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ch.6 the earth and its people

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Name: Date: Chapter 6 Study Guide What geographical features help lead to the Roman Empire? Describe the political structure of the Roman Republic How did Christianity shape the Roman Empire? What does the quote ?all roads lead to Rome? mean and how did it help the empire? What were the causes of the Fall of Rome? What was the main source of wealth in Ancient China? How did the large population in the Han Empire effect government building? How did Confucianism shape the Ancient Chinese culture? Describe the government of the Han Dynasty. How did the threat of invasion lead to the downfall of the Han dynasty? Chapter 6 Vocabulary Roman Republic Equites Pax Romana Romanization Aqueduct Third Century Crisis Gentry

the earth and its people ch.5 study guide

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Name: __________________________ Chapter 5 Study Guide How did irrigation help the Persian Empire? What was the family organization and social structure of Persia? What were the duties of a satrap? How did a satrap receive his position? How did the beliefs of Zoroastrianism differ from other major religions during this time period? What is a polis? How did each polis react to each other? What two political systems emerged after the end of tyrants? What is the difference between the two? Who was Herodotus? What did his book, Histories, focus on? How were the city-states, Athens and Sparta, different? What event began the classical period of Greece? How did naval technology transform Greek warfare?

Current Events In West Africa

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Stella Asa Current Events Project West African Region Overview? The?history?of?West?Africa?is?a?series?of?conflicts.?Many?of?the?region?s?states?have?seen?civil?wars,?including?Sierra? Leone,?Liberia,?Guinea?Bissau,?Ivory?Coast.?There?have?been?countless?coups?d??tats?in?Gambia,?Niger,?and?Guinea,? as?well?as?ethnic?and?religious?clashes?in?Benin,?Nigeria,?and?Mali?since?these?states?gained?independence?in?1960.? Poverty,?political?despotism,?corruption?and?foreign?interference?has?wreaked?the?region?s?front,?and?caused?many? internal?struggles?for?it?s?people.?The?causes?for?West?Africa?s?tendency?to?conflict?are?diverse.?The?intra?state?

Chapter 20 Outline World History

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Chapter 20 I. Latin America in the 19th & 20th Cent. A. Creoles: ? descendants of Europeans who stayed in Latin America 1. Ideas of Enlightenment & new political ideals influencing creole elites a) Principles of equality of all in the eyes of the law b) Free trade c) Free press B. L.A. elites resented domination of trade by Spain & Portugal II. Nationalistic Revolts in L.A. A. Creoles began to use new ideas to denounce rule of Iberian monarchs B. Sim?n Bolivar: 1. Reflected growing nativism among elites & resentment of spanish peninsulares a) They dominated L.A. and drained the people of their wealth C. Napoleon?s continental wars provided creoles with an opportunity for change 1. 1807-1825: series of revolts enabled most of L.A. to become

Pages 615-617 World History

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Spread of Colonial Rule I. Western gold and silver no longer exchanged for cloves, pepper, tea, silk, & porcelain A. Most output from European factories sent to Africa & Asia for oil, tin, rubber, & other resources needed to fuel industrial machine 1. Reason: Industrial Revolution II. The Motives A. West needed vital raw materials that couldn?t be found at home and a reliable market for goods produced in factories 1. Latter became increasingly crucial as producers discovered that home markets couldn?t always absorb domestic output a) Had to export manufactures to make a profit B. Imperialism: ? the policy of extending one nation?s power either by conquest or by establishing direct or indirect economic or cultural authority over another

Pages 636-640 World History

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The Emergence of Anticolonialism I. Stirrings of Nationhood A. Nationalism refers to a state of mind rising out of an awareness of being part of a community that possesses common institutions, traditions, language, & customs B. Prior to colonial era, most traditional societies in Africa & Asia were formed on the basis of religious beliefs, tribal loyalties, or devotion to hereditary monarchies C. Advent of European colonialism brought the consciousness of modern nationhood to many societies of Africa and Asia 1. Creation of European colonies w/ defined borders & powerful central government led to weakening of tribal & village ties 2. Also has a significant reorientation in the individual's sense of political identity

Pages 672-680 World History

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The Road to World War I I. Nationalism and Internal Dissent A. Rivalries over colonies and trade intensified during a frenzied imperialist expansion 1. Division of Europe?s great powers only added to the tension a) Germany, Austria, Italy b) France, Great Britain, Russia II. Militarism A. Conscription: 1. Obligatory military service; draft 2. Had been established as a regular practice in most Western countries before 1914 3. United States and GB major exceptions B. Militarism: 1. A policy of aggressive military preparedness; in particular, the large armies based on mass conscription and complex, inflexible plans for mobilizations that most European nations had before World War I 2. Fearful that the plans for quick mobilization would cause chaos

Pages 684-688 World History

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War and Revolution I. The Russian Revolution A. After the Revolution of 1905 failed to bring any substantial changes to Russia, Tsar Nicholas II relied on the army and Bureaucracy to uphold his regime 1. WWI magnified Russia?s problems and severely challenged the tsarist government B. Russian industry was unable to produce the weapons needed for the army 1. Suffered incredible losses C. Tsarist government unprepared for the tasks it faced in 1914 1. Surge of patriotic enthusiasm that greeted the outbreak of war was soon dissipated by a government that distrusted its own people D. Peasant discontent flourished as conditions worsened 1. Concentration of Russian industry in few large cities made workers? frustrations all the more evident and dangerous

Chapter 15 Study Guide World History

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I. Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany 1. was a monk and professor at U of Wittenberg a) lectured on the bible 2. 1513-1526~ he came across the answer to the assurance of salvation a) had disturbed him since he became a monk 3. Catholic Doctrine~ faith and good works meant personal salvation a) Luther saw that humans could never do enough works for salvation b) humans could not be saved by good works but from faith in god 4. This Doctrine was the base for Protestant Reformation a) Justification by Faith ?- act by which a person is made deserving of salvation 5. The Bible was the chief guide of religious faith 6. didn?t see himself as a rebel 7. 95 Thesis~ stunning indictment of the abuses in the sale of indulgences

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