Europe Beginning

France

100

Rebirth, a time of a renewed interest in are and learning

Renaissance 

200

Wall build by the Soviet Union that divided East and West Berlin

Berlin Wall 

300

Trade route between Europe, Africa and North and America that carried goods and enslaved people

Triangular Trade 

400

World War I

First global conflict between 1914 – 1918. Was nicknamed “The war to end all wars”

500

a route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean along the North coast of North America

Northwest Passage 

Italy

100

Shift from hand tools driven by animals or humans to large scale machine power

Industrial Revolution 

200

the study of secular or non-religious subject such as history and philosophy

Humanism 

300

Political system that stresses national strength and believes the state (country) is more important than the individual

Fascism 

400

large commercial farms

Plantations 

500

Economic and political system in which the state (country) controls most organizations

Communism 

Ireland

100

A series of major scientific advancements during the 1500’s and 1600’s

Scientific Revolution 

200

Countries of Europe created this union for economic and political partnership

European Union

300

• a technique in art that allows the artist to portray a three-dimensional space on a flat surface

Perspective 

400

a deep worldwide economic slump that lasted through the 1930’s

Great Depression

500

Movement in the 1600’s and 1700’s to apply observation and reason to human affairs

Enlightenment 

England

100

First global conflict between 1914 – 1918. Was nicknamed “The war to end all wars”

World War I

200

small triangular sailing ships used by Portugal

Caravels 

300

Berlin Wall

Wall build by Soviet Union that divided East and West Berlin

400

A religious movement in which calls for reform

Reformation

500

Second major global conflict that lasted from 1939 – 1945

World War II

Germany

100

any other denomination within the Christian church besides Catholic. It’s root word is “protest”

Protestant 

200

Long period of hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was never open conflict

Cold War

300

Political system of centralized and unlimited government power

Absolutism 

400

Plantations 

Large Commercial farms 

500

changes made in the Catholic church in response to the Protestant Reformation

Catholic Reformation