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what does the word renaissance mean?
Rebirth
What are the 95 thesis and who wrote them?
arguments against indulgences
Martin Luther
What were three motivating factors for explorers?
What did James Watt invent?
Steam Engine
What is the name of the wall built in 1961 and was later torn down in 1989?
Berlin Wall
The four main causes of war can be abbreviated with the word MAIN. What does MAIN stand for?
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
Who decided to split with the Roman Catholic Church because they would not allow him to divorce his wife?
King Henry VIII (the 8th)
What made the Columbian Exchange deadly to Natives in the Americas?
Diseases
What did Henry Bessemer do that was so important?
figured out how to make steel lighter and cheaper
13 nations met in Berlin to discus the sphere of influence, what was this conference in 1884 called?
Berlin Conference
What does the word kamikaze mean?
japanese pilots on a mission to crash their planes into American ships at Pearl Harbor
Who had to sign the English Bill of Rights, which limited their power?
William and Mary
What happened to the Lusitania?
It was sunk by German U-boats
128 Americans died
What did Jewish people get forced to wear?
The Star of David
Nato stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Why was Nato formed?
to provide security against Soviets and prevent future wars
What does Germany get forced to take the blame for and then have to pay back for damages?
the First World War
This man is best known for his study of Gravity
Newton
These were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two Japanese cities.
Atomic Bombs
What did western leaders want to contain the spread of?
communism
Why were inflatable tanks used during World War II?
To make Germans believe that the Allies had a bigger arsenal then they really had.
What does the word heliocentric mean and who came up with it?
sun is the center of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
She wrote The Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
What was the initial spark that started the First World War?
What did Germany and the Soviets do in response to the formation of NATO?
created the Warsaw Pact
What is the Zimmerman telegram and why is it so important?
coded message from Germany to Mexico, asking for alliance to defeat America. It was intercepted and caused U.S. entry into the First World War.