Unit 4
Unit 5 & 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Miscellaneous
100
Describe the Renaissance
What is renewed interest and developments in art, literature, science, learning, means "rebirth"
100
What did the Glorious Revolution accomplish?
What is it made the English Parliament more powerful than than the Monarchy
100
What factors led to WWI?
What is alliances, militarism, nationalism, and imperialism
100
The post-WWII military defensive alliance set up in Europe against communism is known as?
What is NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
100
The commercial revolution led to an increase in what?
What is money available for investment
200
What is Machiavelli's idea of leadership as written in "The Prince?"
What is rulers should be strong and use any means necessart to maintain power, even if those appear to be cruel
200
What is absolutism?
What is one member of the government holds unlimited power
200
Who were the Central powers during WWI?
What is Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
200
What was the direct cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What is the installation of missiles by the Soviets in Cuba close to the U.S.
200
What was the middle passage?
What is the journey of slaves from Africa to America
300
What was the Protestant Reformation?
What is influence, extravagance, and worldliness of the church grew and some people thought it had strayed too far from its spiritual roots which led to the reform movement
300
What was John Locke's basic theory?
What is people have natural rights and if the government does not give them those rights the people should overthrow the government
300
What did the Treaty of Versailles effectively accomplish?
What is Germany was forced to take all the blame for WWI thus creating hostility towards the rest of Europe among the Germans
300
What was the primary cause of the breakup of the Soviet Union?
What is a desire by those nations to be their own countries and gain independence from the Soviet Union
300
What was the legacy of Louis XIV?
What is left France with a lot of cultural riches but financially poor
400
Who was Henry VIII and explain the impact of the English Reformation
What is he wanted a male heir and a divorce from his wife but the pope would not grant it. So he split from the catholic church and declared England to no longer be under the pope
400
Who were members of the third estate of french society?
What is doctors, peasants, and lawyers
400
The Munich Pact is an example of what British policy prior to World War II?
What is appeasement
400
Name the state created as Jewish homeland folliwing WWII.
What is Israel
400
Which Spanish king made the Spanish Armada for the purpose of invading England?
What is Phillip II
500
What are the three reasons for exploration?
What is god, glory, and gold
500
What was the goal of Otto Von Bismark?
What is to unify all the German states into one
500
What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
What is the first time the U.S. stopped the Japanese and won a battle in the Pacific
500
What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
What is Chinese students protests against the communist government demanding democracy and individual rights
500
What was the goal of Peter the Great?
What is to modernize Russia