religions
the people of the book were?
what was the main cause of the french revolution?
enlightenment
what treaty ended wwi? its consequences?
the treaty of Versailles. it made Germany bitter and resentful due to extremely harsh impositions on their economy and way of life.
what caused wwi?
the assassination of archduke ferdinand by serbia which caused austria-hungary to retaliate which caused russia to support serbia and germany supported austria-hungary which then caused everyone else to pick sides.
steam engine, cotton gin, spinning jenny, trains, are products of what?
the industrial revolution?
why did people oppose polytheism?
due to the rise of monotheism and the fact that polytheism often caused misunderstandings and lack of unity so they were viewed as "primitive"
who led the haitian revolution?
Toussaint Loverture
why did the league of nations fail? what replaced it?
because it lacked legitimacy, it was replaced by the united nations
who switched sides/got involved after wwi into ww2
what was the importance of the creation of the internet?
what split the catholic church? when? its signifigance? cause?
the great schism, 1054, the dispute between the pope and dissenters on the range of papal power and disregard of bishops, deepened geopolitical hostility
who did the Haitian revolution inspire? (2)
other abolitionist leaders, and latin american independence movements
what conference divided africa? when?
the berlin conference, 1884-1885
what was the significance mongol conquest?
it unified various states and there culture, represented a crossover between time periods.
automobiles, communication, consumer goods, and electricity were products of what?
the 2nd industrial revolution
popular religions in the asian region?
buddhism, sihkism, taoism, confucian ideals, hinduism
why was the latin american revolutions possible?
what were some of the conferences of wwii, between whom, their importance?
yalta conference, potsdam conference, tehran conference. involved the big three countries of the time: us, britain, russia. worsened tensions between russia and us which set up the cold war.
what did the Napoleonic wars do?
spread revolutionary ideals across europe, and changed continental power structures.
what was the meiji restoration, its importance?
the mass modernization of japan which levied it with other global powers
why was religion often at the scene of colonization
missionary excursions, the want to "civilize" "unknowing" cultures
significance of the chinese revolution?
what was the paris peace conference?
negotiated terms for the end of wwi and begun the league of nations
what was the taiping rebellion?
a civil war in china that had 20-70 million deaths
in the beginning who was at the forefront of medicine and technology?
typically it was middle eastern and asian empires who were more modernized, often being at the center of thought