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What was the Black Death?

Bubonic plague that killed 30% of Europe's population

100

What was the major strategy to spread Islam?

Warfare

100

What invention led to the spread of the Renaissance?

The Printing Press

100

What is absolutism?

the belief of complete and unrestricted power in government

100

What was the main fighting strategy of WWI?

Trench Warfare

200

What was the Magna Carta?

Document signed by king John giving nobles certain rights

200

What cause the first major split in Islam?

Which leader to follow after Muhammad

200

Who sparked the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther

200

Define Fascism

any centralized, authoritarian government system that is not communist, whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to basic human rights

200

What was the major achievement out of Wilson's 14 points?

The League of Nations

300

What was the Great Schism?

Split in the Christian church (east and west)

300

Which emperor used tolerance and intermarriage to maintain control of his Indian Empire?

Akbar the Great

300

What was China's trade strategy during the Age of Exploration?

Only accept Gold or Silver (isolationism)

300

What privilege did the 1st and 2nd estates have in France? 

Not paying taxes

300

What were two causes of WWI?

Militarism

Nationalism

Alliances

Imperialism

400

What major impact did the Crusades have on Europe?

They led to the Renaissance
400

What are two products that produced great wealth in African kingdoms?

Gold, Salt, Ivory, Ebony, Slaves

400

What was the section of the triangle trade that brought slaves to the New World called?

The middle passage

400

What three practices do all totalitarian gov'ts use to gain and maintain control?

Propaganda, Secret Police, Indoctrinate the Youth

400

What economic measures did Lenin take during and directly after WWI?

War Communism

500

What was the relationship between Lord and Vassal in Feudalism?

Vassals receive land and protection

Lords receive service/labor/loyalty and taxes

500

What were two major advancements of early Chinese Dynasties?

Gunpowder, paper, silk, printing press, magnetic compass

500

What new form of economics developed during the Age of Exploration?

Mercantilism (or capitalism)

500

Who defeated Napoleon in Russia?

General Winter/General Famine

500

How did the Treaty of Versailles set up WWII?

Poor treatment of Germany

(Reparations, humiliation, etc.)

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