World Trade
during the Middle Ages, this continent produced cloth, silk, and spices
Asia
Up to 38 million people died from the ______, 1/3 of Europe's population.
Black Plague
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
What is democracy? (also: republic)
The ______________, signed in June 1919 in Paris at the end of World War I, codified peace terms between the victorious Allies and Germany. It held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.
Treaty of Versailles
these countries were the Axis Powers in alliance during World War II
Germany, Japan, Italy
during the Middle Ages, this continent produced gold, salt, ivory
Africa
the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries
Renaissance
the supreme laws of the United States of America
U.S. Constitution
the Central Powers in WWI
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers)
Allied Powers in WWII
Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China
this resource helped Europe industrialize
coal
the 16th-century religious protests that splintered Catholicism into different Christian groups and beliefs
Protestant Reformation
the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
the Allied Powers in WWI
Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers)
Marshall Plan
the crops corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, wild rice, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, peanuts, avocados, papayas, potatoes and cacao are native to these 2 continents
North America and South America
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
colonization
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
the 1st amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights
One of the causes of World War I the assassination of what Archduke of Austria
Franz or Francis Ferdinand
an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
Adolf Hitler
The Inca, Maya, and Aztec were some of the ancient civilizations who lived in _____
the dominant social system in medieval Europe, the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) lived on a lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection
feudalism
President Abraham Lincoln issued the ______ on January 1, 1863 which declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
One of the causes of WWI was __________ - the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
industrialization
One of the causes of WWII was _________ identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
nationalism