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5860353349East AfricaWhere was the earliest known, fully human species?0
5860366273Hunting and GatheringWhat method of finding food came before agriculture?1
5860378314Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)What age makes up most of the time our species has existed?2
5860387383Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)In what age did simple tool use, fire, erect stature, and a larger brain size emerge?3
5860400120CultureWhat is a system of belief that helped explain the environment and set up rules for various social behaviors?4
5860408327Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age)What age occured from 12,000- 8,000 BC and had fishing, pots and baskets for food storage, and animal domestication?5
5860423575Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)In what age did agriculture, stationary settlements, economy, politics, and religion develop?6
5860430446AgricultureWhat occurred during the Neolithic Revolution due to population increase and the decrease of big game animals?7
5860436689Middle EastWhere was farming initially developed?8
5860446721Bronze AgeIn what age did metalworking replace stone tools?9
5860455007Slash and burn agricultureWhat agriculture method burned off trees, farmed intensely for a few years, then left depleated soil?10
5860464180Catal HuyukWhat was the neolithic village in Turkey that is one of the oldest remaining sites of civilization?11
5860469807Tigris and Euphrates river valleyWhere was the first civilization?12
5860475851Tigris and Euphrates, Egypt, Indus River, China, and Central AmericaWhat were the 5 original civilizations?13
5860491939CuneiformWhat was the first writing developed in the Middle East in 3500 BC?14
5860497620MesopotamiaWhat was the name of the first civilization?15
5860501118ZigguratsWhat was the first monumental architecture?16
5860505221City StatesHow was Mesopotamia politically organized?17
5860507916King HammurabiWho created the first law code?18
5860517476PhoeniciansWho created the 22 letter alphabet in 1300 BC that inspire Greek and Latin?19
5860524211JudaismWhat was the first clearly developed monotheistic religion?20
5860591071PastoralistsWhat is the name for nomadic herders?21
5912968928SyncretismWhat is a combination of cultural elements resulting from a signifigant contact between cultures?22
5912978576ConfucianismWhat is the name of the patriarichal ethical system in China recorded in the Analects?23
5913008043Zhou, Qin, HanWhat is the order of the Classical Chinese dynasties?24
5913016837DaoismWhat religion believes in nature's harmony and that individuals should seek a way called the Dao?25
5913021001Shi HuangdiWho was the tyranical ruler of the Qin dynasty?26
5913027266Wu TiWho was the Han ruler who created the examination system for bureaucrats?27
5913031796Middle KingdomWhat was the settlement from the Huanghe to the Yangtze river called in Classical China?28
5913059583Warring States PeriodWhat is the name of the era from 402-201 BC where the Zhou dynasty in China was declining?29
5913064922Qin DynastyDurring which dynasty was the Great Wall built originally?30
5913082205LegalismWhat is the name of the political view durring the Qin and Han dynasties that favored and authoritarian state where the army would control and the people would labor?31
5913100022Han dynastyIn what Chinese dynasty was paper invented?32
5952767035Vedic and EpicWhat were the two ages of classical India?33
5952775193BrahmansWho were the Vedic priests who were the highest in the caste system at the time?34
5952780213Siddhartha GuatamaWho created Buddhism?35
5952785888VarnasWhat is the name of the Hindu caste system?36
5952799278AshokaWhat Mauryan leader converted to and popularized Buddhism in India?37
5952810677AryansWhat group invaded India, beginning the classical period?38
5952821284VedasWhat were the literary epics developed by the Aryans in Sanskrit?39
6173346459Alexander the GreatWho was the Greek leader who forged a military empire over 13 years, briefly controlling Persia, and spread Greek culture in the Classical Period?40
6173350124ZoroastrianismWhat was the religion created in Persia by Cyrus the Great in the Classical Period?41
6173353999City-statesWhat were the regional governments called in Classical Greece? (Greek term was polis)42
6173356827Sparta and AthensWhat were the 2 leading city-states in Classical Greece?43
6173359809Peloponnesian WarIn what war did Athens and Sparta fight for control of Greece?44
6173366585Twelve TablesWhat was the first Roman code of law that restrained the upperclass from arbitrary action?45
6173384167RomeWhich Classical Civilization used the strategy of bread and circuses where the people are kept fed and entertained to prevent revolts?46
6173396500InvasionWhat was the common cause for the collapse of all 3 Classical civilizations?47
6173403191ConstantineWho ruled Rome in the 300s CE and tried to spiritually unite the empire under Christianity?48
6173408357Benedictine RuleWhat was created by Benedict to encourage prayer, hard work, and education?49
6182825805BedouinsWhat were the Arabic nomadic cultures based on camel and goat farming in the Postclassical period?50
6182835675Ka'baWhat is the name of the religious shrine in Mecca?51
6182839091MuhammadWho was the founder of Islam?52
6182842883HijraWhat is the name of Muhammad's flight to Medina in 622?53
6182848583Five PillarsWhat is the name for the 5 rules of Islam?54
6182854099CaliphWhat is the title for the political and religious successors to Muhammad?55
6182868208JihadsWhat was the name of the Islamic wars in the Postclassical period that expanded territory but was not an attempt to spread Islam?56
6182873846Shi'aWhich branch of Islam wanted Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali, to be caliph? (Family over competency)57
6182887399SunniWhich branch of Islam thought Abu Bakr, the first caliph, deserved to be caliph? (Competency over family)58
6182903011DhimmiWhat was the name of the "people of the book" or Christians and Jews living in the Muslim empire?59
6182913941AbbasidWhat empire took over after the fall of the Umayyads?60
6182926814UmayyadWhat clan was the ruling elite in pre-Islamic Arabia?61
6183053778SufisWho were the Islamic wandering mystics who helped spread Islam in the Postclassical period?62
6183061800IndiaWhere were Arabic numerals created?63
6183078150JerusalemWhat city was taken from the Islamic empire in 1099 in the Crusades?64
6183079601DhowsWhat were the ships with lateen sails that helped to spread Islam in the postclassical period?65
6363876680Secret SocietiesWho controlled the customs and beliefs and limited rulers in Post Classical African societies?66
6363886269BantuWhat people spread across the African continent providing a linguistic base?67
6363897553AbbasidsWhat muslim dynasty spread Islam to North Africa in the 600s?68
6363908692GhanaWhich was the first of the Sudanic states?69
6363914535GriotsWhat was the name for professional oral historians in Post classical Africa?70
6363923855Mansa MusaWhat king from Mali brought Muslim attention to Mali when he went on the hajj?71
6363938296SwahiliWhat language was created when Arabic and Bantu languages mixed?72
6363946885Great ZimbabweWhat is the largest surviving site of the kingdom of Kongo?73
6363971874ChristianCommunities of what religion popped up in Post Classical Axum, Egypt, and Nubia?74
6364017159ConstantinopleWhat was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?75
6364022908Haiga SophiaWhat church was built in the Byzantine Empire by Justinian?76
6364025571JustinianWho ruled Byzantium and tried to reconquer old western Roman territory?77
6364033269Basil IIWhat Byzantine emperor defeated Bulgaria in 1014?78
6364040812IconWhat is the name for paintings of Christian religious figures?79
6364049077The Great SchismWhat was the name of Byzantium splitting from Roman Catholocism?80
6364055703Eastern Orthodox ChristianityWhat new religion was created in the great schism?81
6364061400CyrillicWhat language was created by missionaries, Cyril and Methodius in the Czech and Slovak republics in 864?82
6364072947Kievan Rus'What kingdom was created in eastern Europe by Scandanavians in the 6th and 7th centuries?83
6364080211RurikWho was the first prince of Kievan Rus'?84
6364087239TurksWho did Constantinople fall to in 1453?85
6364090516YaroslavWho was the last Kievan prince, who codified the law?86
6364094407MongolsWho invaded and gained control Kievan Rus'?87
6368423437ManorialismWhat is the system of economic and political relations between landlords and peasant laborers (serfs)?88
6368430508SerfsWhat is the name for agricultural workers who were tied to the land they worked and were controlled by landlords?89
6368437759ClovisWho was the Roman warrior chieftain who converted Rome to Christianity in 496 CE?90
6368445460CharlemagneWho was the powerful ruler who established his empire in France and Germany around 800?91
6368456515William the ConquerorWho was the Duke of Normandy who invaded England in 1066 and introduced the feudal system?92
6368462211Magna CartaWhat document, also called the Great Charter, was created by English King John in 1215 confirmed feudal rights against the monarchy and checked the king's power?93
6368471593Hundred Years WarWhat war was fought in the 14th and 15th centuries between England and France over English territories in France?94
6368484274ReconquistaWhat is the name for the movement in Spain to remove Muslims in the 10th century?95
63684895701095When was the 1st crusade?96
6368494001GothicWhat was the architecture style in western Europe in the 12th-16th centuries?97
6368503070GuildsWhat is the name for groups of people in the same business or trade in a city that stressed mutual control?98
6368512528ScholasticismWhat was the dominant school of thought based in education in Western Europe in the middle ages?99
6368535555Catholic churchWho controlled education in the middle ages?100
6475578927TenochtitlanWhat was the capital of the Aztec empire?101
6475586257ChinampasWhat were the artificial floating islands used by Aztecs for agriculture?102
6475592065CalpulliWhat were the Aztec clans called?103
6475595617The Great SpeakerWho was chosen from the nobility of the Aztecs to be the emperor of Tenochtitlan?104
6475604562IncaWhat was the ruler of the Incas called?105
6475607676Split InheritanceWhat was the concept of Inca rulers passing on power after death but his possessions remained so ancestors could worship the mummy?106
6475619065MitaWhat was the Inca labor system of communities taking turns doing labor for the government?107
6475626494QuipaWhat was the name of the Inca system of knotted strings to record data?108
6475638891AztecsWhich pre-colonial American group did the most human sacrifice?109
6475650938ToltecsWhich group preceded the Aztecs?110
6475665814YangdiWho was the Sui emperor who upgraded Confucian education, was overly extravagant, and was assassinated after failing to conquer Korea?111
6475678210JinshiWhat class of people passed the difficult Chinese literature exams and began dignitaries in Tang China?112
6475684254Emperor WuzongWhat Tang emperor persecuted Buddhists in the 800s?113
6475689453TangWhat Chinese dynasty was geographically largest?114
6475695220Neo-ConfuciansWhat group of Confucians revived ancient Confucian teachings in the Song dynasty and threatened the Buddhists?115
6475707834SongIn what dynasty did foot binding begin?116
6475735019Taika ReformsWhat reforms were introduced in Japan in 646 to make culture more Chinese?117
6475735020HeianWhere was the new Japanese capital that outlawed Buddhist monasteries in the city?118
6475738363BushiWho were the warrior leaders who administered law, supervised public works, and collected revenue in the Japanese feudal system?119
6475745445SamuraiWho were the mounted troops in the Bushi armies?120
6475749536SeppukuWhat is the name for traditional Japanese ritual suicide?121
6475759366MinamotoWhat Japanese clan ruled during the age of warlords with the bakufu?122
6475763924BakufuWhat was the name for the Minamoto military government in Japan in the 13th century?123
6475779506ShogunsWho were the military leaders of the bakufu?124
6475787131DaimyosWho ruled the 300 little kingdoms of Japan during the Ashikaga Shogunate and served the same rule as the bushi?125
6475801755SinificationWhat is the name for the extensive adoption of Chinese culture?126
6475811138Trung SistersWhat women led the revolt in Vietnam against the invading Chinese in 39 CE?127
6475825515BuddhismWhat religion did Korea prefer during its Chinese tribute period?128
6475838443ShintoismWhat was the most popular religion in Japan before sinification?129
6490561518Ghengis KhanWho was the leader of the Mongols?130
6490565718KhanatesThe mongol territory was divided into 4 sections each ruled by a different person, called...131
6490576117Golden HordeWhat was the name of the Mongol armies that attacked Russia and Europe?132
6490582296MoscowWhat Russian city profitted off being a tribute collector for the Mongols?133
6490589264HuleguWhich of Ghengis' grandsons tried to conquer the Islamic world and sacked Baghdad?134
6490595063KubilaiWhich of Ghengis' grandsons led campaigns against Song China?135
6490607274YuanWhat Chinese dynasty did the Mongols create in 1271?136
6490612041White Lotus SocietyWhat secret religious sect overthrew the Yuan dynasty?137
6490617107Timur-i LangWho was the Turkish nomad following Ghengis who tried to create an empire through barbaric destruction?138
6490623470TolerantWere the Mongols religiously tolerant or intolerant?139
6490631640ChineseWho invented the compass?140
6490634829ZhengheWho led the extensive Chinese expeditions before they were stopped in 1433 due to costs?141
6490639163MingWhich chinese dynasty led maritime expeditions in the 14th-15th centuries?142
6490658732Vasco da GamaWho was the 1st person to sail from Europe to India in 1498?143
6490661971Henry the NavigatorWhat prince of Portugal sponsored 1/3 of Portugese voyages before 1460?144
6494785904Ottoman TurksWho took over the old caliphate and the Byzantine empire?145
6490676611SilverWhat was the global currency of the early modern period?146
6490683564France, England, and HollandWhat European countries led exploration in the 16th century?147
6490688789Spain and PortugalWhat European countries led exploration before the 16th century?148
6490692690Trading CompaniesWhat had monopolies of trade for their country in designated regions?149
6490699232Battle of LepantoIn what battle did Spain beat the Ottoman Empire's navy, ending Muslim rivalry against Europe's navy?150
6490710615The Columbian ExchangeWhat is the name for the exchange of food, animals, goods, and diseases across the Atlantic?151
6490716693MercantilismWhat is the economic strategy of more exports than imports (favorable balance of trade)?152
6490725459Vasco de BalboaWho founded the 1st colony in Panama?153
6490729105Francisco PizarroWhat spanish conquistador settled in Hispaniola and attacked the Incas?154
6490737574Treaty of ParisWhat treaty ended the Seven Years War between Britain and France in 1763 with France loosing Canadian territory?155
6490750860BoersWho were the Dutch farmers who settled in the Cape of Good Hope?156
6494836435ItalyIn what country did the Renaissance begin?157
6494838086HumanismWhat is the Renaissance idea of focusing on humans as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor?158
6494845784Johannes GutenbergWho created the 1st movable type printing press in Europe based off Chinese technology?159
6494851328Martin LutherWho protested the Catholic practice of selling grants of salvation and began the Protestant reformation?160
6494858097ProtestantismWhat is the name for the general wave of religious dissent against Catholicism in England in the 16th century?161
6494867704CalvinismWhat religion founded in France in the 16th century insisted on God's prior determination of those who would be saved?162
6494873205Catholic ReformationWhat was the movement of reviving Catholic doctrine to strengthen against Protestants?163
6494886913JesuitsWhat was the new Catholic religious order active in politics, education, and missionary work during the Catholic Reformation?164
6494903386Edict of NantesWhat document granted religious tolerance to protestants in France in 1598?165
6494906432English Civil WarWhat war led to limited tolerance for protestants but not Catholics in England?166
6494912208ProletariatsWhat is the term for people without access to wealth-producing land?167
6494918021Scientific RevolutionWhat movement in 17th century Western Europe led to an increase in scientific discovery?168
6494926108EnlightenmentWhat movement centered in France supported science, social science, economics, and philosophy?169
6494936169Mary WollstonecraftWho is considered to be the 1st feminist in Western Europe?170
6494991993Ivan the GreatWhat Russian tsar freed most of Russia from the Mongols?171
6494968010CossacksWho were the Russian pioneers in Siberia?172
6494970199Ivan the TerribleWhat Russian tsar died without an heir, causing the time of troubles?173
6495007308Romanov DynastyWhat Russian dynasty began after the Time of Troubles with Michael?174
6494977440Peter the GreatWhat Russian tsar facilitated selective westernization?175
6494983623Pugachev rebellionWhat was the large peasant uprising during the reign of Catherine the Great?176
6494997615Partition of PolandWhat divided Poland between Russia, Austria, and Prussia in 1772?177
6495018987EncomiendasWhat were the Latin American grants of American Indian laborers based off of the mita system?178
6495028310Hernan CortesWhat Spaniard led the 1st expedition to Mexico in 1519?179
6495033480PotosiWhat silver mine was developed in Peru that exploited native american laborers?180
6495037153HuancavelicaWhat was the mercury mine that was used to mine silver in Peru?181
6495041105HaciendasWhat were the rural estates in Latin America that produced goods primarily for America?182
6495046925Treaty of TordesillasWhat treaty between Spain and Portugal divided up Latin America?183
6495052132SugarWhat was the most important crop of Latin America?184
6495058181MestizosWhat was the term for people of mixed Native American and European race?185
6495061340MulattosWhat was the term for people of mixed African and European race?186
6495066149PeninsulatesWhat was the term for Europeans in Latin America born in Iberia?187
6495068719CreolesWhat was the Latin American term for Europeans born in America?188
6495085012Bourbon ReformsWhat were the reforms led by the Bourbon monarchs in Spain?189
6561784616FactoriesWhat were the forts and trading posts on the African coast established by Portugal to facilitate trade of goods and slaves?190
6561793094SugarWhat American crop increased the need for the slave trade the most?191
6561797094WomenWho were traded the most in the trans-saharan trade?192
6561799554Indies pieceWhat was the name for a healthy slave man? Women and children were worth a fraction of this.193
6561809256FulaniWhat is the term for the pastoral people in Western Sudan?194
6561811584VoortrekkersWho were the Boers who moved to the north to get away from the British settlers?195
6561816146Middle PassageWhat was the name for the slave voyage to the Americas?196
6561817890ManumissionWhat is the term for the voluntary freeing of slaves?197
6561819844BrazilWhat was the last American country to abolish slavery in 1888?198
6561825513PortugalWhat European country started the slave trade?199
6561859956MongolsThe Ottomans took over Anatolia after the invasion of who?200
6561862455JanissariesWhat were the Ottoman infantry divisions made of mostly adolescent boys?201
6561864925VizirWho was the Ottoman advisor who had more control than the sultan?202
6561866259ConstantinopleWhat was the capital of the Ottoman empire?203
6561871700SunniWhat type of Islam were the Ottomans?204
6561872888Shi'aWhat type of Islam were the Safavids?205
6561875131ChaldiranWhat battle between the Ottomans and Safavids confined the Safavids to the same area from then on?206
6561880530BaburWho founded the Mughal dynasty?207
6561884399AkbarWhat Mughal ruler created the new religion of Din-i-Ilahi, discouraged child marige, and prohibited sati?208
6561887621Hinduism and IslamWhat 2 religions were combined in Akbar's new religion, Din-i-Ilahi?209
6561890733Taj MahalWhat famous Indian building is actually a tomb the wife of a Mughal ruler?210
6611699153MercantilistsWhat is the name for economic theorists in the age of exploration?211
6611708225JesuitsWhat was the group that tried to convert Indians to Christianity in the age of exploration?212
6611719850IsolationMing China had a policy of ___________________ after Zhenghe's exploration.213
6611727748Christian MissionariesJapan began isolating themselves during the Tokugawa Shogunate because they felt threatened by the influence of who?214
6611739324JavaWhere was the most important Dutch colony in Asia?215
6611741887Tokugawa ShogunateWhat shogunate united Japan's 300 kingdoms in 1603?216
6611747994PotatoWhat food from the Americas helped grow Europe's population the most during the Columbian Exchange?217
6611754178ProtoindustrialismWhat is the economic system where people produce textiles and metal from home but in a capitalist system?218
6611759957Bastille PrisonWhat prison was raided in the French Revolution?219
6611768249The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the CitizenWhat document written at the beginning of the French Revolution that proclaimed inaliable rights and inspired the Declaration of Independence?220
6611778154GuillotineWhat was used to execute political opponents during the French Revolution?221
6611782638Reign of TerrorWhat was the name for the radical killing of political opponents in the French Revolution?222
6611796473Maximilien RobspierreWho led the radical phase of the French Revolution until he was executed for executing too many people?223
6611801782Napoleon BonaparteWho took power in France in 1799 and took over most of Western Europe in his autocratic empire?224
6611813016Karl MarxWho redefined socialism arguing revolution was inevitable in history?225
6611826730Toussaint L'OvertureWho led the Haitian revolution, based on other enlightenment revolutions?226
6611833925Berlin ConfrenceDuring what meeting did European leaders divide up Africa among themselves?227
6691774213RajWhat is the term for the British political establishment in India?228
6691785849NabobsWho were the british businessmen who made great fortunes by cheating the British East India company and exploiting the peasants and artisans?229
6691800494Tropical DependenciesWhat were the colonies ruled by a small number of Europeans who controled a large native population?230
6691809929White DominionsWhat were the colonies that had a population of mostly Europeans because the natives had died off?231
6691890109BritishWho won the Boer war?232
6691894128Captain James CookWho opened Hawaii to the west?233
6691907629SepoysWho were the Indian soldiers in the British army?234
6691942877Simone BolivarWho led the South American independence movement and created Gran Colombia?235
6691966258CaudillosWho were the independent leaders who dominated local areas and government in Mexico?236
6692001775Monroe DoctrineWhat was America's decleration that European attempts to colonize the Americas would be concidered unfriendly by the US?237
6692026309Mainifest DestinyWhat was the US belief that it was destined to rule the whole continent?238
6692032680Mexican-American WarWhat war was faught because of America annexing Texas and trying to annex California?239
6692049167Benito JuarezWho was Mexico's leading liberal politition in the 1800s?240
6692062974Mazamilian von HabsburgWho was the Austrian archduke who took the throne of Mexico?241
6723987537Tanzimat ReformsWhat reforms in the mid 1800s westernized the Ottoman Empire?242
6723996942Young TurksWhat group staged a bloodless coup in the Ottoman Empire in 1908?243
6724000224Muhammad AliWho ruled Egypt after Napoleon withdrew in 1801?244
6724004820KhedivesWho were Muhammad Ali's decendants who ruled Egypt?245
6724008708BritishWho ruled Egypt on top of the Khedives?246
6724011875ManchusWhat ethnic group ruled the Qing dynasty?247
6724013915OpiumWhat drug caused wars between China and Britain?248
6724020707Taiping RebellionWhat quasi-Christian rebellion aimed to end Confucianism in Qing China?249
6724024641Boxer RebellionWhat Qing-backed rebellion aimed to expel foreigners?250
6724062915Decembrist UprisingWhat was the revolt of Western-thinking army officers in Russia in 1825?251
6724068593PogromsWhat was the name for mass attacks of Jews in Russia in the 1800s?252
6724072660LeninWho innovated Marxism to work in Russia?253
6724074146BolsheviksWhat was the Marxist group that supported Lenin?254
6724077627DumaWhat was the name of tsarist Russia's parliament that had little power?255
6724082838Mathew PerryWhat American used threats of bombardment to open Japan up to trade in the 1850s?256
6724090957Meiji RestorationWhat Japanese reforms in the 1850s westernized Japan?257
6724097076Sino-Japanese WarWhat war was fought between China and Japan over Korea in the 1890s?258
6724132736JingoismWhat is the term for warlike nationalist sentiments in middle and working class Europe before WWI?259
6724141549Armenian GenocideWhat was the 1st major genocide of the 20th century, begun by the Young Turks?260
6724146625Treaty of VersaillesWhat treaty ended WWI261
6724148927Nationalist Congress PartyWhat party led the Indian independence movement?262
6724155114Dinshawai IncidentWhat small clash in Egypt showed Britain's racial ignorance?263
6724160093Balfour DeclerationWhat promised Palestine to the Jews?264
6724161688ZionistsWhat group promoted Jews migrating to Palestine?265
6724166917League of NationsWhat international organization was founded after WWI to try to prevent any more world wars?266
6724232359Benito MussoliniWho created fascism in Italy in 1919?267
6724238457Pacho Villa and Emiliano ZapataWho were the 2 men who led revolts in the Mexican Revolution?268
6724244482PRIWhat was the dominant political party in Mexico until the 90s?269
6724247471Red ArmyWhat was the name of Russia's military?270
6724249098StalinWho was Lenin's successor?271
6724253219CominternWhat organization did the Soviet Union set up to encourage communism in other countries?272
6724257549Sun Yat-senWho headed the nationalist Chinese revolt in 1911?273
6724262848May Fourth MovementWhat movement used mass demonstrations in major Chinese cities to get a liberal democracy in 1919?274
6724267440GuomindangWhat was China's nationalist party called?275
6724272870Chiang Kai-ShekWho took over the Guomindang after Sun died?276
6724275796Mao ZedongWho led China's communist movement?277
6724278166New DealWhat was the series of programs set up by FDR in America to help the economy in the Great Depresion?278
6724285539CollectivizationWhat is the typically communist strategy of making large, staterun farms to allow more efficient control over peasants?279
67242900255-year PlansWhat was Stalin's most effective system for industrial development?280
6794977085PolandWhat country did Germany invade that started WWII?281
6794980334BlitzkriegWhat is the name of Germany's war strategy that translates to "lightning war?"282
6794991473Battle of the BulgeWhat battle ended the European side of WWII where the Allies and the Red Army converged in Germany?283
6795000821United NationsWhat organization was created after WWII to replace the League of Nations?284
6795008088PakistanWhat country was created out of India for Muslims?285
6795018658Kwame NkrumahWho was the 1st prime minister of Ghana?286
6795027897ApartheidWhat was the term for segregation in South Africa?287
6795042401CommunismWhat was America's Red Scare centered upon preventing?288
6795086128VichyWhat was the name of the puppet government Germany set up in France after invading?289
6795092910Marshall PlanWhat was America's plan to economicaly boost non comunist countries after WWII to encourage democracy?290
6795121852Soviet BlocWhat is the name of the region controlled by the Soviet Union durring the Cold War?291
6795128318NATOWhat treaty was developed by western nations during the Cold War against the Soviet Union?292
6795137020Warsaw PactWhat treaty was created between the Soviet Union and its sattelites to counter NATO?293
6795147115Green MovementWhat movement, mostly in India and Mexico, tried to increase agriculture production?294
6795162964Nikita KhrushchevWho was Stalin's successor who led the USSR to failure?295
6795167487SputnikWhat was the 1st space satellite, sent up by the USSR?296
6795226964ZapatistasWhat group led a guerrilla movement in Mexico in 1994 to protest the PRI?297
6795234377United Fruit CompanyWhat company had a monopoly on fruit exports in Latin America and had control over their governments and American invasions?298
6795246547Banana RepublicsWhat is the name for the Latin American countries run by the United Fruit Company?299
6795253828Fidel Castro and Che GuevaraWhat 2 people invaded Cuba in 1956 to establish a communist government?300
6795264286Liberation TheologyWhat Latin American movement combined Catholicism and Socialism to improve conditions for the poor?301
6795278690Good Neighbor PolicyWhat policy, created by FDR, promised to stop US direct invervention in Latin America in 1937?302
6795297273Bay of Pigs invasionWhat was the failed US invasion of Communist Cuba using Cuban exiles?303
6795372583Parasitic CitiesWhat is the name for cities that are growing too quickly, causing high rates of unemployment that hurts the nation's economy?304
6795390308Neocolonial EconomyWhat is the name for a global economy dominated by industrialized nations?305
6795398247Gamal Abdul NasserWho took power in a military coup in Egypt and took back the Suez Canal?306
6795410306Ayatollah KhomeiniWho took power after the Shah in Iran in 1979?307
6795423225Nelson MandelaWho was the 1st South African president elected after the end of Apartheid?308
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