AP World History Review 3 Flashcards

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158692934	Baron de Montesquieu	French enlightenment thinker; wrote "The Spirit of the Laws" talking of his ideas of government like checks and balances and the threes national branches	1
158692935	Fulgencio Batista	Cuban president; responsible for some reforms before leaving office first time, then came back a second time, overthrew the government and became dictator until Fidel Castro kicked him out	2
158692936	Bay of Pigs	unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961 sponsored by the U.S.; attempt to overthrow Castro	3
158692937	David Ben-Gurion	first prime minister of Israel	4
158692938	Berlin Wall	put up in 1961, torn down in 1990	5
158692939	Sir Henry Bessemer	invented more cost-effective way of making steel	6
158692940	Bhagavad Gita	Hindu holy book where the god Krishna teaches selflessness, religious duties and devotion	7
158692941	Bill of Exchange	document purchased from bank allowing someone to travel without carrying large amounts of money, like the modern check	8
158692942	Black Hand	Serbian nationalist/terrorist group responsible for Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination; leads to WWI	9
158692943	Blitzkrieg	German for "lightning war" and army tactic (self-explanatory)	10
158692944	Block Printing	characters are carved into wooden block. block is inked and pressed onto paper	11
158692945	Blut and Eisen	"Blood and Iron" policy by Otto von Bismarck to unify all Germany under Prussian control and expand (VERY successful)	12
158692946	Simon Bolivar	L. American revolutionary responsible for riding Spain out of S. America; most important figure for Latin American independence	13
158692947	Bolshevik	early communists during Russian revolution of 1917	14
158692948	Bourgeoisie	middle class	15