Geography
History 1
History 2
War
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100
What are the major causes of air pollution in countries like Germany & England?
car exhaust & factories
100
What movement lead to a renewal of of interest in art and learning?
Renaissance
100
What was Magellan's major contribution?
1st to circumnavigate around the globe
100
What were the 4 causes of WWI?
Alliances, Militarism, nationalism, & imperialism
100
What was the Holocaust?
Hitler's attempt to destroy Jews, Gypsies, Blacks, & others
200
What landform covers more than half of Europe?
North European Plain
200
Why was the invention of the printing press in the 1400s as important development?
Books and pamplets could be produced quickly and cheaply.
200
What three roles did Prince Harry the Navigator's play in exploration?
provided money to develop better navigation, developed better boats, encouraged voyages around the coast of Africa.
200
What 3 things led to the rise of Hitler after WWI?
Depression Humiliation Paying War Damages
200
What are 3 characteristics of the Cold War?
Distrust between the US & USSR, development of nuclear weapons, space race
300
What mountian range runs through Switzerland and Austria?
the Alps
300
Which empire controlled most of modern day Brazil?
Portugal
300
What were 3 reasons for European Exploration?
Gold, God, Glory
300
What events lead to the Russian Revolution in 1917?
loss of lives in WWI poverty & starvation communism civil war- overthrew the czar
300
Why did communism collapse in the Soviet Union in 1989?
Communist were unable to compete with the economic and political freedoms of the West.
400
What ae transportation barriers and give an example?
limit a population's ability to migrate & trade EX: Alps
400
Which empire was the largest and strongest- controlled most of Latin America?
Spain
400
What were the 3 ways colonial empires influenced their economies?
satify demands for raw materials, increased demand for products, increased demand for workers
400
Who took control of Russian government after the revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
400
What did Germany's reunification signify?
Europe could put aside its differences to work toward a democracy.
500
What geographic feature is the dividing line between Europe & Asia?
Ural Mountains
500
Which empire chartered the East India Company, colonizing Australia and most of the east coast of North America?
Great Britian
500
What were 3 reasons for establishing colonies?
spread religion, more sources of raw materials for industry, to sell European products to colonist/natives.
500
The Berlin Wall became a symbol of what 2 things?
Iron Curtain & Cold War
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