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170158114Russia China US Britain FranceWhat are the 5 permanent nations in the United Nations?0
170158115Somalia, Bosnia, Palestine, ZaireWhat are the notable failures of the UN?1
170158116World Health Organization (WHO)What divison of the UN eradicated smallpox and reduced infant mortality rates by 50%2
170158117Universal Declaration of Human RightsWhat did the UN adopt?3
170158118The Balfour Doctrine of 1917This committed the British government to supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine, a region it controlled as a mandate after WW2.4
170158119Communal FarmWhat is a Kibbutzim?5
170158120Six-Day WarIn this war, Israel took Arab Lands including East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula.6
170158121GuerrillaThe Palestine Liberation Organization, began what type of war against Israel and engaged in acts of terrorism?7
170158122Palestine Liberation OrganizationWhat is the PLO?8
170158123NasserWho took control of Egypt in 1954?9
170158124Organization of Oil exporting CountriesWhat is OPEC stand for?10
170158125Iran (persia)What became a frontline between the US and USSR during the cold war?11
170158126the Shah of IranWho returned to complete power with US support?12
170158127Shah PahlaviWhose regime was toppled in 1979 by mass protests?13
170158128Ayatollah KhomeiniThis Islamist took power and created a strict Shia theocracy where women were forced to wear traditional Islamic clothing and roles.14
170158129Nations north of the SaharaWhat African nations were the first colonies to win independence?15
170158130The FrenchWho was forced out of Algeria after WWII?16
170158131The National Liberation FrontWho led a successful War of Independenc (1954-1962)?17
170158132Arbitrary BorbersWhat was drawn according to European needs, making national unity hard?18
170158133Set up educational systemsWhat did Colonial powers not do that the British DID do in India?19
170158134GhanaWhat was the first Sub-Saharan African Nation to become independent in 1957?20
170158135Kwame NkrumahGhana was led by who?21
170158136KenyaWhat countries decolonization was bloody and protracted?22
170158137Jomo KenyattaWho was the first President of Kenya?23
170158138Separation of racesWhat does Apartheid mean?24
170158139African National CongressWhat does ANC stand for?25
170158140CommunistsWhat was the African National Congress labeled as?26
170158141Guerrilla WarfareWhat did the ANC support after the Massacre at Sharpevill?27
170158142Nelson MandelaWho was imprisoned in 1974 for support of anti- apartheid violence in Africa?28
170158143Organization of African UnityWhat does OAU stand for?29
170158144NeocolonialismWhat increased in Latian America?30
170158145Fidel CastroWho lead a popluar revolution in Cuba in 1959?31
170158146Fulgencio BatistaWho was the dictor in Cuba that was over thrown in 1959?32
170158147CubaWhen faced with US blockade, who turned to the Soviet Union for economic aid and began to form a communist economy?33
170158148Liberation TheologyIn the 1960s the Catholic Church liberalized and modernized many of its practices, this was called what?34
170158149Catholic salvation theology and MarxismSome Latin Americans blended what two ideas to combat the misery of poverty and repressive regimes?35
170158150Archbishop Oscar Romero of El SalvadorWho was gunned down in 1980 at the alter while saying mass?36
170158151BrazilWhat was the first nation to take a reactionary approach to the challenges of the cuban revolution and liberation theology?37
170158152The Brazilian SolutionBrazil was the first nation to take a reactionary approach to the challenges of the cuban revolution and liberation theology, this was called what?38
170158153Kaiser WilhelmWho was the ruler of Germany in 1888?39
170158154PrincipWho shot Archduke Ferdiand and Wife Sophia?40
170158155Schlieffen PlanWhat plan failed in WW1 but worked in WW2?41
170158156Battle of MarneWhat was the first major clash of WW1?42
170158157AutocracyWhat type of rule was Alexander III?43
170158158OkhanaWhat was the secret police in Russia called44
170158159PogromsWhat did Alexander the III encourge to perecute the Jews?45
170158160Trans-Siberian RailwayWhats the world longest railway?46
170158161Mensheviks and BolsheviksWhat was the Marxist split in Russia?47
170158162LeninWho was the first revolutionary leader in Russia?48
170158163Nicholas IIWho dragged russia into WWI?49
170158164Alexander KerenskyAfter Nicholas the II, the Government took over in Russia, headed by who?50
170158165Bolsheviks and ConservativesWho was the reds and whites in the Russian Revolution?51
170158166ZeppelinsIn WW1 Germans used these balloons.52
170158167Pact of SteelWhat was another name for the Berlin Axis in 1939?53
170158168The Manhatten ProjectWhat was the secret name of the planning of the atomic bombs?54
170158169Mao zedongThe long march in china was put on by who?55
170158170Jiang JieshuWhat Chinese ruler took US money for himself?56
170158171The Dalai LamaWho fled to India in the late 1950s?57
170158172Platt AmendmentWhat was the Amendment signed by Cuban and the US?58
170158173Ngo Dinh DiemWho did the Us support in Vietnam?59
170158174Age of NeurosisFrom 1919-39 this period of time was called what? (a mental and emotional disorder)60
170158175ExistetialismBelief that there is no universal meaning to life.61
170158176New ZelandWho was first to allow women to vote?62
170158177Aritcle 48What gave germany president to suspend civil liberites in a emergancy?63
170158178Dawes PlanWhat was the plan in which the US gave germany money?64
170158179Kellog- Briand Peace PactWhat was the peace pact in 1928 that almost every country signed?65
170917671Abbasid CaliphateWhat society from 750-1258 CE believed that women possesed incurable lust and must be kept in the home?66
170917672Trung SistersWhat sisters from Vietnam led first century CE revolt against Han incasions and became national heros?67
170917673WomenWho were the most common targets during witch- craft hysteria in Europe?68
170917674AkbarMughal 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
170917675WomenMao Zedong was committed too the liberation of who?70
170917676FeudalismDuring the period of the Warring States, (403BCE) China reverted to what philosophy, opposed to that of the pre-dominate Confucian and Daoisst philosophy?71
171054590Old Stone AgeWhat does the Paleolithic Era mean?72
171054591New Stone AgeWhat does the Neolithic Era mean?73
171054592Traced through father's lineageDefine Partrilineal74
171054593Traced through mother's lineageDefine Matrilineal75
171054594EthnocentrismTo look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culutre.76
171054595Fertile CrescentA region in the Middle East incroporating present-day Isreal, West Bank, Lebanon, parts of Jordan, Syria, Iraq and south eastern Turkey.77
171054596GilgameshA king who became a lengendary protagonist in the Epic of Gilgamesh providing a defintion of early civilization to ancient Mesopotamia.78
171054597Four Noble TruthsFundamental 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
171054598Eightfold PathWay to the cessation of suffering, the fourth part of the Four Noble Truths.80
171054599Theravada BuddhismThis sect of Buddhism believes that Buddha is the Teacher.81
171054600Mahayan BuddhismThis sect of Buddhism believes that Buddha is God.82
171054601ZoroastrianismOne of the world's oldest monotheistic religions; worship of wisdom.83
171054602LaoziFounder/Techer of Taoism84
171054603AnalectsRecord of speeches by Confucius and his discipples as well as the discussions they held85
171054604ConfuciusTeacher/Founder of Confucianism86
171054605Hammurabi's Law CodeFirst set of defined laws within a civilzation87
171054606Harappan CivilizationWhat is the Indus Valley Civilization sometimes reffered to as?88
171054607The AssyriansWho were the indigenous people of Mesopotamia?89
171054608The LydiansAcient kindom of Asia Minor90
171054609HomerLegendary early Greek poet and rapsody traditionally credited with authorship of the major Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey91
171054610Socrates and PlatoFamous Greek philosopher and his student92
171054611AristotleAlong with Plato, considered one of the two most influential philosophers in Western thought.93
171054612Peasants, UpperclassWho were the plebians? Who were the Patricians?94
171054613Punic WarsSeries of three wars fought between Rome and the Phoenician city of Carthage.95
171054614Mandate of HeavenBlessing of heaven that if a king ruled unwisely heaven would be displeased and would give the mandate to someone else.96
171054615VedismKnown 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
171054616SamsaraTransmigration of soul from one body to another98
171054617Brahma, Vishnu, ShivaThe creator, the preserver, the destroyer99
171054618SumerWho developed Cuneiform writing?100
171054619First paperWhat was Papyrus?101
171054620AnimismThe Chinese first believed in what belief, that included many spirts in nature with no overaching god or organized religion?102
171054621XenophobiaFear of foreigners103
171054622ShangWhat dynasty did Womens status start to decline in China?104
171054623SilkWhat was Han Chinas most valuable trade product?105
171054624The Vedic AgeDuring what age did Aryans migrate to India?106
171054625SanskritWhat was the writing system used during the vedic age in the Indus Valley?107
171054626JatiWhat was the subcast of occupation during the Vedic age in the Indus Valley?108
171054627JainismA strict form of Hinduism that rejected all forms of violence, did not follow rules of the caste.109
171054628HunsPressure from what nomadic invaders from central asia caused the ancient Indian empire to collapse?110
171054629PersepolisWhere was Perisa's capital?111
171054630Julius CaesarWho was Augustus Caesar's nephew?112
171054631Confusianism, Hiduism, Christianity, Judaism, BuddhismAnalects- Vedas- Bible- Torah- Four Noble Truths/8 Fold Path-113
171054632Disciple of ConfuciusWho was Mencius?114
171054633AuthoritarianA person who believes that an individual should obey the powerful ruler115
171054634Lao ZiWho created Daoism116
171054635DaoismDao De Jing is the basic text of what?117
171054636Ghana, Mali, SonghaiWhat were the "New" Islamic empires in Africa?118
171054637The DhowWhat type of ship did Arab sailors use?119
171054638The JunkWhat type of ship did Chinese sailors use?120
171054639Mansa MusaSundiata, the founder of Mali, his nephew, _______ made a pilgrimage to mecca in 1325 and established mosques and schools throughout Mali.121
171054640Delhi SultinateWhat was the Muslim rule of India called? (1206-1526)122
171054641ShintoWhat was Japans indigenous polytheistic religion, that was known as "the way of the gods"?123
171054642IndependentAlthough Vietnam did adopted confucian educationa and administrative structures from China, Vietnamese women retained much of their _______ status.124
171054643Ibn BattutaWho was born in Morrocco, traveled farther than Marco Polo, and recorded his own journies?125
171054644Zheng HeWho was born in China into a Muslim family, was a Chinese Admiral, and traveled beyond the cape of good hope?126
171054645the aztecsWhat empire in the americas rose to power from a nomdic tribe of mercenary warriors?127
171054646TenochitilanWhat was the capital of the Aztec Empire?128
171076625The AmericasWhere wasnt the wheel invented?129
171076626Ferdinand IsabellaUnification of Spain under _____ and his wife _______.130
171076627Inquistition______ was the persecution of non-catholics in Spain.131
171076628CortezConquers aztecs with help from superior weapons, diseases, legend of Quetzalcoatl.132
171076629PizarroConquers Incans with help from superior wepons, civil disorder, diseases. He also conquered southwest USA, Chile, Argentina and Peru.133
171076630TordesillasTreaty of ____ Spain gets west of the line.134
171076631JamestownWhat is the first permanent British settlement in North America?135
171076632Estates GeneralWhat was the French Parlament first called?136
171076633JanissaresChristian boys captured by Ottomans and trained as soldiers.137
171076634Martin LutherWho founded Lutheranism?138
171076635JesuitsOrganization of priests focused on the spread of Catholicism through education and politics.139
171076636WomenThe Enlightenment did not generally lead to an improvement in the status of _____.140
171076637EnlightenmentGovernment responsive to the needs of its people. Popular will vs. Divine Right.141
171076638John LockeWho believed everyone had rights to life, liberty and property.142
171076639VoltaireUsed literary satire and harsh direct critism to call for religious toleration and freedom of expression.143
171076640Jean-Jacques RousseauHis thoughts inspired independence and anti-slavery movements.144
171076641Popular sovereigntyThe American constitution was based on ____ _____.145
171076642French colony of saint DomingueWhat was Haiti previously known as?146
171076643MaroonsWhat were escaped slaves called?147
171076644to HaitiThe French revolution spread where?148
171076645Francois-Dominique ToussaintWho led the Haitian Revolution?149
171076646CoalThe discovery of what in Great Britain let them shift away from the use of wood and charcoal?150
171076647Textile millsWhat was the first merchanized industry?151
171076648LudditesWhat were British craftmen called?152
171076649Cuba and Puerto RicoCreoles led movents to set up republics in all Spanish colonies execpt which 2?153
171076650PeninsularesOnly people from portugal or spain could be colonial officials154
171076651CreolesIndividuals of spanish or portugues descent155
171076652Simon BolivarUsed the forced of his personality to rally all social classes for Venezuelan independence.156
171076653President Benito JuarezA mestizo who led a liberal reform movement to limit the power of the Catholic church and military.157
171076654AnarchistsWho was Alexander II assassinated by?158
171076655Treaty of nanjingWhat is an example of an unequal peace treaty?159
171076656Empress CixiWho was the empress who controlled the Qing dynasty for almost 50 years?160
171076657Boers AfrikanersDutch settlers in africa know as ___ or _____.161
171076658Monroe Doctrinestated that all of the Americas were a USA protectorate162

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