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164950938What caused World War I?Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, there were too many alliances in Europe, the Ottoman Empire weakened, there were unstable borderlands in the Middle East, there was chaos in the Balkan states, and Germany challenged Britain.
164950939What was the impact of World War I?8 million lives taken, millions of refugees/dislocations, formation of the League of Nations, Poland was created, Germany and Russia were humiliated, Germany had to pay war reparations and was forbidden to have and air force, Yugoslavia and Czechoslavakia were formed.
164950940What were the causes of World War II?Treaty of Versailles, Nazis in power, Britain and France didn't stand up to Germany, Germany invaded Rhineland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, fear of Stalin and Communism, Germany invaded Poland.
164950941What was fascism?An Italian Political party created by Moussolini that emphasized aggressive nationalism.
164950942Computers, TV channels, music, and movies were part of what?The internalization of popular culture.
164950943Who was the ruler of France after the French Revolution and Reign of Terror?Napoleon Bonaparte
164950944What was the reign of terror?A time in France when the guillotine was invented and people were executed by Robespierre for "treason," following the French Revolution.
164950945What were the Jacobins?A political group in France that favored radical republicanism
164950946What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?A document authored by the National Assembly of France, like the American Bill of Rights, after the French Revolution
164950947What were the Estates General and the National AssemblyRuling bodies--"parliaments" of sorts--in France.
164950948Poverty and poor working conditions caused...The French Revolution of 1789
164950949Poverty and poor working conditions, the Estates General and National Assembly, Jacobins, the Reign of Terror and the guillotine, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Declaration of the rights of Man were all part of....The French Revolution of 1789
164950950What ended centuries of imperial seclusion and disempowerment by shoguns?Meiji Restoration
164950951What transformed Japan from a decentralized, military government to a centralized civil state?Meiji Restoration
164950952Marxismsocialist ideals that combine German philosophy, French Revolutionary ideas, and knowledge of British industrial conditions
164950953What gave "scientific" reasons for the power of the priviliged?Social Darwinism
164950954Neoconfucianismnew Confucian ideas that developed in the Tang Dynasty and grew during the Sang Dynasty
164950955Why was European exploration important?opening of new trade routes, establishing intercontinental contact, growing global interaction
164950956What are the characteristics of an absolute monarchy?monarchs hold all the power, absence of any constitutional check on a ruler's power, country's wealth in the hands of one ruler
164950957What was the Reformation?many reforms in the Church, Catholic and Protestant Reforms
164950958What was the Triangular Trade system?Europe to Africa (guns), Africa to Americas (slaves) and Americas to Europe (raw materials)
164950959During the Atlantic Slave tradeslaves were kidnapped, worked on plantations, and lived in shacks on their masters' lands.
164950960Arab Caliphateoffice established in succession to the Prophet Muhammed, to rule the Islamic Empire
164950961MemluksTurkish military slaves who eventually ruled Egypt and Syria
164950962Feudalisma society where kinds and lords gave land to vassals in return for military support
164950963Who were the mongols?A nomadic group that controlled the territory along the silk Road.
164950964Who controlled parts of China, Korea, Japan, Russia, Mongolia, Ukraine, Iran, and Iraq?the Mongols
164950965Who brought wealth and interest from the west, spread Islam, and spread the plague?The Mongols
164950966Who spread ideas like astronomy and engineering?The Mongols
164950967NeolithicThe period of the stone age
164950968The transition from food collection to food production was a part of..The Agricultural Revolution
164950969The transition to farming and settled life was part of...The Agricultural Revolution
164950970The domestication of animals was part of...The Agricultural Revolution
164950971The specialization of labor was part of...The Agricultural Revolution
164950972The agricultural revolution had an impact on patterns of...language, belief, dress, and dwelling
164950973Patriarchial systemsMale was head of household and had nearly absolute power in the family
164950974Mandate of HeavenThe Emperor was granted the right to rule by God as long as he served as a wise, principled, and energetic ruler
164950975The philosophical pursuit of knowledge and truth was a ___approach to philosophyGreek
164950976question & answer to reach a deeper under standing was a ____ approach to philosophyGreek

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