He created the first system of laws in Babylon. These laws were codified, strict, and unequal.
Hammurabi
100
This region (named after a shape), between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, was excellent for agriculture and the birth of civilization.
Fertile Crescent
100
Using terror, fear, and/or destruction to accomplish a goal.
Terrorism
100
Trade between the Old World and New World (named after an explorer).
Columbian Exchange
100
What is the main purpose of social media?
Communication
200
This US President dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and issued a doctrine in which he said that the USA would fight against communism.
President Harry Truman
200
What body of water did Ancient peoples in Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Mesopotamia all use for trade?
Mediterranean Sea
200
Empire-building in order to gain raw materials for industrialization.
Imperialism
200
The spread of culture, due to trade, is called:
Cultural Diffusion
200
What type of group brings down most major empires?
Invaders
300
He spread direct democracy to Athens.
Pericles
300
What continent did European imperialists scramble for in the 1800s, leading to the Berlin Conference?
Africa
300
Environmentalists want people to cut down on ___________ fuels and the use of which gas, which depletes the Ozone layer?
Fossil Fuels; CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
300
Which revolution led to the use of banks, money, and credit during the Middle Ages?
Commercial
300
Why is almost the entire Western Hemisphere Christian?
Europeans explorers spread christianity
400
He led the Salt March and the Swadeshi Movement in India. Both of these promote nationalism.
Mahatma Gandhi
400
Which country was negatively affected by the Opium Wars and the Open Door Policy, leading to the rise of nationalism?
China
400
Explain three definitions of nationalism.
Love for your nation, wanting a nation, wanting freedom for your people, using terrorism to achieve independence
400
What desert did North Africans use to trade salt and gold?
Sahara (Trans-Sahara Trade Route)
400
Bolivar and San Martin show that the ideas of the American Revolution and the Enlightenment were able to spread to which continent?
South America
500
This US president led the nation in WWI, issued the 14 Points, and promoted the creation of the League of Nations.
President Woodrow Wilson
500
This American country was assigned to Portugal following the Treaty of Tordesillas. It was great for sugarcane farming, and is still the largest sugar producer in the world.
Brazil
500
What is the idea, popular in the 20th Century, that ethnic minorities should be able to choose to be independent and have their own nations. (Don't say 'Nationalism')
Self-Determination
500
What was the name of the system of trade networks connecting China to the West?
Silk Road
500
This French King built the magnificent palace at Versailles. He invited nobles to live there so that he could keep an eye on them. He also revoked protestants rights through the Edict of Nantes. His spending basically led France to becoming broke. He was the poster child for absolutism.