Middle Ages/Renaissance/Reformation
A pandemic that struck in the 1300's that wiped out 1/3 of Europe's population.
What is the Bubonic Plague? (Black Plague/Black Death)
The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
What is Colonization?
A type of combat in which both sides attack and defend from trenches (ditches) dug into the ground.
What is Trench Warfare?
A political/economic ideology where the economy is controlled by the community or a central power (government).
What is Communism?
An imaginary line that divided the communist world (east) from the capitalist world (west) in 1946.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Who are the Vikings?
A period of colonial expansion by European powers, the United States, and the Empire of Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What is New Imperialism?
War that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or involved, or the objectives pursued.
What is Total "War"?
May 7th, 1945- Germany officially surrenders and the war ends in Europe.
What is VE Day?
The name given to the list of Grievances Martin Luther had with the Catholic Church.
What is are the 95 Thesis?
The name given to slips of paper sold by the Catholic Church in exchange for forgiveness.
What are "Indulgences"?
A period of advances in technology/machines that led to an increase in factories and an increase in demand for raw materials.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
3 major countries on the Central Powers Team.
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire?
Foreign policy of pacifying an upset nation through negotiation in order to prevent war.
What is Appeasement?
Document created by the Allies after WWI that blamed the war on Germany.
What is the Treat of Versailles?
What are: Cheaper books, higher literacy rates, wide spread of information, more accessible books, OR better communication methods?
The name given to Spanish Explorers.
What are Conquistadors?
The 5 major Causes of WWI.
What are Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, imperialism, and Assasination?
2 major Effects of WWII.
What are: Division and Occupation of Germany,
Established the United Nations,
Rise of Democracy,
Or the Cold War?
Means “lightning war”-- rapid surprise attack method used by Germany to conquer territories like Poland.
What is the Blitzkrieg?
Three major causes of the Renaissance in Italy.
What are:
1. Reminders of the Glory Days
2. Avoidance of Economic Crisis
3. Scholars
4. Center of Trade
Name all 5 of the major European Powers that dominated the age of Colonization (the ones we talked about in class).
What are Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, & the Netherlands?
Two of the three major causes of New Imperialism.
What are the Industrial Revolution, 2nd Agricultural Revolution OR the Rise of Nationalism?
August 1942- This battle was the result of Germany trying to take over a Russian city→ turning point of the war in favor of the Allies.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti?