Age of Exploration
What were the three goals of colonialism, and what was the most important goal, why?
God
Gold (most important)
Glory
What does Renaissance mean and where did it start?
It means rebirth and it started in Italy.
What percentage of European Jews were killed in World War II
2/3
Q: What was containment and give two examples of where it failed and succeeded?
A: A policy to stop communism from spreading, Fail: China, Vietnam, Cuba, and North Korea Succeed: Greece, Turkey, West Germany, France
What were the Goldilocks conditions?
Natural resources, stable government, military, population explosion
What was settler colonialism?
It was a forced removal or erasure of Native populations to make room for colonizer settlement
How did the printing press affect the time and who invented it?
Heimleer (no) invented the printing press and it increased literacy and curiosity by vernacularism, (written works became available in everyday spoken languages).
Who was in the Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Q: What was a coup?
A: A government quickly overthrown, often with secret help
What is capitalism, and what is the downside of it
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of goods and the means of production.
A downside of it is the competition among leaders. Monopolies, safety concerns.
How did settler colonialism negatively impact the Natives, and the Native children?
a . They were forced to work for the colonizers, and Native children were forced into boarding schools and stripped from their culture.
What are the key characteristics of Humanism and Secularism?
Promoting the value of human potential, individual achievement and civic virtue, importance of the human experience rather than solely on human religious matters. Secularism’s primary concern lies with that of the material world, rather than the eternal one, or the afterlife.
What is the Non-Aggression Pact
Hitler promised not to invade the Soviet Union, and Stalin and Hitler agreed to share Poland
: If one country falls to communism … all will
Domino Theory
What was the role of women during the Industrial Revolution (different jobs for different classes)
Lower-class women in cities worked in factories doing unskilled labor and were barely paid
Higher-class women worked at home to support their families
Mercantilism: Wealth and power of a country was measured in the amount of __ and __ they had
Gold
Silver
What is the importance of colonialism in the Ren. and how did it affect the society?
The practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country. It uses racism to justify taking away land from “‘savage”.
What order did Japanese Americans have to relocate
Executive Order 9066
: What were the two alliances during the cold war?
Nato, Warsaw Pact
What were the social classes in order from highest to lowest?
aristocracy/bourgeoisie, middle class bourgeoisie, working class/proletariat
Younger siblings needed to figure out a plan to get money so they became__ due to primogeniture laws
Explorers
In the protestant reformation, why were people suddenly challenging the Church? What are some of the things the Church did and why is it bad?
With the new vernacularism, people could understand the bible and now understand what they were preaching. This formed new ideas about Christianity. The Church was letting people buy indulgence, buying forgiveness for your sins, and excommunication, not allowing everyone into the Church.
Where was D-Day?
France
What was the nuclear arms race, who was involved and how did it end?
Nuclear arms race: The buildup of nuclear warheads provoked an arms race by encouraging the Soviet Union to do the same
Involved: Soviet Union and U.S.
End: Mutually assured destruction
What were some risks of working in factories during this time?
Cancer, lung problems, extremely long shifts, and unsafe machinery.