Revolution/Rebellion
A change in scientific thought/ideas.
Scientific Revolution
A period of time after the French Revolution where anyone suspected of still supporting the king was executed.
The Reign of Terror
Scientist who believed and supported Copernicus’s heliocentric theory.
Galileo
First free black nation in the Americas.
Haiti
the action of giving in to the demands of another in order to keep the peace.
Appeasement
Country the Indian people wanted independence from.
England/Great Britain
The economic system that believed that the workers should rise up against the owners of business to achieve equality.
Communism/Marxism
Political leader of France after the revolution. Led Reign of Terror.
Maximilian Robespierre
Country that industrialized first.
England/Great Britain
to take over countries in Africa and Asia for natural resources and markets to sell their goods.
Imperialism
A change in the way things are made, from hand made to factory made.
Industrial Revolution
a land dispute between Pakistan and India that began after partition.
Kashmir Conflict
President of Turkey from 1923 to 1938. Wanted to make Turkey a modern and westernized nation.
Kemal Ataturk
Country Hitler invaded. This is the spark of WWII.
Poland
ended World War I. The treaty blamed Germany for the war and required them to pay reparations.
Treaty of Versailles
Indian soldiers rebelled against the British army because they did not respect their religious beliefs.
Sepoy Rebellion
Name of the conflict that began with the creation of Israel.
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Author of the Communist Manifesto.
Karl Marx
Country that had a Bolshevik(Communist)Revolution in 1917.
Russia/USSR
is a form of dictatorship where society is controlled completely and any opposition is eliminated.
Fascism
a rebellion led by group of Chinese fighters as a response to imperialism.
Boxer Rebellion
The spark of WWI.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Last leader of the Soviet Union. He believed in more economic freedom.
Mikhail Gorbachev
In the 1800s a fungus affected the potato crop leading to a famine that killed 1 million people and caused 1 million more people to migrate to England and the U.S.
Irish Potato Famine
a forced starvation of the people of the Ukraine between 1932 and 1933 led by Stalin where up to 10 million people died.
Famine in the Ukraine/Holodomor