The French Rev.
What are some causes of the French Revolution?
bad harvests, economic crisis, people did not like the king , the Enlightenment
What were the 2 main countries involved in Cold War?
What started WW1?
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
US, France, Britain
an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through human populations across a large region.
pandemic
What was the time period called when people who opposed the French Revolution were killed with the guillotine if they did not approve of the revolution?
The Terror
the imaginary line during the Cold War that separated the democratic countries of the west from the communist countries of the east
iron curtain
Attack plan by Germans, proposed by Schliffen, lightning quick attack against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France, Belgium resisted, other countries took up their aid, long fight, used trench warfare.
Schlieffen Plan
What historical event creates "the need for its constantly expanding market for its products"...according to Marx & Engels ?
the Industrial Revolution
a belief that if 1 country in a region came under influence of communism, then surrounding countries would follow.
domino theory
This was the largest group in society that payed the most in taxes but was represented the least in government
The Third Estate (peasants)
What was the last event of the Cold War?
The destruction of the Berlin Wall
What got the US involved in WW2?
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
What countries experienced nationalist movements for indepence?
mexico, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile
a country that is independent, but under heavy political, economic, and military influence of another country.
satellite state
Who was the leader of France near the end of the Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What was Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's program of sweeping political and economic reforms?
•Perestroika
a war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields.
total war
Land, labor, and capital; the three groups of resources that are used to make all goods and services
Factors of Production
Violence towards Jewish people
Anti-Semitism
During the French Revolution, how was a constitutional monarchy different from an absolute monarchy?
a constitutional monarch has to follow rules and laws , an absolute monarch doesn't
The failed invasion in Cuba in an attempt to remove the missiles that Russia was hiding
Bay of Pigs
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
Imperialism
. This is the 18th century book written by Scottish economist Adam Smith in which he spells out the first modern account of free market economies.
Wealth of Nations
an organization that is neither a part of a government nor a for-profit business.
NGO (non-governmental organization)