170158114 | Russia China US Britain France | What are the 5 permanent nations in the United Nations? | 0 | |
170158115 | Somalia, Bosnia, Palestine, Zaire | What are the notable failures of the UN? | 1 | |
170158116 | World Health Organization (WHO) | What divison of the UN eradicated smallpox and reduced infant mortality rates by 50% | 2 | |
170158117 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | What did the UN adopt? | 3 | |
170158118 | The Balfour Doctrine of 1917 | This committed the British government to supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine, a region it controlled as a mandate after WW2. | 4 | |
170158119 | Communal Farm | What is a Kibbutzim? | 5 | |
170158120 | Six-Day War | In this war, Israel took Arab Lands including East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula. | 6 | |
170158121 | Guerrilla | The Palestine Liberation Organization, began what type of war against Israel and engaged in acts of terrorism? | 7 | |
170158122 | Palestine Liberation Organization | What is the PLO? | 8 | |
170158123 | Nasser | Who took control of Egypt in 1954? | 9 | |
170158124 | Organization of Oil exporting Countries | What is OPEC stand for? | 10 | |
170158125 | Iran (persia) | What became a frontline between the US and USSR during the cold war? | 11 | |
170158126 | the Shah of Iran | Who returned to complete power with US support? | 12 | |
170158127 | Shah Pahlavi | Whose regime was toppled in 1979 by mass protests? | 13 | |
170158128 | Ayatollah Khomeini | This Islamist took power and created a strict Shia theocracy where women were forced to wear traditional Islamic clothing and roles. | 14 | |
170158129 | Nations north of the Sahara | What African nations were the first colonies to win independence? | 15 | |
170158130 | The French | Who was forced out of Algeria after WWII? | 16 | |
170158131 | The National Liberation Front | Who led a successful War of Independenc (1954-1962)? | 17 | |
170158132 | Arbitrary Borbers | What was drawn according to European needs, making national unity hard? | 18 | |
170158133 | Set up educational systems | What did Colonial powers not do that the British DID do in India? | 19 | |
170158134 | Ghana | What was the first Sub-Saharan African Nation to become independent in 1957? | 20 | |
170158135 | Kwame Nkrumah | Ghana was led by who? | 21 | |
170158136 | Kenya | What countries decolonization was bloody and protracted? | 22 | |
170158137 | Jomo Kenyatta | Who was the first President of Kenya? | 23 | |
170158138 | Separation of races | What does Apartheid mean? | 24 | |
170158139 | African National Congress | What does ANC stand for? | 25 | |
170158140 | Communists | What was the African National Congress labeled as? | 26 | |
170158141 | Guerrilla Warfare | What did the ANC support after the Massacre at Sharpevill? | 27 | |
170158142 | Nelson Mandela | Who was imprisoned in 1974 for support of anti- apartheid violence in Africa? | 28 | |
170158143 | Organization of African Unity | What does OAU stand for? | 29 | |
170158144 | Neocolonialism | What increased in Latian America? | 30 | |
170158145 | Fidel Castro | Who lead a popluar revolution in Cuba in 1959? | 31 | |
170158146 | Fulgencio Batista | Who was the dictor in Cuba that was over thrown in 1959? | 32 | |
170158147 | Cuba | When faced with US blockade, who turned to the Soviet Union for economic aid and began to form a communist economy? | 33 | |
170158148 | Liberation Theology | In the 1960s the Catholic Church liberalized and modernized many of its practices, this was called what? | 34 | |
170158149 | Catholic salvation theology and Marxism | Some Latin Americans blended what two ideas to combat the misery of poverty and repressive regimes? | 35 | |
170158150 | Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador | Who was gunned down in 1980 at the alter while saying mass? | 36 | |
170158151 | Brazil | What was the first nation to take a reactionary approach to the challenges of the cuban revolution and liberation theology? | 37 | |
170158152 | The Brazilian Solution | Brazil was the first nation to take a reactionary approach to the challenges of the cuban revolution and liberation theology, this was called what? | 38 | |
170158153 | Kaiser Wilhelm | Who was the ruler of Germany in 1888? | 39 | |
170158154 | Princip | Who shot Archduke Ferdiand and Wife Sophia? | 40 | |
170158155 | Schlieffen Plan | What plan failed in WW1 but worked in WW2? | 41 | |
170158156 | Battle of Marne | What was the first major clash of WW1? | 42 | |
170158157 | Autocracy | What type of rule was Alexander III? | 43 | |
170158158 | Okhana | What was the secret police in Russia called | 44 | |
170158159 | Pogroms | What did Alexander the III encourge to perecute the Jews? | 45 | |
170158160 | Trans-Siberian Railway | Whats the world longest railway? | 46 | |
170158161 | Mensheviks and Bolsheviks | What was the Marxist split in Russia? | 47 | |
170158162 | Lenin | Who was the first revolutionary leader in Russia? | 48 | |
170158163 | Nicholas II | Who dragged russia into WWI? | 49 | |
170158164 | Alexander Kerensky | After Nicholas the II, the Government took over in Russia, headed by who? | 50 | |
170158165 | Bolsheviks and Conservatives | Who was the reds and whites in the Russian Revolution? | 51 | |
170158166 | Zeppelins | In WW1 Germans used these balloons. | 52 | |
170158167 | Pact of Steel | What was another name for the Berlin Axis in 1939? | 53 | |
170158168 | The Manhatten Project | What was the secret name of the planning of the atomic bombs? | 54 | |
170158169 | Mao zedong | The long march in china was put on by who? | 55 | |
170158170 | Jiang Jieshu | What Chinese ruler took US money for himself? | 56 | |
170158171 | The Dalai Lama | Who fled to India in the late 1950s? | 57 | |
170158172 | Platt Amendment | What was the Amendment signed by Cuban and the US? | 58 | |
170158173 | Ngo Dinh Diem | Who did the Us support in Vietnam? | 59 | |
170158174 | Age of Neurosis | From 1919-39 this period of time was called what? (a mental and emotional disorder) | 60 | |
170158175 | Existetialism | Belief that there is no universal meaning to life. | 61 | |
170158176 | New Zeland | Who was first to allow women to vote? | 62 | |
170158177 | Aritcle 48 | What gave germany president to suspend civil liberites in a emergancy? | 63 | |
170158178 | Dawes Plan | What was the plan in which the US gave germany money? | 64 | |
170158179 | Kellog- Briand Peace Pact | What was the peace pact in 1928 that almost every country signed? | 65 | |
170917671 | Abbasid Caliphate | What society from 750-1258 CE believed that women possesed incurable lust and must be kept in the home? | 66 | |
170917672 | Trung Sisters | What sisters from Vietnam led first century CE revolt against Han incasions and became national heros? | 67 | |
170917673 | Women | Who were the most common targets during witch- craft hysteria in Europe? | 68 | |
170917674 | Akbar | Mughal India under this man,attempted to outlaw sati, discouraged child and arranged marriages and had special market days to end seclusion of Hindu and Muslim women. | 69 | |
170917675 | Women | Mao Zedong was committed too the liberation of who? | 70 | |
170917676 | Feudalism | During the period of the Warring States, (403BCE) China reverted to what philosophy, opposed to that of the pre-dominate Confucian and Daoisst philosophy? | 71 | |
171054590 | Old Stone Age | What does the Paleolithic Era mean? | 72 | |
171054591 | New Stone Age | What does the Neolithic Era mean? | 73 | |
171054592 | Traced through father's lineage | Define Partrilineal | 74 | |
171054593 | Traced through mother's lineage | Define Matrilineal | 75 | |
171054594 | Ethnocentrism | To look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culutre. | 76 | |
171054595 | Fertile Crescent | A region in the Middle East incroporating present-day Isreal, West Bank, Lebanon, parts of Jordan, Syria, Iraq and south eastern Turkey. | 77 | |
171054596 | Gilgamesh | A king who became a lengendary protagonist in the Epic of Gilgamesh providing a defintion of early civilization to ancient Mesopotamia. | 78 | |
171054597 | Four Noble Truths | Fundamental insight or enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha, which led to the formulation of the Buddhist philosopy of hmns counted among the four HIndu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and contains the oldest texts preserved in any Indo-Iranian language. | 79 | |
171054598 | Eightfold Path | Way to the cessation of suffering, the fourth part of the Four Noble Truths. | 80 | |
171054599 | Theravada Buddhism | This sect of Buddhism believes that Buddha is the Teacher. | 81 | |
171054600 | Mahayan Buddhism | This sect of Buddhism believes that Buddha is God. | 82 | |
171054601 | Zoroastrianism | One of the world's oldest monotheistic religions; worship of wisdom. | 83 | |
171054602 | Laozi | Founder/Techer of Taoism | 84 | |
171054603 | Analects | Record of speeches by Confucius and his discipples as well as the discussions they held | 85 | |
171054604 | Confucius | Teacher/Founder of Confucianism | 86 | |
171054605 | Hammurabi's Law Code | First set of defined laws within a civilzation | 87 | |
171054606 | Harappan Civilization | What is the Indus Valley Civilization sometimes reffered to as? | 88 | |
171054607 | The Assyrians | Who were the indigenous people of Mesopotamia? | 89 | |
171054608 | The Lydians | Acient kindom of Asia Minor | 90 | |
171054609 | Homer | Legendary early Greek poet and rapsody traditionally credited with authorship of the major Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey | 91 | |
171054610 | Socrates and Plato | Famous Greek philosopher and his student | 92 | |
171054611 | Aristotle | Along with Plato, considered one of the two most influential philosophers in Western thought. | 93 | |
171054612 | Peasants, Upperclass | Who were the plebians? Who were the Patricians? | 94 | |
171054613 | Punic Wars | Series of three wars fought between Rome and the Phoenician city of Carthage. | 95 | |
171054614 | Mandate of Heaven | Blessing of heaven that if a king ruled unwisely heaven would be displeased and would give the mandate to someone else. | 96 | |
171054615 | Vedism | Known as the Rig Veda, hyms counted among the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the vedas, and contains the oldest texts preserved in any Indo-Iranian language. | 97 | |
171054616 | Samsara | Transmigration of soul from one body to another | 98 | |
171054617 | Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva | The creator, the preserver, the destroyer | 99 | |
171054618 | Sumer | Who developed Cuneiform writing? | 100 | |
171054619 | First paper | What was Papyrus? | 101 | |
171054620 | Animism | The Chinese first believed in what belief, that included many spirts in nature with no overaching god or organized religion? | 102 | |
171054621 | Xenophobia | Fear of foreigners | 103 | |
171054622 | Shang | What dynasty did Womens status start to decline in China? | 104 | |
171054623 | Silk | What was Han Chinas most valuable trade product? | 105 | |
171054624 | The Vedic Age | During what age did Aryans migrate to India? | 106 | |
171054625 | Sanskrit | What was the writing system used during the vedic age in the Indus Valley? | 107 | |
171054626 | Jati | What was the subcast of occupation during the Vedic age in the Indus Valley? | 108 | |
171054627 | Jainism | A strict form of Hinduism that rejected all forms of violence, did not follow rules of the caste. | 109 | |
171054628 | Huns | Pressure from what nomadic invaders from central asia caused the ancient Indian empire to collapse? | 110 | |
171054629 | Persepolis | Where was Perisa's capital? | 111 | |
171054630 | Julius Caesar | Who was Augustus Caesar's nephew? | 112 | |
171054631 | Confusianism, Hiduism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism | Analects- Vedas- Bible- Torah- Four Noble Truths/8 Fold Path- | 113 | |
171054632 | Disciple of Confucius | Who was Mencius? | 114 | |
171054633 | Authoritarian | A person who believes that an individual should obey the powerful ruler | 115 | |
171054634 | Lao Zi | Who created Daoism | 116 | |
171054635 | Daoism | Dao De Jing is the basic text of what? | 117 | |
171054636 | Ghana, Mali, Songhai | What were the "New" Islamic empires in Africa? | 118 | |
171054637 | The Dhow | What type of ship did Arab sailors use? | 119 | |
171054638 | The Junk | What type of ship did Chinese sailors use? | 120 | |
171054639 | Mansa Musa | Sundiata, the founder of Mali, his nephew, _______ made a pilgrimage to mecca in 1325 and established mosques and schools throughout Mali. | 121 | |
171054640 | Delhi Sultinate | What was the Muslim rule of India called? (1206-1526) | 122 | |
171054641 | Shinto | What was Japans indigenous polytheistic religion, that was known as "the way of the gods"? | 123 | |
171054642 | Independent | Although Vietnam did adopted confucian educationa and administrative structures from China, Vietnamese women retained much of their _______ status. | 124 | |
171054643 | Ibn Battuta | Who was born in Morrocco, traveled farther than Marco Polo, and recorded his own journies? | 125 | |
171054644 | Zheng He | Who was born in China into a Muslim family, was a Chinese Admiral, and traveled beyond the cape of good hope? | 126 | |
171054645 | the aztecs | What empire in the americas rose to power from a nomdic tribe of mercenary warriors? | 127 | |
171054646 | Tenochitilan | What was the capital of the Aztec Empire? | 128 | |
171076625 | The Americas | Where wasnt the wheel invented? | 129 | |
171076626 | Ferdinand Isabella | Unification of Spain under _____ and his wife _______. | 130 | |
171076627 | Inquistition | ______ was the persecution of non-catholics in Spain. | 131 | |
171076628 | Cortez | Conquers aztecs with help from superior weapons, diseases, legend of Quetzalcoatl. | 132 | |
171076629 | Pizarro | Conquers Incans with help from superior wepons, civil disorder, diseases. He also conquered southwest USA, Chile, Argentina and Peru. | 133 | |
171076630 | Tordesillas | Treaty of ____ Spain gets west of the line. | 134 | |
171076631 | Jamestown | What is the first permanent British settlement in North America? | 135 | |
171076632 | Estates General | What was the French Parlament first called? | 136 | |
171076633 | Janissares | Christian boys captured by Ottomans and trained as soldiers. | 137 | |
171076634 | Martin Luther | Who founded Lutheranism? | 138 | |
171076635 | Jesuits | Organization of priests focused on the spread of Catholicism through education and politics. | 139 | |
171076636 | Women | The Enlightenment did not generally lead to an improvement in the status of _____. | 140 | |
171076637 | Enlightenment | Government responsive to the needs of its people. Popular will vs. Divine Right. | 141 | |
171076638 | John Locke | Who believed everyone had rights to life, liberty and property. | 142 | |
171076639 | Voltaire | Used literary satire and harsh direct critism to call for religious toleration and freedom of expression. | 143 | |
171076640 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | His thoughts inspired independence and anti-slavery movements. | 144 | |
171076641 | Popular sovereignty | The American constitution was based on ____ _____. | 145 | |
171076642 | French colony of saint Domingue | What was Haiti previously known as? | 146 | |
171076643 | Maroons | What were escaped slaves called? | 147 | |
171076644 | to Haiti | The French revolution spread where? | 148 | |
171076645 | Francois-Dominique Toussaint | Who led the Haitian Revolution? | 149 | |
171076646 | Coal | The discovery of what in Great Britain let them shift away from the use of wood and charcoal? | 150 | |
171076647 | Textile mills | What was the first merchanized industry? | 151 | |
171076648 | Luddites | What were British craftmen called? | 152 | |
171076649 | Cuba and Puerto Rico | Creoles led movents to set up republics in all Spanish colonies execpt which 2? | 153 | |
171076650 | Peninsulares | Only people from portugal or spain could be colonial officials | 154 | |
171076651 | Creoles | Individuals of spanish or portugues descent | 155 | |
171076652 | Simon Bolivar | Used the forced of his personality to rally all social classes for Venezuelan independence. | 156 | |
171076653 | President Benito Juarez | A mestizo who led a liberal reform movement to limit the power of the Catholic church and military. | 157 | |
171076654 | Anarchists | Who was Alexander II assassinated by? | 158 | |
171076655 | Treaty of nanjing | What is an example of an unequal peace treaty? | 159 | |
171076656 | Empress Cixi | Who was the empress who controlled the Qing dynasty for almost 50 years? | 160 | |
171076657 | Boers Afrikaners | Dutch settlers in africa know as ___ or _____. | 161 | |
171076658 | Monroe Doctrine | stated that all of the Americas were a USA protectorate | 162 |
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