Unit 1
The belief in multiple gods
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union whose programs of perestroika (economic "restructuring") and glasnost (political "openness") loosened the restrictions on Soviet and Eastern European peoples. The result was the eventual collapse of the communist governments in the region.
Gorbachev
This was the nuclear weapon used by the US to force Japan to surrender during WW2
Atomic Bomb
What was the one New World disease that was transferred that was transferred to Afro-Eurasia as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Syphilis
first successful colonial indedpendence movement against a European power, 1775-1783
American Revolution
The belief in one god
Monotheistic
This was a name given to the relations between the U.S. & the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century which saw the buildup of nuclear arms.
Cold War
This 1925 book by Adolf Hitler was written while he was in prison, outlining his racial and political beliefs.
Mein Kampf
What New World product has been responsible for the most deaths of Afro-Eurasians since its introduction to the Old World?
Tobacco
This is the name of the French prison that was stormed by peasants, marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
Bastille
Longest river
Nile river
This is the Russian term used for the economic reforms set in place by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. It literally means restructuring.
Perestroika
This is the name given to the surrender of Japan and the end of fighting in the Pacific Theatre of WW2 in August of 1945.
VJ
What was the most significant effect of the introduction of New World plants to Afro-Eurasia?
Population Increase
This was a political protest by Boston, Massachussetts residents in 1773 against the British parliament led by the Sons of Liberty
Boston Tea Party
A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent government.
City state
This Cold War enemy of the United States "collapsed" in 1991 after years of economic and political turmoil.
Soviet Union
This was the alliance of nations that opposed the Allies in WW2.
Axis
What was the the significance of the transfer of people that occurred as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Transatlantic Trade
This was an act passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American colonies independent of British rule
Declaration of Independence
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
Cuneiform
This is an economic system proposed by Karl Marx in which all means of production are owned by the proletariat, but are controlled by the government when practiced by countries such as the Soviet Union and China.
Communism
This was a WW2 naval battle in the Pacific Theater in June of 1942. It was a clear defensive victory for the US against the attaching Japanese and permanently weakened the Japanese Navy.
Battle of Midway
New piece of technology that the Europeans first learned how to use from Muslims. The astrolabe allowed navigators to calculate their location based on the position of the sun and starts in relation to the horizon.
An Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of Sounth America's successful sstruggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. Considered to be a national hero of Argentina, he was known for uniting with Simon Bolivar to help liberate South America
Jose de San Martin