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The term Renaissance means...
Rebirth
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Martin Luther disagreed with the Church's practice of...
(Indulgence)- letting people pay to forgive their sins
100
Columbus accidentally "discovered" America when he was hoping to...
Find a quicker route to India/Asia
100
This scientist created laws of motion and is credited with beginning the enlightenment.
Sir Isaac Newton
100
This philosophical movement emphasized "natural rights" and the idea that reason and logic, rather than tradition or religion, should govern human affairs.
The Enlightenment.
200
In this time period during the French Revolution, Robespierre and the Jacobins executed or imprisoned large numbers of enemies.
Reign of Terror
200
a philosophy that emphasizes individual rights and free market capitalism.
Liberalism
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This was the name for an era of European history in which privateers and adventurers like Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and others set sail in search of "New" lands.
Age of Exploration.
200
During the Scientific Revolution William Harvey discovered
Circulation of Blood
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The Atlantic Slave Trade started after this group, initially used by colonial powers as a slave labor force, began rapidly dying off from European diseases.
Indigenous/Native Americans
300
The "A" in the "MAIN" Causes of WWI acronym stands for...
Alliances
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This is a word (and MAIN cause of WWI) which means an intense pride in one's country OR the desire of a given ethnic group to form a country corresponding to that identity.
Nationalism
300
This was the name for the exchange of people, goods & diseases between the Old world & New World.
Columbian exchange; OR Triangle Trade.
300
This English king was a Protestant reformer who broke with the Catholic Church after the Pope refused to give him a divorce from his first wife Catherine
Henry VIII (8th)
300
The Enlightenment Thinker responsible for the separation of powers is
1. Montesquieu 2. Rousseau 3. Voltaire
Montesquieu
400
This is the increased buildup of arms and an intense glorification of the military in a given society.
Militarism.
400
Nicholas Copernicus promoted a model of the universe in which the sun is at the center this model was called the...
heliocentric
400
Who was the leader of Germany during WWI?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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During the reformation the Church was divided into...
The Protestant Church and Catholic Church.
400
This two-word term describes a relationship in which the citizens remain loyal to a government who, in return, provides safety and security.
Social Contract
500
This man started the reformation.
Martin Luther
500
This philosophy emphasizes the public ownership of goods, services and the means of production in a society.
Socialism/Communism
500
This philosophy emphasizes private ownership of land and the means of production, as well as the free exchange of goods and services in a market economy.
Capitalism.
500
This MAIN cause of WWI refers to the domination of foreign lands by a powerful state far away.
Imperialism.
500
Czar Nicolas II was the leader during the Russo-Japanese War, the crushing defeats during WWI, and eventually dethroned during the ...???
Russian Revolution
600
This historical event was responsible for people moving into cities and a change from an agrarian, cottage economy to one dominated by industry and machine
Industrial Revolution
600
After Napoleon was defeated European countries sought to establish stability after years of war and revolution at the...
1. Treaty of Versailles 2. Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
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The military government of Japan was also called
The Bakafu
600
William and Mary became king and queen of England during a bloodless revolution called the...
Glorious Revolution
600
Fill in the blank for the French Revolution...
1. Weak leadership of Louis XVI and economic crisis
2. Creation of the French Republic
3. Rise of ...?
Napoleon
700
Which of these African empires converted to Islam and were major traders with other Muslims along Trans-Saharan trade routes.
Songhai Empire
700
Toussaint L’Ouverture and Simon Bolivar led independence movements (revolutions) in
Latin America
700
This organization was created after WWI to provide a forum for resolving international disputes, but failed because it was weak and had no power to enforce any decisions it made.
League of Nations
700
The maps show the ______________ Empire before WWI and then part of the empire under the mandate system after WWI.
Ottoman Empire
700
Belief in a master race, rise of totalitarianism and nationalism and anti-Semitism are all causes of....?
Holocaust/genocide