Unit 1
This religion, founded by Jesus, has around 2 billion followers worldwide.
What is Christianity?
This movement in the 17th century emphasized the use of scientific research and rational thinking, moving away from traditional beliefs. What is it called?
What is the Scientific Revolution?
This value system emphasizes hard work as a sign of personal salvation and benefits society.
What is the Protestant Work Ethic?
What term describes the extension of a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
What is imperialism?
Which country became a communist state under Mao Zedong in 1949, marking a significant failure of U.S. containment policy?
What is China?
This individual is known as the last prophet of Allah in Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
He is known as the father of modern physics and formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Who is he?
Who is Isaac Newton?
This movement involved transforming common lands into private property, leading to a large labor supply.
What is the Enclosure Movement?
Which period is often referred to as "The Great Game," marked by intense competition for colonies among European powers?
What is the late 18th to early 20th centuries?
What was the name of the U.S. policy that aimed to provide military and economic support to countries resisting communism, established in 1947?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This social system dominated Europe during the Middle Ages, characterized by the exchange of land for loyalty and service.
What is feudalism?
This Enlightenment thinker argued that government should be based on the consent of the governed and that people have natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
This process led to the rise of financial markets that provided capital for industrialization
What is the creation of Financial Markets?
What was the name of the British-controlled government in India during the 19th century?
What is the British Raj?
Who famously referred to the division between Eastern and Western Europe as the “Iron Curtain”?
Who is Winston Churchill?
This intellectual movement during the Renaissance focused on human potential and achievements rather than religious themes.
What is humanism?
This term refers to the belief that God set the natural laws in motion but does not intervene in human affairs. What is this concept called?
What is Deism?
This resource, abundant in England, was crucial for powering new machines during the Industrial Revolution.
What is coal?
Which type of colony, primarily found in Africa and Asia, involved a small number of Europeans ruling a large indigenous population?
What are dependent colonies?
What conference in 1945 involved the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union discussing the future of Germany?
What is the Yalta Conference?
This Ottoman ruler was known for his military conquests and is often considered the most powerful ruler of the empire.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
The exchange of goods, diseases, and customs between the New and Old Worlds is known as this. What is it called?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This cycle, driven by increased production, changed consumer behavior and fueled further industrial growth.
What is the Chain Reaction of Consumerism?
What was a significant factor that contributed to the resistance against European colonization in various regions?
What are local rivalries and tensions among indigenous populations?
What was the name of the U.S. initiative, announced in 1983, designed to protect against nuclear missiles, which heightened tensions with the Soviet Union?
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)?