World Economics/Civics/Social relationships
The Holocaust (worst episode of anti-Semitic persecution), the Balfour declaration, and the international recognition by prominent countries such as the USA and Britain, led to the creation of what?
A Jewish political state centered in Palestine called, Israel
This is the exchange of agricultural goods between Europe and the Americas following the discovery of Columbus and subsequent exploration of the Americas.
The Columbian Exchange
The silk road was a vast trade network that spanned from the far east in China all the way to Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire. What was one common trade good that traveled WEST on the Silk Road (from China)
Paper, silk, compass
The Boxer Rebellion in China and the Salt March conducted by Gandhi in India are examples of colonial responses to what?
European Imperialism
European Colonialism
Considered a "rebirth" of human knowledge, this time period rediscovered the classics of Greek and Roman, emphasized Humanism, experienced new forms of literature and art, and symbolized the birth of the modern world.
Some names associated with this time period include Michelangelo, William Shakespeare, Da Vinci, etc.
Renaissance
Remember there is an "Italian" renaissance and a "Northern" renaissance.
What economic plan instituted by the USA after WWII offered $13 billion in economic stimulus for Western Europe and for Eastern bloc countries (though they were forced to refuse by the USSR).
Marshall Plan
After the fall of Constantinople (Byzantine Empire), the Ottoman Empire controlled continental trade routes and maritime trade routes to the far east. This prompted which two nations to come up with the creative idea to sail "West" across the Atlantic Ocean to reach India and China. For extra credit tell me which of these nations sails around the southern tip of Africa to reach India and which nation sails West in an attempt to reach India - though it fails because there is a continent in the way.
Spain - sails west, "discovers" America
Portugal - sails south around the southern tip of Africa, sets up trading posts and colonies along the way, and introduces the European slave trade.
The Protestant Reformation began with Martin Luther in which modern-day country?
Germany
It began before Germany was a unified country, when most of the German provinces comprised the Holy Roman Empire HRE.
What do Otto Von Bismarck of Prussia, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Count Cavour of Italy have in common
All three led Unification processes in their respective nations.
Bismarck led Prussia to unify German provinces
Garibaldi led the southern Italian city-states
Cavour led the northern Italian city-states
The act of Supremacy in 1534 states "Be it enacted by the authority of this present Parliament that the King shall be the only supreme head in earth of the Church of England."
What is the church of England called and to whom does this particular passage grant greater authority to?
Anglican
The Monarch (king/queen) of England
The influence of the Catholic Church in England begins to decline
The Soviet Union employed this type of economic system: an extension of communism, this economic practice witnessed the Soviet government seize private lands from peasants and landowners, force those citizens to then work in the fields for a low wage, and then equally redistribute the harvest amongst its citizens.
In practice this did not work and many soviet citizens opposed, often burning harvests, refusing to hand over land, or outright revolting against the soviet regime.
Collectivization
Of these civilizations which two are MOST affected by European presence?
A. Songhai
B. Inca
C. Indian Hindus
D. Arabian peoples
E. Aztec
B. Inca
E. Aztecs
Which organization's member states were described as being behind the "iron curtain" after WWII?
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union Satellite States
Eastern Bloc
These locations were named after the man who did what?
The Mexican state of Hidalgo
The district of Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico City
Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Started the movement for Mexican Independence from Spain
As a result of this invention, literacy rates across Europe increased, Bibles and other texts and essays were printed in "peasant" languages (French, German, and English), the costs of manufacturing books and essays declines, and ideas from the renaissance and the protestant reformation easily spread through Europe. Tell me the name of the guy who invented this contraption for extra credit
Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg
In which African Nation did Nelson Mandela lead a successful reform movement against the Apartheid (segregated) society?
A. Kenya
B. South Africa
C. The Congo
D. Algeria
South Africa
What religion was introduced by the Spanish and Portuguese colonizers in central and south America? This religion remains to this day the dominant religion in this region.
Question 41/51 on SOL practice test
Christianity
Catholicism is a form of Christianity
The treaty of Versailles forced Germany to renounce ownership of its overseas possessions. What nation in Eastern Asia was granted dominion over German Southeast Asian colonies? This action directly led to this nation developing an imperialist geopolitical stance.
Japan
Who led the independence movements that resulted in the creation of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Bolivia?
Simon Bolivar
This concept justified the King or Queen's right to rule.
It was practiced in both Europe and China.
Divine Right (Europe)
Mandate of Heaven (China)
What economic system/policy is this...
Adopted by European Colonial powers in an effort to become self-sufficient; based on the theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the Mother Country.
Maximizing exports while minimizing imports; sell more things than you buy and HOARD THE GOLD.
Caused a spike in competition for markets in the Americas.
Mercantilism
What are some reasons regarding why Europeans select Africans as enslaved peoples to work on American Plantations? There are four reasons, give me at least two. If you can name more, you will receive extra credit.
Geographically it was more efficient to select Africans given the closer proximity to the Americas and the oceanic currents
Systematically, the Portuguese already had trading posts and established feelers in the west African region
Enslaved Native Americans in the early Spanish and Portuguese colonies are wiped out by disease causing a shortage of labor
Africans are immune to most of the European diseases because of a longer, maintained contact with European and Middle East traders.
Question 35/51 of SOL practice test
C. During the Cold War
Western Bloc is denoted by the dashed lines (aligned with USA and capitalism)
Eastern Bloc is denoted by the darker shaded region (aligned with USSR and communism)
Which country withdraws from WWI because they experience a domestic, communist revolution? For extra credit, tell me what year they withdraw
Russia, 1917
Indulgences