What phase of the French Revolution was a reaction to the Reign of Terror?
Fourth phase, Thermidorian Reaction
What British woman was known for writing about her experiences serving as a nurse on the homefront during WWI?
Vera Brittain