387219516 | Erasmus | Important humanist thinker, wrote "In Praise of Folly" | 0 | |
387219517 | Zheng He | Made 7 voyages for China | 1 | |
387219518 | Vasco De Gamma | Portuguese Mariner who reached India in 1498 | 2 | |
387219519 | Brunelleschi | Dome on the cathedral of Florence was designed by.. | 3 | |
387219520 | Hongwu | Founder of he Ming Dynasty | 4 | |
387219521 | Ibn Battuta | Legal scholar (qadi) who traveled extensively recording his observations | 5 | |
387219522 | Marco Polo | His stories influenced other Europeans to visit China | 6 | |
387219523 | Yongle | Complied Chinese History and cultural traditions into a large encyclopedia | 7 | |
387219524 | Magellan | First to circumvent the globe | 8 | |
387219525 | Dias | First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope; named it the Cape of Storms | 9 | |
387219526 | James Cook | Led three expeditions into the Pacific in the 18th century | 10 | |
387219527 | Netherlands | Most prosperous country in Europe in the 17th century | 11 | |
387219528 | Fur | Russian merchants explored Siberia in search of.. | 12 | |
387219529 | Prince Henry | Set up a navigation school and sponsored a series of voyages down the west coast of Africa | 13 | |
387219530 | Spain | First European nation to dominate trade with Asia | 14 | |
387219531 | Aztec | Early Native American civilization located near present day Mexico City | 15 | |
387219532 | Astrolabe | Thing used to measure latitude | 16 | |
387219533 | Sugarcane | Portuguese viewed the Atlantic Ocean Islands as a great location for farming.. | 17 | |
387219534 | Australia | What country didn't participate in world wide trade by 1750 | 18 | |
387219535 | Spices | Europeans wanted what from India | 19 | |
387219536 | Britain | What country carried out the most exploration of the Pacific | 20 | |
387219537 | VOC | United East India Company is aka.. | 21 | |
387219538 | Philippines (Manila) | Center of Spanish commercial activity | 22 | |
387219539 | Council of Trent | Council that took steps to reform the Catholic Church | 23 | |
387219540 | Martin Luther | Who said " I cannot and will not recant anything, for it is neither safe nor right to act against one's conference. Here I stand. I can do no other" | 24 | |
387219541 | Henry VIII | English King who left Catholicism to secure a divorce | 25 | |
387219542 | Seal of Indulgences | What sparked Martin Luther to write 95 thesis | 26 | |
387219543 | King Charles V | King who wanted to create a Holy Roman Empire, but failed | 27 | |
387219544 | King Charles I | English Civil war ended with the decapitation of what king | 28 | |
387219545 | King Louis XIV | Versailles is the Royal Palace of what king | 29 | |
387219546 | Portugal | The nation that led the way for early european expedition | 30 | |
387219547 | Fernando and Isabel | They established the Spanish inquisition | 31 | |
387219548 | 30 years war | Most destructive European conflict | 32 | |
387219549 | Beats Me | Ignatius Loyola founded the.. | 33 | |
387219550 | Adam Smith | First great advocate of capitalism | 34 | |
387219551 | Isaac Newton | Theory of universal gravitation came from who | 35 | |
387219552 | Holland | England and who established a constitutional government in the 17th century | 36 | |
387219553 | Elizabeth | Last King of the Tudor dynasty; most famous monarch of England | 37 | |
387219554 | Renaissance | Fascination with the classical Rome and Greece; means "rebirth" | 38 | |
387219555 | King Phillip | Spanish king who sent the Armada to destruction | 39 | |
387219556 | Daimyo | Powerful Chinese territorial Lords | 40 | |
387219557 | Qianlong | Made Vietnam, Burma, and Nepal vassal states of China | 41 | |
387219558 | Shah Ismail | Islamic leader who converted to Twelver Shiism | 42 | |
387219559 | Aurangzeb | Mughal reached its greatest land size under who | 43 | |
387219560 | Osman | Founder of the Ottoman Empire | 44 | |
387219561 | Ieyasu | In 1600, finished the process of unifying Japan | 45 | |
387219562 | Suleyman | Ottoman Empire reached its greatest size and power under his rule | 46 | |
387219563 | Manchu | Toppled the Ming Dynasty | 47 | |
387219564 | Mehmed II | Conquered Constantinople | 48 | |
387219565 | Qing | Translated means "pure" | 49 | |
387219566 | Babur | Founder of the Mughal dynasty and a descendant of Tamerlane | 50 | |
387219567 | Shah Jahan | Mughal ruler who constructed the Taj Mahal | 51 | |
387219568 | Abkar | Islamic leader who abolished the jizya | 52 | |
387219569 | Hurrem Sultana | A concubine who had tremendous influence over Suleyman | 53 | |
387219570 | Ming | Overthrew the Yuan dynasty, translated means "brilliant" | 54 | |
387219571 | Penninsulares | Spanish migrants who were born in Europe | 55 | |
387219572 | Cortez | Defeated the Aztecs | 56 | |
387219573 | Spanish | Wanted control of Guam because if was on the route between Acapulco and Manila | 57 | |
387219574 | Pizzaro | Conquered the Incan | 58 | |
387219575 | Dutch | First *recorded* European sighting of Australia was made by the.. | 59 | |
387219576 | Mestizo | European/Native American mix | 60 | |
387219577 | Songhay | Last of the great imperial states of West Africa | 61 | |
387219578 | Dennmark | First Europeans to abolish the slave trade | 62 | |
387219579 | French | Who found the fur trade most profitable in North America | 63 | |
387219580 | English | Established permanent settlement in Australia | 64 | |
387219581 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Split Central and South America between Spain and Portugal | 65 | |
387219582 | Great Zimbabwe | Large fortified city in southern Africa, dominated gold trade | 66 | |
387219583 | Haiti | Only place where a slave revolt was successful | 67 | |
387219584 | Timbuktu | Center of Islamic education in West Africa | 68 | |
387219585 | L'Ouverture | Leader responsible for the slave uprising in Saint Dominique | 69 | |
387219586 | Bolivar | Wanted to unite Spanish colonies to make one large union in S. America | 70 | |
387219587 | Robespierre | Radical Period of the French Revo was led by.. | 71 | |
387219588 | Rousseau | In "Social Contract" he argued that equality means right to vote to all | 72 | |
387219589 | Locke | Wrote "Second Treatise of Civil Government" | 73 | |
387219590 | Metternich | Leading conservative politician at the Congress of Vienna | 74 | |
387219591 | Herzel | Founder of Zionism | 75 | |
387219592 | Bismark | Believed that the great issues of today would be decided by "blood and iron" | 76 | |
387219593 | Rockefeller | Petroleum Monopoly was owned by.. | 77 | |
387219594 | Bessemer | His innovations made it possible to produce cheaper steel | 78 | |
387219595 | Marx | Author of "Manifesto of the Communist Party" | 79 | |
387219596 | Henry Ford | His assembly line made the production process quicker, cheaper, and more efficient | 80 | |
387219597 | San Martin | Leader of the independence movement in Argentina | 81 | |
387219598 | Cady Stanton | Organizer of the Seneca falls conference | 82 | |
387219599 | Jenner | Vaccination against smallpox | 83 | |
387219600 | James Watt | Invented the steam engine | 84 | |
387219601 | Estates General | Assembly called by Louis 16th in order to settle the income tax issue between the clergy, nobles, and the common people | 85 | |
387219602 | Trans-Siberian Railroad | Railroad whose construction was overseen by Count Sergei | 86 | |
387219603 | Wealth of Nations | Book about the division of labor written by Adam Smith | 87 | |
387219604 | ||||QUARTER TEST|||| | ... | 88 | |
387219605 | Cecil Rhodes | Leading British imperialist | 89 | |
387219606 | Muhammad Ali | Egyptian Leader who overthrew Ottoman control | 90 | |
387219607 | Alexander II | Emancipated the Russian Serfs | 91 | |
387219608 | Nanjing | Treaty that ended the Opium war | 92 | |
387219609 | Cixi | Ruled China for most of the Qing Dynasty | 93 | |
387219610 | Boxers | Foreign embassies in China were attacked by this group (to get rid of all "foreign devils") | 94 | |
387219611 | Lincoln | Dedicated to "free soil" | 95 | |
387219612 | Wounded Knee | Last major Native American resistance battle in 1890 | 96 | |
387219613 | Nicholas II | Last Czar of Russia | 97 | |
387219614 | Thomas Raffles | Founded Singapore | 98 | |
387219615 | Boers | Dutch settlers in South Africa | 99 | |
387219616 | Little Big Horn | Last major Native American victory against the US | 100 | |
387219617 | Mahmud II | Sultan who killed Janissaries and wanted reform | 101 | |
387219618 | Hong Xiuquan | Leader of the Taiping Rebellion | 102 | |
387219619 | Sergei White | Prime mover behind Russian industrialization | 103 | |
387219620 | Self Strengthening Movement | Wanted to blend Chinese culture with western technology | 104 | |
387219621 | Spanish-American War | Short war that started due to the mysterious sinking of the (Italicized) Mariner (Italicized) | 105 | |
387219622 | Young Turk | Party in the Ottoman Empire that called for change to democracy | 106 | |
387219623 | Meji Restoration | Movement in Japan whose goal was to overthrow the Shogun and unify Japan | 107 | |
387219624 | Bloody Sunday | Event that took place in Russia where peasants were killed while protesting about starvation | 108 | |
387219625 | Henry Stanely | Searched in the inner African forest and founder Dr. Livingstone | 109 | |
387219626 | Fran Ferdinand | His assassination was the spark for WWI | 110 | |
387219627 | Wilfred Owen | Great poet during WWI, wrote "Duce el decorum" | 111 | |
387219628 | Nicholas II | Last Czar of Russia | 112 | |
387219629 | Ataturk | Established the Republic of Turkey | 113 | |
387219630 | John Keynes | Who urged the US government to expand money supply and undertake public works programs | 114 | |
387219631 | Chang Kai-shek | Leader of the Nationalist Party after 1925 (second guy) | 115 | |
387219632 | Ghandi | Influenced Indian Nationals to work toward independence | 116 | |
387219633 | Jinnah | Called for creation of an independent Pakistan "land of the pure" | 117 | |
387219634 | Mao | Leader of the Chinese communist Party | 118 | |
387219635 | FDR | President of the US who implemented the "New Deal" | 119 | |
387219636 | Sun Yatsen | Early leader of the Nationalist People's Party, proclaimed China a Republic in 1912 | 120 | |
387219637 | Dubois | Black US activist and leading advocate of Pan-Africanism | 121 | |
387219638 | Lenin | Instituted the New Economic Policy | 122 | |
387219639 | Stalin | His 5 year plans were designed to turn Russia into an industrial power house | 123 | |
387219640 | Marcus Garvey | Pivitol figure for black nationalism; wrote "Africa for Africans) | 124 | |
387219641 | Keyatta | Led Kenya to independence from British | 125 | |
387219642 | Indian National Congress | The oldest political party in India | 126 | |
387219643 | Good Neighbor Policy | Policy of non-intervention with Latin American countries; established by FDR | 127 | |
387219644 | Kashmir | India and Pakistan fought over this in 1947 | 128 | |
387219645 | Midway | Turning point of WWII in the Pacific | 129 | |
387219646 | Okinawa | Kamikaze pilots first introduced during this battle | 130 | |
387219647 | Manchuria | Undeclared war in the Pacific began with Japan's invasion here | 131 | |
387219648 | Munich Conference | High point of appeasement took place at what conference | 132 | |
387219649 | Blitzkrieg | Lightening War | 133 | |
387219650 | Barbossa | Code name for Germany's invasion of USSR | 134 | |
387219651 | Auschluss | Germany's union with Austria | 135 | |
387219652 | Sudetenland | Western part of Czechoslovakia with many ethnic Germans | 136 | |
387219653 | Non-Agression Pact | Agreement between Germany and USSR | 137 | |
387219654 | Spanish Civil War | Italy and Germany intervened here before the outbreak of WWII | 138 | |
387219655 | Rhineland | In 1936, Hitler remilitarized this area that borders France | 139 | |
387219656 | Poland | WWII in Europe began with Hitlers invasion here | 140 | |
387219657 | Normandy | THe US victory here led to the end of German resistance in western Europe | 141 | |
387219658 | Magic | Secret code breaking operation was nicknamed.. | 142 | |
387219659 | Yalta | Wartime conference in 1945 between 3 principal Allied leaders | 143 | |
387219660 | Warsaw Pact | Military alliance of communist European nations and USSR | 144 | |
387219661 | Marshall Plan | US provided economic aid to rebuild Europe with this plan | 145 | |
387219662 | November Crime | Hitler referred to the signing of the 1918 armistice as the.. | 146 | |
387219663 | Truman Doctrine | Policy to contain the spread of communism | 147 | |
387219664 | Gamal Nasser | Leader of the Arab world in the 50s and 60s | 148 | |
387219665 | Mao | He initiated the embarrassing "Great Leap Forward" | 149 | |
387219666 | Ho Chi Minh | Leader of North Vietnam from 1945-1969 | 150 | |
387219667 | Diem | First pres of South Vietnam | 151 | |
387219668 | Deng Xiaoping | Opened China to foreign, capitalist values | 152 | |
387219669 | Indira Ghandi | Indian leader who tried to control the population by sterilization of men | 153 | |
387219670 | Deinbienphu | The terrible 1954 defeat that forced France out of Vietnam | 154 | |
387219671 | Nehru | Leader of India's Congress Party; Its first Prime Minister | 155 | |
387219672 | De Klerk | Released Mandela from prison and worked to dismantle the apartheid system | 156 | |
387219673 | Ayatollah Khomeini | He led Iranian Revolution | 157 | |
387219674 | Ali Jinnah | Leader of the Muslim League and wanted an independent Pakistan | 158 | |
396397571 | Eli Whitney | Invented interchangeable parts | 159 |
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