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FINAL EXAM-CAUSES, ETC.
causes and everything else needed to know for final
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History
9th Grade
05/17/2009

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causes of French Revolution
Definition
France was split up into states; caused some to pay taxes and others were exempt; inflation; disgust for upper class and its privileges
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Thermidorian Reaction
Definition
July 1795; succeeded the terror; it was a reaction to the chaos and extreme policies under Robespierre
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Why was Napoleon good? Why was he bad?
Definition
good: reinstated Catholicism, pressed for religious toleration of Jews, Napoleonic Code-----bad: set up a police state, big on censorship, nepotism, he attacked Egypt, women's rights were still substandard
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motto of french revolution
Definition
fraternity, equality, and liberty
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difference between romanticism and realism
Definition
romanticism-about feelings, emotion, and imagination (Edgar Allen Poe)----realism-more realistic, could really happen (Dickens)
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What did Shelley, Pasteur, Darwin, and Dickens do?
Definition
Shelley- wrote Frankenstein.......Pastuer-proposed germ theory of disease.....Darwin-published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection....Dickens- wrote Great Expectations and Oliver Twist; very successful novelist
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What did Bell, Edison, Marconi, Wright Bros, and Nightingale do?
Definition
Bell- invented the telephone....Edison- created the light bulb....Marconi- sent the 1st radio waves....Wright-created first ever flight....Nightingale- famous army nurse in Crimean War
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What did Baton, Curie, Einstein, Freud, and Herzl do?
Definition
Barton- famous Civil War nurse....Curie- founded the element radon....Einstein- speical theory of relativity.....Freud- proposed theories of human nature......Herzl- key figure in political zionism
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What did Monet, Van Gogh, Eastman, Picasso, and F. Llyod Wright do?
Definition
Monet- famous painter......Van Gogh- painted Starry Night....Eastman-created Kodak camera.....Picasso-abstract artist, cubanism.....FLW- famous architect
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5 major causes of WWII
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Totalitarianism, Nationalism, Imperialism, Treaty of Versailles, Appeasement
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Was the League of Nations effective? Why? why not?
Definition
No, the US, the country who proposed the plan, did not even take part in the League. Also, there was no enforcement on the Treaty, and no one wanted to be involved.
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Name the course of action leading up to WWII.
Definition

- Germany declares a draft

- Italy gets new dictator: Mussolini

- Hitler takes over Rhineland

- Rome Berlin Axis is formed between H and M

- Hitler occupies Sudetenland

- Stalin and Hitler sign non-agression pact

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When does Hitler invade Poland?
Definition
September 1st, 1939
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Who was the ruler of Japan during WWII?
Definition
Hirohito
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Who were the axis powers during WWII?
Definition
Japan, Italy, Germany
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What countries in Africa belonged to Britain during 1914? (imperialism in Africa)
Definition
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda
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What countries belonged to France during imperialism in Africa?
Definition
Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Madagascar
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What countries belonged to Italy during the imperialism in Africa?
Definition
Libya, Ethiopia, Somalia
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What countries belonged to Germany during imperialism in Africa? (1914)
Definition
Togo, Cameroon
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What countries belonged Belgium during Africa's imperialism?
Definition
Congo
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