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| 13829273363 | Qin Dynasty | Shi Huangdi unifies China legalism is the philosophy Terra Cotta army Confucianism start of the Great Wall standardizes weights, measurements, currencies, laws, and written language | 0 | |
| 13829289278 | Han Dynasty | Golden Age of China establishment of the Silk Road (with Romans) civil service exam begins (based on Confucianism; Analects) Buddhism spread to here via Silk Road Fell because Yellow Turban (peasant rebellion), corruption, nomadic attack from Xiongnu | 1 | |
| 13829316145 | Mauryan Empire | First time India is unified Ashoka (code/pillars) Ashoka spread Buddhism | 2 | |
| 13829316146 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India Number system developed (Arabic numerals), concept of zero and pi, Sanskrit flourishes, predicted eclipse, inoculation surgery, bone setting Not centralized and smaller than the empire before it Hinduism is asserted Sati-a women was to throw herself on her during husband and die with him falls because the invasion of the White Huns | 3 | |
| 13829345964 | Persian Empire | Cyrus the Great Great Royal Roads Capital-Persepolis Defeated by Greeks Alexander the Great Zoroastrianism | 4 | |
| 13829368326 | Greece | Athens-democracy, science, art, philosophy, architecture Sparta-heavily militarized Olympics, mythology, epic poems (Odyssey and Iliad), drama and comedy, philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle) | 5 | |
| 13829389453 | Alexander the Great | Conquered Greece and spread culture (Hellenistic period) Library in Alexandria became a learning center geometry, medicine, pythagorean theorem, anatomy, circumference of the earth | 6 | |
| 13829408407 | Rome | Roman Republic (senate, Twelve Tables) military domination (Punic Wars) laws (innocent until proven guilty) and engineering (coliseum and aqueducts) Julius Caesar is killed and Octavian (Augustus) takes over Pax Romana relied on slavery traded metals with China for silk Constantine (Edict of Milan prompted Christianity and said they can believe in what the wanted) west falls and east survives over expansion, disease, revolts, Huns and Goths | 7 | |
| 13829434611 | Maya | Warring states writing system (glyphs) concept of zero astronomical observation and development of calendar Tikal and Chichen Itza Teotihuacan |  | 8 |
| 13829469101 | Hinduism | No founder similar to Buddhism Caste system follow dharma reincarnation Moksha (women cannot achieve) Vedas (sacred book) Patriarchal (Sati) |  | 9 |
| 13829479622 | Buddhism | Branched off of Hindu Founder- Siddhartha Gautama Four Noble Truths Nirvana (appeased the poor) monastic life for men and women universal religion Ashoka spread spread to China via Silk Road |  | 10 |
| 13829496514 | Confucianism | Emphasized on education, respect, virtue, order Filial Piety- respect for elders Five relationships Civil service exam patriarchal Combined with Buddhism in China |  | 11 |
| 13829506640 | Daoism | Founder- Laozi Harmony with nature |  | 12 |
| 13829507735 | Legalism | Philosophy Shi Huangdi used in Qin Dynasty Very harsh and cruel didn't trust human nature so they implemented harsh laws; believed people will obey through harsh punishment |  | 13 |
| 13829508335 | Judaism | first monotheistic religion founder- Abraham Hebrews practiced follow the laws of Moses in the Torah |  | 14 |
| 13829508336 | Christianity | Branched off of Judaism Jesus (crucified under Roman Empire) Universal religion Paul spread it via Roman Roads 12 apostles spread Constantine issued the Edict of Milan (stopped persecution) |  | 15 |
| 13829568188 | Islam | Monotheistic Mohammed Prophets- Abraham, Moses, Jesus Universal religion Spread by missionaries, merchants, and conquers Quaran Dar Al Islam- House of Islam |  | 16 |
| 13829579473 | Umayyed Dynasty | Islam expands and capital is Damascus. Has conflict with Byzantine and Persian Empire | 17 | |
| 13829582859 | Abbasid Empire | Golden Age of Islam Capital- Baghdad (commercial center) Arabic numerals, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, astrolabe, astronomical observations, optic surgery, medical encyclopedias, literature | 18 | |
| 13840693521 | Islam schism | Split in Islam into Sunni and Shia Muslims | 19 | |
| 13840698271 | Shia Muslim | Muslims who believe that a person must be a descendant of Muhammad(Arab) to be a leader (caliph) | 20 | |
| 13840697120 | Sunni Muslim | Muslims who believe that you do not need to be a descendant of Muhammad to be a leader (caliph) | 21 | |
| 13829599661 | Al-Andalus | Parts of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) governed by Muslims Mosque at Cordoba center of Islamic learning (free education, medicine, and preservation of Greek and Roman learning) |  | 22 |
| 13840603432 | Jizya | A tax on non-Muslims used in Islamic empires | 23 | |
| 13840606704 | Arabesques | Mosques use of geometrical patters (Mohammed didn't want pictures) | 24 | |
| 13840702470 | Why didn't Islam spread into Western Europe? | Battle of Tours (Charles the Hammer) | 25 | |
| 13840610848 | Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means | 26 | |
| 13840620264 | Women in Islam (period 3) | Were treated better under the Quran Harem (the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants) testimony (women were worth half a man) veiling (patriarchal society) | 27 | |
| 13840668620 | Byzantine Empire | Orthodox Christian Eastern Rome Justinian (code) vs law of twelve tables centralized huge influence on Russia Cyrillic alphabet dynastic marriages and diplomatic alliances Fell to the Ottoman Turks | 28 | |
| 13840684570 | Western Europe | Decentralized feudalism Charlemagne (Charles the Hammers granddad) tries to bring back the Roman Empire Crusades (fought for the holy land/Jerusalem) gothic architecture vikings convert into Christianity | 29 | |
| 13840708944 | Compare European and Japanese feudalism | Knights (men)/Samurai (men and women) Chivalry (suicide was prohibited by church and only knights)/Bushido (ritual suicides women and men) Lords/Daimyo | 30 | |
| 13840721219 | Western Europe into Renaissance | gunpowder, longbow, Crusades (tech from muslims), Marco Polo's travels, Black Plague, and the printing press | 31 | |
| 13854560564 | Sui Dynasty | The short dynasty between the Han and the Tang; built the Grand Canal | 32 | |
| 13854564881 | Tang Dynasty | Expands Chinese territory Kowtow shows Chinese dominance Second golden age of the Silk Road letters of credit gunpowder develop champa rice from Vietnam (increase in population) Empress Wu expansion of civil service exam influence Japan and Korea | 33 | |
| 13854625683 | Song Dynasty | Iron manufacturing (mini Industrial Age) largest cities (champa rice) Golden age of innovations (compass and printing) Buddhism and Confucianism blend together and form Neo-Confucianism Foot binding | 34 | |
| 13854678692 | Yuan Dynasty | Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (third golden age of Silk Road) | 35 | |
| 13854684620 | Ming Dynasty | Kicked Mongols out and brought back civil service exam, Confucian principles and Chinese culture Sponsored 7 expeditions for Zheng He but were later stopped because Confucian scholars and China isolates itself Great Wall of China is done Emperors grew lazy in the forbidden city and peasants revolt weaken the empire (were put down by the Manchus who later take over) | 36 | |
| 13854705371 | Delhi Sultanate | India is unified |  | 37 |
| 13854722781 | The Mongols | Genghis Khan largest land empire facilitated the third golden age of the Silk Road religious tolerance never conquered Japan, Egypt, or India Sacked Baghdad | 38 | |
| 13854743527 | Mongol Khanates | Golden Horde- Russia Chagatai- Central Asia Persian Ilkhanate- Middle East China- Yuan dynasty (Kublai Khan, stops the civil service exam, forbade intermarriage) Failed to conquer Japan (Great Wind) | 39 | |
| 13854801375 | East Africa | Animism Swahili (Bantu and Arabic) Swahili states thrived with the salt and gold trade (Kilwa, Mombasa, Sofala, Mozambique) | 40 | |
| 13854831827 | Trans-Saharan Trade | route across the Sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading |  | 41 |
| 13854841043 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Bantu migration (iron tech, farming techniques) Stateless societies diffusion of bananas from Malaysia (increase population) Ghana, Mali, and Songhai |  | 42 |
| 13854909889 | What was the only domesticated animal in the Americans before it was globally connected? | Llama | 43 | |
| 13854912647 | Aztec | Capital Tenochitilan expansionistic conquered people and allowed them to keep their customs as long as they paid tribute (similar to mongols) Chinampas (farming on water/agriculture advancement) |  | 44 |
| 13854958763 | Incas | Peru Machu Picchu. Temple of the Sun Quipu (no written language) established a bureaucracy build roads and bridges (similar to Romans) Mita System: Labor system in which individuals were required to work for the government |  | 45 |
| 13855005445 | Indian Ocean Trade | Monsoon Wind and lateen sail |  | 46 |
| 13855018308 | Silk Roads | Three golden ages Rome/Han Tang/Song Pax Mongolia (Yuan) |  | 47 |
| 13855047253 | Renaissance | Started in Italy (after the fall of Byzantine Empire people migrated to Italy) Influence of Ancient Greece and Rome Humanism Art (Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael) Main cities Venice and Florence Medici Family Art (Shakespeare, oil paint, emotion, signed) |  | 48 |
| 13855121747 | European Exploration | Motivation (God, gold, and glory) Spread Christianity Portugal (Henry the Navigator) and Spain (Columbus) go head to head | 49 | |
| 13855172297 | Why didn't China dominate during 1450-1750? | Confucian scholars convince Ming emperor to stop funding Zheng He's explorations and isolate themselves | 50 | |
| 13855202232 | Columbian Exchange | Globally connecting the world resulting in disease (small pox, syphilis) , plants (sugar, bananas, rice, tomatoes, potatoes, chocolate, maize, tobacco), animals (horse, pig, cattle, chicken) , and people | 51 | |
| 13855258999 | Labor systems in the Americans from Europeans | Encomienda System: Spanish labor system put in place in the Americas, Natives were killed from bad treatment and Africans replaced them Mita System: System borrowed from the Incas forcing Natives to work for the Spanish | 52 | |
| 13855622090 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Treaty between Spain and Portugal to split the New World | 53 | |
| 13855635432 | Hernan Cortez | Conquers Aztecs with smallpox, horses, guns, and steel weapons and some natives allied with them | 54 | |
| 13855652226 | Francisco Pizarro | Conquers Incas in 1533 similar to Cortez | 55 | |
| 13855663647 | Social hierarchy in Latin America | Penisulares (born in Iberian peninsula/Spain) Creoles (Europeans parents born in Americas) Mestizos (mix of European parent and indigenous parent) Mulattos (mix of European parent and African parent) Zambos (mix of African parent and indigenous parent) | 56 | |
| 13872427290 | Triangle Trade | Guns were traded to Africa for slaves then the slaves went to the Americas for sugar plantations then that sugar went to Europe for money | 57 | |
| 13872502117 | Mercantilism | Raw materials provided by colonies to produce manufactured good in mother country sold back to the colonies | 58 | |
| 13872614545 | What are the three gunpowder empires? | Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal | 59 | |
| 13872618268 | Ottoman Empire | Osman founded the empire by uniting Turkish tribes Invaded Constantinople and the Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque Suleiman the Magnificent (used civil service exams) Controlled all trade forcing Europeans to find new trade routes Strong army (Janissaries) Culturally diverse but religious tolerant (jizya) | 60 | |
| 13872906780 | Mughal Empire | Unified India after Deli Sultanate Islamic rule but majority of pop. is Hindu Babur was the founder Akbar the Great (most famous) was religious tolerant and got rid of the jizya, sati, and allowed widows to remarry Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for wife warfare and lack of central authority led British to take over |  | 61 |
| 13879602490 | Safavid Empire | in between Mughal and Ottoman Lost to Ottomans in the Battle of Chaldrian (leading to struggle of succession) Shia Islam Centralized and militarized |  | 62 |
| 13879732921 | Qing Dynasty | Manchus take over and forbid Chinese to learn language and marry Civil service exams expanded Controlled trade (Canton was the only port open) this lead to the Opium Wars Falls due to foreign intervention | 63 | |
| 13879819007 | Japan (period 4) | Tokugawa ended fighting in feudal Japan and centralized the authority Shogun (military leader has all power and emperor is a puppet) 1640 Japan only allowed trade with China and Dutch in Nagasaki | 64 | |
| 13879958307 | Ghana | Gold and salt trade South of Saharan desert camels were used with trade wealthy empire fell to a Muslim Berber kingdom |  | 65 |
| 13880004454 | Mali | Founder was Sundiata Mansa Musa (most famous emperor) pilgrimage to Mecca religious tolerant wealthy empire (salt & gold trade) Timbuktu (capital) |  | 66 |
| 13880004480 | Songhai | Wealthy due to salt & gold trade reached its peak under Sunni Ali laws based off Islam and tradition West African culture fell to Moroccans with muskets |  | 67 |
| 13880248395 | Kongo | covert to Catholicism to enhance trade. with Portugal King Afonso 1 (Catholic king) wrote a letter to king of Portugal to end the slave trade in Kongo eventually destroyed | 68 | |
| 13880707137 | Angola | Slave post is set up by Portuguese Queen Nzinga resisted Portuguese control but were destroyed with superior weapons | 69 | |
| 13880739739 | Peter the Great | Tsar of Russia Capital is moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg western math, science, clothes, and fashion modernize navy and army | 70 | |
| 13881120301 | Catherine the Great | Monarchy continues. more education polices proclaims Russia a western state | 71 | |
| 13881132897 | Portugal (period 4) | Slave trade sugar plantations in Brazil control of Swahili city states and Indian Ocean | 72 | |
| 13881148606 | Spain (period 4) | Reconquista under Ferdinand and Isabella, unified behind Catholicism slave trade control in Latin America (encomienda and mita system) | 73 | |
| 13881216640 | France (period 4) | dominate North America with Louis xiv | 74 | |
| 13881228316 | England (period 4) | monarchy contines colonization of North America mercantilism Magna Carta | 75 | |
| 13881272095 | Magna Carta | Document that reinstated the feudal rights of the nobles, but also extended the rule of law to other people in the country. King John was forced to sign this | 76 | |
| 13881293718 | Netherlands (Dutch) | merit based economy banking and business worked to monopolize the spice trade (Southeast Asia) VOC (Dutch East India Company) | 77 | |
| 13881319833 | Protestant Reformation | A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches Martin Luther lead this with his 95 Thesis Ignited the 30 years war in Germany responsible for Anglican Church in England | 78 | |
| 13881386395 | Scientific Revolution in Europe | Galileo, Copernicus, Bacon, Harvey, and Newton | 79 | |
| 13881400424 | Enlightenment | Philosophical movement that changed the way people thought (politics, religion, rights, etc) Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu developed rights, freedom, and the role of governments these thoughts lead to revolution such as the French, American, and Haitian Revolution | 80 | |
| 13881522997 | Polygamy | having more than one spouse at a time occurred in Africa as males were exported to the Americas as slaves | 81 | |
| 13884698709 | Industrial Revolution | A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods use of coal, steam, iron, oil, electricity, chemicals, and steel order: Britain, W. Europe, America, Russia, and Japan | 82 | |
| 13884732963 | What did the Industrial Revolution lead to? | imperialism, war, migration, and political philosophies | 83 | |
| 13884758837 | Examples of state sponsored industrialization | Japan: Meiji restoration (Japan quickly industrializes) Egypt: Muhammed Ali (builds army and brings in Europeans) Russia: Sergei Witte and transcontinental railroad | 84 | |
| 13884800339 | Raw goods | Latin America (sugar, coffee, bananas, and silver) Africa (palm oil, gold, rubber, diamonds) India (cotton and spices) China (silk and tea) | 85 | |
| 13884826243 | Adam Smith | wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism free market, private ownership, and government should be hands off | 86 | |
| 13884847808 | Karl Marx | Wrote the Communist Manifesto no private ownership and government controls everything | 87 | |
| 13884923978 | Results of the Industrial Revolution | Financial (stock markets) Transnational businesses (United Fruit company, Dutch India company) Social (child labor, increase in pop., increasing gap between poor and rich) Unions, reforms, and mandatory schooling | 88 | |
| 13884990731 | What increased the life expectancy? | Advances in medicine | 89 | |
| 13885022445 | New transportation and communication developments | Steamships, railroads, telephone, radio, and canals | 90 | |
| 13885108844 | Causes of imperialism | Search for natural resources and markets Nationalism and competition Social Darwinism, white mans burden, Cecil Rhodes | 91 | |
| 13885397810 | Imperialism in India | Sepoy Rebellion India was the crown jewel of the British Empire because their raw materials British brought railways and telegraph lines to India An educated class of Indians started the Indian National Congress and got rid of the British control | 92 | |
| 13885790649 | Sepoy Rebellion | The revolt of Indian soldiers against certain practices that violated religious customs cow and pig fat in guns | 93 | |
| 13885805704 | Imperialism in China | China was amassing silver in exchange for their goods of silk, porcelain and especially tea Britain tried to reverse this imbalance of trade by selling opium to China which caused the Opium war Opium war was lost by China which resulted in unequal treaties (Treaty of Nanking) China lost Vietnam to the French | 94 | |
| 13885834698 | Treaty of Nanjing | Unequal treaty in which China was divided into spheres of influence by Europeans (Hong Kong was given to British) | 95 | |
| 13885870043 | Chinas reation of imperialism | White Lotus Rebellion, Taiping rebellion, Self-Strengthening Movement, and Boxer rebellion | 96 | |
| 13885875317 | White Lotus Rebellion | Peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty led by the Buddhist cult known as the White Lotus Society | 97 | |
| 13885895017 | Taiping Rebellion | A revolt by the people of China against the ruling Manchu Dynasty because of their failure to deal effectively with the opium problem and the interference of foreigners. | 98 | |
| 13885903192 | Boxer Rebellion | rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops Peasants trying to kick out foreigners | 99 | |
| 13886209032 | Imperialism in Japan | 1853 Commodore Perry arrives Japan decides to westernize with the Meiji Restoration Rapid state sponsored Industrialization Railways, western education, samurais abolished $li Japan becomes an imperial power at the end of this time period | 100 | |
| 13887138032 | Imperialism in Africa | Scramble for Africa Berlin Conference 1885 Only Ethiopia and Liberia kept their independence Europeans made boundaries ignorant of ethnic boundaries and caused future problems | 101 | |
| 13887180736 | Imperialism in Southeast Asia | French take over Vietnam (was owned by China until Opium Wars) Siam remains independent because he appeals to the west Dutch take over Indonesia | 102 | |
| 13904563738 | Russia (period 5) | Russia losses the Russo Japanese war later industrialize Crimean War Trans Siberian War | 103 | |
| 13904609077 | Crimean War (Russia) | (1853-1856) Russian war against Ottomans for control of the Black Sea; intervention by Britain and France cause Russia to lose; Russians realize need to industiralize. | 104 | |
| 13904636082 | Latin America (period 5) | Somewhat industrialized Economies become dependent on export goods to industrialized nation | 105 | |
| 13904713330 | What inspired the American and French Revolution? | The Enlightenment | 106 | |
| 13904722410 | American Revolution | This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government and the people and protect the rights of citizens in a democracy; Declaration of Independence. | 107 | |
| 13904732634 | French Revolution | The revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799; Declaration of Rights of Man. | 108 | |
| 13904767805 | Haitian Revolution | A major influece of the Latin American revolutions because of its successfulness; the only successful slave revolt in history; it is led by Toussaint L'Ouverture. | 109 | |
| 13904782878 | What did Latin American Revolutions lead to? | They replaced the peninsulares with the creoles | 110 | |
| 13904806365 | Simon Bolivar | Was educated on enlightenment ideas Used military to free Gran Columbia (Columbia, Ecuador, and Venezuela) from Spanish rule Saw himself as the George Washington of South America | 111 | |
| 13904836134 | Jose San Martin | Helped Argentina, Chile and Peru win freedom from Spain with rebellions in South America | 112 | |
| 13904857977 | Pedro II | Declared Brazilian independence from Portugal and set up a constitutional democracy | 113 | |
| 13904985066 | Mexican Revolution | Started by Father Hildago, included Zapata and Pancho Villa; created a constitution based on land reforms. Wanted to overthrow Porfirio Diaz | 114 | |
| 13905002479 | Reasons for migrations | High populations, revolutions, persecutions, famine, need for agricultural workers, gold rushes, and seasonal workers | 115 | |
| 13905026359 | Effects of migrations | America as a melting pot, Chinese culture in Southeast Asia, North and South America, Italian culture in Argentina Chinese Exclusion Act in America (not allow Chinese in) and White Australian Act (protecting white culture) of 1901 | 116 | |
| 13905209840 | Causes of World War I | Nationalism Imperialism Militarism Alliances | 117 | |
| 13905215472 | World War I | (1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States defeated the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria; trench warfare and new weaponry. | 118 | |
| 13905477536 | Effects of World War I | Treaty of Versailles (Austria-Hungry is separated, Germany pays for reparations, and the League of Nations is created) Wilson calls for self-determination inspired decolonization movements Women in west get the right to vote Ottoman Empire falls Turkey becomes a country (Mustafa Kemal Atatürkl overthrows sultan) Mandate system in place (France in Syria and Lebanon & Britain in Palestine, Jordan, Iraq) | 119 | |
| 13905880910 | Japan (period 6) | Invades Manchuria in 1931 Invades China in 1937 (Rape of Nanking) | 120 | |
| 13906078078 | World War 2 | Policy of appeasement towards German aggression Japan becomes an aggressor Hitler invades Poland in 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign a nonaggression pact; they split Poland and eventually breaks the pact by invading the Soviet Union | 121 | |
| 13906331413 | Effects of World War 2 | 50 million people died Holocaust is revealed and lead to the creation of Israel United Nations replaces League of Nation New war tactics Nuclear age Colonies get independence US and Soviet Union emerge as superpowers and the Cold War begins | 122 | |
| 13907212517 | Russian Revolution | Bolsheviks call for peace, land, and redistribution the Bolsheviks, led by revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | 123 | |
| 13907231214 | The Kyoto protocol | controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries | 124 | |
| 13907272342 | Different versions of communism | Marx-used the industrial workers in revolution Lenin-believed professionals should lead Mao-used peasants in his revolution | 125 | |
| 13907366062 | Compare Hitler and Stalin | Both used camps, leaders of totalitarian states, Stalin used collectivization and Hitler didn't | 126 | |
| 13907376920 | What happened after Lenin died? | Stalin takes over and implements his 5 Year Plan and does collectivization | 127 | |
| 13907457156 | 5 year plan | Stalin's plan to reorganize the industry and agriculture to catch up with the industrialized west with collectivization of farms and unrealistic production in factories | 128 | |
| 13907598134 | The Cold War | Communism vs capitalism (iron curtain by Churchill) Berlin Wall Marshall Plan (US) vs Comecon (USSR) NATO vs Warsaw Pact Truman doctrine vs Brezhnew doctrine | 129 | |
| 13907611435 | Iron Curtain | Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. | 130 | |
| 13907612571 | Berlin Wall | A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West | 131 | |
| 13907615515 | Marshall Plan | A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) | 132 | |
| 13907619022 | Comecon | (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) an organization for economic cooperation in European Communist states | 133 | |
| 13907623517 | Warsaw Pact | An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO | 134 | |
| 13907624626 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries | 135 | |
| 13907626238 | Truman Doctrine | 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology | 136 | |
| 13907629800 | Brezhnew doctrine | the doctrine expounded by Leonid Brezhnev in November 1968 affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism. | 137 | |
| 13907642618 | Space Race | A competition of space exploration between the United States (creation of NASA) and Soviet Union (Sputnik) | 138 | |
| 13912868560 | Vietnam (period 5 & 6) | Ho Chi Minh North was communist and wanted independence for the French 1975 becomes united north and south | 139 | |
| 13912915638 | Nonalignment examples in the Cold War | Egypt with Nasser and India with Nehru | 140 | |
| 13912942784 | Cuba Revolution | The nationalist movement against the corrupt Cuban government in 1959, led by Fidel Castro | 141 | |
| 13912951669 | Bay of Pigs | In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure. | 142 | |
| 13912960117 | Cuban Missile Crisis | The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. Stop with Soviet's removing the missile and US pull missiles out of Turkey. | 143 | |
| 13912984273 | Che Guevara | Argentine Marxist who called for socialist revolutions throughout Latin America and the Congo in Africa Protested capitalism and neo colonialism Aided Castro | 144 | |
| 13913026179 | Proxy War | a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly | 145 | |
| 13926938298 | End of the Cold War | Communist governments fall Berlin Wall comes down (1989) Regan "Tear this wall down" speech Gorbachev takes over after Stalins death and installs the policy of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness) | 146 | |
| 13926955354 | Communism in China | Long March of communist led by Mao Zedong Mao emerges as leader and proclaims The People's Republic of China (1949) Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution | 147 | |
| 13926964408 | Chinese Revolution of 1911 | The collapse of China's imperial order (Qing Dynasty), led by Sun Yat-sen (promoted nationalism, equality, and land redistribution) | 148 | |
| 13926978509 | The Great Leap Forward | economic and social plan used in China which aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform the country from an agriculture economy into a modern industrial society. | 149 | |
| 13926999224 | Cultural Revolution (China) | Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation; policy to erase all classes and western influence (used the little red books) |  | 150 |
| 13927023323 | Mao Zedong | Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. | 151 | |
| 13927029642 | Deng Xiaoping | Communist Party leader who introduced some capitalism into Chinese economic after the death of Mao Zedong and was responsible for Tiananmen Square. | 152 | |
| 13927039784 | Tiananmen Square | Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The demonstration was crushed by Chinese military with great loss of life. |  | 153 |
| 13927064643 | India's Independence | Indian National Congress 1885 and Muslim League 1906 Gandhi- nonviolent leader wanted India to be independent India becomes independent in 1947 | 154 | |
| 13927075094 | South Africa (period 6) | Gains their independence in 1910 but a apartheid system is put in place Nelson Mandela protests this and is thrown in jail, after he is released he becomes the first black president of South Africa | 155 | |
| 13927173381 | Africa's Independence | Algerians fought the French Ghana was the first Sub Saharan colony to gain independence (France) Angola gains independence from Portugal Congo gains independence from Belgium Zimbabwe gains independence from in 1980 | 156 | |
| 13927232350 | Results of colonial boundaries | Rwanda gains independence in 1962 and there is a genocide because imperial powers drew boundaries ignorant of tribal tensions | 157 | |
| 13927539291 | Egypt (period 6) | gained independence in 1922 and later established a republic Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal | 158 | |
| 13939021286 | What happened to the Ottoman empire after ww1? | The Ottoman empire declines and is split into Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Arabia | 159 | |
| 13939035400 | What happened to Palestine after ww2? | A Jewish diaspora takes place and most move to Palestine and have conflict with Muslims, this lead to the creation of Israel and it is the only Jewish country in the Middle East. | 160 | |
| 13939068910 | Iranian Revolution | Shah modernized and westernized Iran (land & education reforms) Shah was ousted by Khomeini (theocracy) Quran becomes the legal code | 161 | |
| 13939155172 | Medicine advancements | Polio vaccine antibiotics transplants | 162 | |
| 13939194984 | What did China and India attempt to do to slow down the birthrate? | China implemented the one child policy India tried to curve the birthrate | 163 | |
| 13939204644 | examples of globalization | Disney, Rock n Roll, McDonald's, Coca Cola, Nike, Starbucks, and Apple | 164 | |
| 13939214845 | International Organizations | Humanitarian- Red Cross/Crescent, World Health Organization Economical-World bank, World trade organization Political-United Nations, EU, NAFTA, OPEC Cultural-FIFA, Olympics | 165 | |
| 13939238314 | Examples of genocides | Armenian, Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur | 166 | |
| 13939262774 | Mansa Musa | Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East; extremely wealthy and gave out gold for souvenirs (causing inflammation) | 167 | |
| 13939273244 | Marco Polo | Merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade. | 168 | |
| 13939277528 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. | 169 | |
| 13939289139 | Great Depression | the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s; was global Franklin Roosevelts "New Deal" to stop the economic depression | 170 | |
| 13939899409 | Five Pillars of Islam | Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage | 171 | |
| 13939901031 | Middle Ages | Also known as the medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and the beginning of the Renaissance in the fourteenth century. | 172 | |
| 13939904222 | Feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 173 | |
| 13939908363 | three-field system | A rotational system for agriculture in which one field grows grain, one grows legumes, and one lies fallow. It gradually replaced two-field system in medieval Europe. | 174 | |
| 13939908364 | Bubonic Plague | disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism. Rats, fleas. | 175 | |
| 13939932359 | Great Wall of China | world's longest man made structure built to keep invaders from the north out of China, started by the Qin Dynasty, expanded by the Han Dynasty, | 176 | |
| 13939936673 | Peloponnesian War | The war between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north. | 177 | |
| 13939943661 | Charles Martel | Carolingian monarch of Franks; responsible for defeating Muslims in battle of Tours in 732; ended Muslim threat to western Europe. | 178 | |
| 13939951528 | Hagia Sophia | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is turned into a mosque by the Ottomans | 179 | |
| 13939985434 | Charlemagne | Crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire, which extended from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy; wanted to bring back the Roman times. | 180 | |
| 13939996781 | Vikings | one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century. | 181 | |
| 13940001269 | Pope Innocent III | initiated the Fourth Crusade persecuted Jews | 182 | |
| 13940008163 | Crusades | A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule. (Jerusalem) | 183 | |
| 13940065505 | Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain | Funded Christopher Columbus voyage which led him to the New World (the Americas) | 184 | |
| 13940073819 | Hundred Years War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families. | 185 | |
| 13940081197 | Shinto | the traditional religion of Japan, based on worship of and respect for nature and ancestors |  | 186 |
| 13940089842 | Taika Reforms | attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 187 | |
| 13940095347 | Code of Bushido | "The Way of the Warrior". Samurai Code of Conduct: Loyalty, Bravery, Honor. Those who broke the Code had to commit ritual suicide called Seppuku. | 188 | |
| 13940120860 | Humanism | A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements | 189 | |
| 13940128687 | Indulgences | Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation. | 190 | |
| 13940143650 | Divine right | Belief that the king receives his power from God and was responsible only to God Used in Europe similar to mandate of heaven | 191 | |
| 13940153782 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 192 | |
| 13940158203 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa. | 193 | |
| 13941005607 | Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade | 194 | |
| 13941049586 | Dutch East India Company | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in India/Indonesia. | 195 | |
| 13941077382 | Edicts of Ashoka | A moral code created by Ashoka of the Muaryan dynasty in India related to public welfare and foster just government (spread Buddhism) | 196 | |
| 13941201894 | Urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 197 | |
| 13941207163 | James Watt | Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry | 198 | |
| 13941217068 | Social Darwinism | The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle. | 199 | |
| 13941217070 | White Man's Burden | idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized | 200 | |
| 13941222870 | British East India Company | A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years. | 201 | |
| 13941271149 | Munich Conference | 1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further. | 202 | |
| 13941277243 | Pearl Harbor | Base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941, the US enters the WW2 | 203 | |
| 13941316279 | Manhattan Project | A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb. | 204 | |
| 13941337668 | D-Day | June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II. | 205 | |
| 13941339402 | V-Day | Victory in Europe day was the date when Nazi Germany surrendered to the allies and WW2 ended in Europe | 206 | |
| 13941364022 | What cities in Japan were bombed marking the end of WW2 in the US? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 207 | |
| 13941388633 | What happened after India gained its independence? | India was split into India (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims) | 208 | |
| 13941405965 | Jewish Diaspora | the scattering of the Jewish people to many lands | 209 | |
| 13941446205 | Arab-Israeli War | Six Arab countries attack Israel and Israel wins gaining land from Palestine and the rest is taken from Jordan | 210 | |
| 13941468824 | Al Qaeda | Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out the attacks Responsible for 9/11 | 211 | |
| 13941473216 | Taliban | A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996 (drove out the Soviets) | 212 | |
| 13953329228 | Turkey | The only secular country in the Middle East, or doesn't include the state religion into government | 213 | |
| 13958276515 | Green Revolution | Agricultural revolution that increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation; helped to support rising Asian populations. | 214 | |
| 14026479305 | Globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. | 215 |
