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| 2639733345 | Neolithic Age | • Two developments of the Neolithic Age were agriculture/farming and domesticating animals & plants. | 0 | |
| 2639734474 | Classical Civilizations | • Two accomplishments of Ancient Greece were the Olympics and started Democracy. • Two accomplishments of Ancient Rome were creating new styles in architecture to beautify cities and emperors building arenas with many activities to entertain the poor • Two accomplishments of Ancient India were the creation of the concept of zero and the decimal system • Two accomplishments of China were the creation of gunpowder and the compass • The Silk Road was important because it was one of the first trade routes | 1 | |
| 2639734475 | World Religions | • Traits of Christianity = The Bible, Ten Commandments, and Jesus, Monotheistic • Traits of Hinduism = Moksha (Soul release from the cycle of death and rebirth), Dharma (Moral law), and Brahman (One true God), Polytheistic | 2 | |
| 2639736389 | Byzantine Empire | • The Byzantine Empire was created in 330 AD when the Roman Emperor Constantine adopted the city of Byzantium as his seat of power, renaming it Constantinople. | 3 | |
| 2639736390 | Middle Ages | • The feudal system in Europe was a way to offer protection through land and loyalty with people in ranks. What feudalism concentrated on was the peasant struggling to repay the lord's land (Manor) in order to survive which lead to the Manorial system. • Two causes of The Crusades were Pope Urban II called for a war and Turks encroached upon Constantinople • Two effects of The Crusades were how many peasants died and how kingdoms grew in size and power | 4 | |
| 2639738471 | Golden Ages of China & India | • Two discoveries of China during their Golden Age were printing and paper money • Two discoveries of India during their Golden Age were Zero and decimals | 5 | |
| 2639739466 | Early Japanese History | • Two traits of early Japanese Society were nature and poetry • The people that were involved in the Japanese Feudal System were peasants, leaders, etc. • The roles in the Japanese Feudal System were merchants, artisans, peasants, ronin, samurai, daimyo, shogun, and emperor. | 6 | |
| 2639739591 | African Civilizations | • Two features of early African Civilizations were trade (Gold & Iron) and farming • Mansa Musa (Mali) was important because he expanded territory, went on an pilgrimage to Mecca and came back with scholars, books and architects. | 7 | |
| 2639741635 | Mongol Empire | • Two features of the Mongol Empire were dominating lands and advanced techniques to successfully take control of an empire. • Two effects that the Mongols had upon world history were Pax Mongolica and the Mongols interest in China (Mongolia) | 8 | |
| 2639741744 | Transformation of Western Europe | • Two effects that the Black Death had upon Europe were many deaths and blaming others for it (God, Jews, etc.) • The Renaissance was the rebirth of many things leading people to go into humanism and make Europe advanced while also looking through life in a new perspective • The Renaissance affected world history by advancing art, literature, etc. and challenging the church which lead to the Spanish Inquisition. | 9 | |
| 2639742931 | The Protestant Reformation | • Two causes = Martin Luther's 95 Theses and people complaining/questioning about Catholic indulgences • Two effects = Protestantism (Religion) being created and division of religion. • Political: King Henry being head of the church | 10 | |
| 2639742932 | The Printing Press | • The person who created the printing press is Bi Sheng • The printing press affected world history by lowering the cost of books, libraries increasing, more books getting published, and more people learning how to read and write | 11 | |
| 2639745578 | Pre-Columbian Civilizations of the Americas | • Aztecs = The Civilization that created chinampas (Floating Gardens) and created their own calendar, writing and math system. The people did sacrifices to the Sun God (Polytheistic) and now is present day Mexico • Mayan's = Now is present day Guatemala along with each city having a chief who was half man/half god. The Maya civilization also created their own glyphs and math system along with many buildings (Pyramids, Observatory, etc.) | 12 | |
| 2639746745 | The Age of Exploration and The Encounter | • Zheng He (Explorer) = A Chinese explorer who set out on seven voyages across the seas to Africa and Asia where in the end, he increased the prominence of Chinese trade and the reputation of China. • Vasco da Gama (Explorer) = The first person able to sail directly from Europe to India on his two voyages. • The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries • It affected global history by expanding empires to America with giving them crops, livestock, and disease in return with more crops. | 13 | |
| 2639746746 | The Age of Absolutism | • The Age of Absolutism was a period of European history in which monarchs successfully gathered the wealth and power of the state to themselves (Absolute Monarchy). • Louis XIV (Leader/The Sun King) = Ruled France, said he was the state, claimed divine right, centralized government, spent money like nothing, and built a strong military. • Peter the Great (Leader) = Ruled Russia while westernizing Russia by strengthening military, expanding borders, and centralizing power. During the process, he forced people to work and contribute and if they refused, they would be executed. | 14 | |
| 2639751895 | Intellectual Revolutions in Europe | • The Scientific Revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period (mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry) transformed views of society and nature. • Galileo Galilei (Scientist) = The one who studied the laws of gravity and invented the telescope and microscope. • Nicolas Copernicus (Scientist) = The one who presented the heliocentric theory: the revolutionary notion that the Earth orbited the sun. • Their discoveries affected world history by expanding the minds of others (including scientists) and making them see the world in their point of view | 15 | |
| 2639751896 | The Enlightenment | • The Enlightenment was a time when minds questioned politics, philosophy, science, etc. and tried to use reasons to explain them. This event in history was also caused by the Scientific Revolution. • The ideas of the Enlightenment affected world history by expand the minds of others and made others think the same way, leading to many important revolutions. • John Locke (Thinker) = A philosopher and political theorist who is mostly known for arguing for liberty, religious tolerance and rights to life and property. He also influenced the American and French Revolution. • Baron de Montesquieu (Thinker) = A French political thinker known for expanding John Locke's political stance with the ideas of a division of state and separation of power (Executive, Legislative, and Judical) | 16 | |
| 2639755671 | Political Revolutions | • A political Revolution is when the government is replaced, or the form of government altered, but in which property relations are left intact because of protesters. • The causes of the French Revolution were Enlightenment ideas, the Estates-General and the Declaration of Rights of Man • Two key events of the French Revolution were the Fall of the Bastille and The Reign of Terror • Three results of the French Revolution were Napoléon Bonaparte rising to power, All the problems before the revolution were never resolved, and the beheading of King Louis XVI | 17 | |
| 2639761501 | Latin American Revolutions | • The people of Latin America were fighting for independence from Spain. • The background of Peninsulares social class in Latin America is the highest class with them being of pure blood (European-Born Whites) • The background of Creoles social class in Latin America is The second highest class with whites born in Latin America and owned most of the land though denied political rights. • The background of Metizos social class in Latin America is a mix of European & Indian who speak Spanish and denied basic rights • The background of Malattoes social class in Latin America is a mix of European & African denied basic rights. • The background of Slaves/Indians social class in Latin America is the lowest class with no rights and are mostly seen on plantations owned by Creoles. | 18 | |
| 2639761502 | The Industrial Revolution | • The Industrial Revolution was a period in the 18th to 19th centuries that started in Great Britain where rural societies in Europe and America became industrialized and urban. • Three effects of the Industrial Revolution were bad working conditions (leading to diseases, long hours, and separations of families), better transportation, and many inventions being made (Steam Engine being the most important) | 19 | |
| 2639768130 | Nationalism | • Nationalism is when an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation. • Three examples = The French Revolution, Germany during Hitler's reign and Latin American Countries during their revolutions. | 20 | |
| 2639768131 | Imperialism | • Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. • Three causes of Imperialism were Nationalism, wanting to spread religion, and people wanting to teach how their race was better (White Man's Burden) • The Congo (Nation) = Belgium captured the Congo where Belgium gave the people education, independence, and made them industrialized. Belgium also caused many people to die through war, starvation, forced labor, largely reduced birthrate and disease. • Rwanda (Nation) = The nation was first handed over to Germany during the Berlin Conference in 1884 with Germany influencing them with missionaries and political (Military). | 21 | |
| 2639768132 | World War I | • The causes of WWI were the death of Franz Ferdinand, militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism • WWI came to an end with the Treaty of Versailles on Nov. 11, 1918 • Two effects of WWI were Germany being blamed for everything during the Treaty of Versailles and the creation of the League of Nations & the Soviet Union. | 22 | |
| 2639769523 | The Russian Revolution | • The causes of the Russian Revolution were Tsar Nichola's actions (Ex: Putting his wife in place of gov't) along with citizens and workers protesting against how they live. • The effects of the Russian Revolution were Russia becoming a world power, end of autocratic rule with the death of Tsar Nicholas II, and the spread of communism. | 23 | |
| 2639770386 | Totalitarianism Between World Wars | • Totalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. • Three traits of totalitarianism under Joseph Stalin were dictatorship, one-party rule, and methods of enforcement (Secret Police & censorship) | 24 | |
| 2639770387 | World War II | • The events leading up to WWII were Fascism, expansion, Hitler going into power because of the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression. • The war began on September 1, 1939 after Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Germany in retaliation. • The key events of WWII were Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, D-Day, Dropping of the Atomic Bomb, and The Holocaust. • Three important effects of WWII were the start of the United Nations, End of imperialism and dictatorship in Europe, and the start of the Cold War. | 25 | |
| 2639772604 | The Cold War | • The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between the U.S.A and the Soviet Union. • Three ways this war was fought were Space War, the use of Propaganda, and the use of military. (Ex: Cuban Missile Crisis) | 26 | |
| 2639772605 | Communism In China | • China became a Communist Nation because of Mao Zedong, Mao's Communist Party, and the civil war (1920-1949) against Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong. • The policies of Mao Zedong were to have strict socialist ideas and to attack traditional Chinese ideas which is all in the "Little Red Book" that he distributed to citizens. Whoever opposed were either humiliated, beaten or killed. • Deng Xiaoping changed China with his reforms which made China's economy and society better than before. | 27 | |
| 2639774324 | Decolonization (Independence Movements) | • Independence affected India in 1947 which lead to violence and a million deaths, but then Gandhi tried to stop the violence with the Indian freedom movement, but then got killed in 1948 by an extremist • Congo (African Nation affected by independence) = Gained it on June 30, 1960 thanks to Belgium. This independence impacted them with their population growing again somewhat even though there were many deaths from war and starvation. • Kenya (African Nation affected by independence) = December 12, 1963 thanks to Britain. This independence impacted them with an increase in population, economy, poverty and a decrease in child morality. | 28 | |
| 2639775166 | The Middle East After World War II | • The nation of Israel was created in Tel Aviv Art Museum where Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion stated "We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine, to be called Israel". • The creation of this Jewish state lead to conflict in the region because during WWII, Britain made two promises. One was promising the Palestinians that if they joined them and overthrew the Ottoman Turks, they'd be given their own country. Britain also promised the Zionists that if they joined their cause, a Jewish homeland would be created for them. So now they fight for the land they both think they deserve. • Islamic Fundamentalism is a movement where people oppose the infiltration of secular, Westernizing influences and seek to institute Islamic law (Quran), including strict codes of behavior). • Two ways that Islamic Fundamentalism affected world history are destroying their economy, science and culture making them not accept change, so they go back to the Quran. | 29 | |
| 2639775167 | The Collapse of Communism | • The policies of Gorbachev lead to an end to Communism in the Soviet Union because of Perestroika and Glasnost which reconstructed the USSR, replacing gov't with democratization, and gave freedom to media, expressing views, and religious group. In the end, his policies changed the USSR as a whole along with changing a Communist Gov't to a Democratic gov't. | 30 | |
| 2639776769 | Human Rights Violations | • A genocide is violence against members of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group. • The Holocaust = This is one of the most famous genocides where in 1933, Germany put and killed almost Six million Jews, Slavs, disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals in order to purify Germany. • Armenia = This is the earliest genocide in the history of the world where in 1915, Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were rounded up, deported and executed on orders of the government. The actions used towards Armenians varied with massacres, forced deportation marches and deaths due to disease in concentration camps. This ended with more than 1 million Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks killed between 1915 and 1923. • Cambodia = This was one of the most cruel ways to commit genocide where in 1975, Cambodia began a "re-education" campaign towards doctors, teachers and students, but they instead of education, they got tortured at Tuol Sleng prison. This resulted in 1.7 to 2 million Cambodians dead after 4 years. | 31 | |
| 2639777642 | Economic Systems | • An economic system is a system of production and exchange of goods and services as well as allocation of resources in a society. • Traditional Economy: an original economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs shape the goods and the services the economy produces. • Market Economy: an economy in which decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution are based on supply and demand, and prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system. • Command Economy: the government, rather than the free market, determines what goods should be produced, how much should be produced and the price at which the goods will be offered for sale. | 32 | |
| 2639777643 | Environmental Problems | • Pollution Causes (Environmental Problem) = Burning of fossil fuels, wastes spreaded, agricultural activities, etc. • Pollution Effects (Environmental Problem) = Health problems, global warming, acid rain, etc. • Overpopulation Causes (Environmental Problem) = Decline in the death rate, better medicine, technological advancements, etc. • Overpopulation Effects (Environmental Problem) = Unemployment, species going extinct, wars, depletion of natural resources, etc. • Deforestation Causes (Environmental Problem) = Make more land available for people to use, harvest trees to create everyday products, create ingredients, etc. • Deforestation Effects (Environmental Problem) = Global warming, floods, wildlife extinction, climate change • The current solutions to environmental problems in today's world are recycling, using solar and wind energy, etc. | 33 | |
| 2639779117 | Science and Technology | • The Green Revolution is a period when the productivity of global agriculture increased drastically as a result of new advances. • This event affected the course of global history by increase in production, advantage to farmers, loss of bio diversity, chemical in water, and weeds increased. • Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations. | 34 |
