Topic 7
What was the Black Death?
Bubonic plague that killed 30% of Europe's population
What was the major strategy to spread Islam?
Warfare
What invention led to the spread of the Renaissance?
The Printing Press
What is absolutism?
the belief of complete and unrestricted power in government
What was the main fighting strategy of WWI?
Trench Warfare
What was the Magna Carta?
Document signed by king John giving nobles certain rights
What cause the first major split in Islam?
Which leader to follow after Muhammad
Who sparked the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
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
What was the major achievement out of Wilson's 14 points?
The League of Nations
What was the Great Schism?
Split in the Christian church (east and west)
Which emperor used tolerance and intermarriage to maintain control of his Indian Empire?
Akbar the Great
What was China's trade strategy during the Age of Exploration?
Only accept Gold or Silver (isolationism)
What privilege did the 1st and 2nd estates have in France?
Not paying taxes
What were two causes of WWI?
Militarism
Nationalism
Alliances
Imperialism
What major impact did the Crusades have on Europe?
What are two products that produced great wealth in African kingdoms?
Gold, Salt, Ivory, Ebony, Slaves
What was the section of the triangle trade that brought slaves to the New World called?
The middle passage
What three practices do all totalitarian gov'ts use to gain and maintain control?
Propaganda, Secret Police, Indoctrinate the Youth
What economic measures did Lenin take during and directly after WWI?
War Communism
What was the relationship between Lord and Vassal in Feudalism?
Vassals receive land and protection
Lords receive service/labor/loyalty and taxes
What were two major advancements of early Chinese Dynasties?
Gunpowder, paper, silk, printing press, magnetic compass
What new form of economics developed during the Age of Exploration?
Mercantilism (or capitalism)
Who defeated Napoleon in Russia?
General Winter/General Famine
How did the Treaty of Versailles set up WWII?
Poor treatment of Germany
(Reparations, humiliation, etc.)