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Finals for Semester 2 World History
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History
9th Grade
07/27/2009

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Nationalism
Definition
Pride in country.
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Coup d'etat
Definition
A strike against the government.
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Conscription
Definition
Military draft.
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Status Quo
Definition
The way things are.
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Belligerent
Definition
Makes war or in a war.
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Proletariat
Definition
Factory workers.
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Bourgeoisie
Definition
Middle class.
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Charles V 1500-1550
Definition
He was the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain during the times of Luther.
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Phillip II
Definition
Son of Charles V and King of Spain.
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Elizabeth I
Definition
Queen of England.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Definition
Give France great strength.
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Louis XIV
Definition
King of France.
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Versailles
Definition
City just outside of Paris where Louis palace was built.
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Peter the Great
Definition
Russian Monarch
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Cromwell
Definition
Leader of the puritans and fighting in English civil war.
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Glorious Revolution
Definition
One king is overthrown and the parliament gets power (English Revolution).
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Definition
Heliocentric Theory.
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Galileo Galilei
Definition
Proves heliocentric theory.
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Social Contract
Definition
Contract between the people and the government.
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Bastille
Definition
Prison in Paris, that was the first start of the French revolution.
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Jacobins
Definition
Radical group of Robespierre.
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Continental System
Definition
Napolean's system of blockading Britain.
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Revolutions of 1848
Definition
People rebelling in Europe for Change.
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Bismarck
Definition
Russian ruler wanting to expand.
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Realpolitik
Definition
Practical politics.
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Kaiser
Definition
A ruler of Russia.
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Risorgimento
Definition
The unification of Italy.
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Mazzini
Definition
A liberal during the Revolutions of 1848.
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Sardinia
Definition
A part of Italy that was the leader in the unification of Italy.
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Garibaldi
Definition
Revolutionary who wanted to unify Italy.
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Balkans
Definition
The Slav's
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Pan-Slavism
Definition
Unite the Slav's
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James Watt
Definition
Created the first working Steam Engine.
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Laissez-Faire
Definition
Free trade.
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Adam Smith
Definition
A philosopher.
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Robert Owen
Definition
Utopian socialist.
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Karl Marx
Definition
Created Marxism/Communism.
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Concession
Definition
Things given to people such as privileges, stuff, land and money.
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Opium War
Definition
British and China fighting over China's opium.
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Boxer Rebellion
Definition
1898 Chinese uprising against the foreigners.
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Zaibatsu
Definition
Japanese industrial families and families with political power.
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Triple Alliance
Definition
Germany, Austria and Italy
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Triple Entente
Definition
Russia, Britain and France.
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Saber-Rattling
Definition
A way to threaten.
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Reform Bill of 1832
Definition
Workers in England win the right to vote.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition
Hapsburg leader of Austria who was assassinated.
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Schlieffen Plan
Definition
A plan to attack France first during WWI and then attack Russia.
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Stalemate
Definition
Neither side wins.
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Trench Warfare
Definition
A technique of defense, by building trenches in the ground and shooting from the trenches.
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Armistice November 11th, 1918
Definition
Ends World War I.
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Revolution of 1905
Definition
Bloody Sunday (Russian Revolution).
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Trotsky
Definition
Leader of red army during civil war.
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N.E.P.
Definition
New Economic Policy in the 1920's.
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5-Year Plan
Definition
Plan made by Stalin to increase production and economy.
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Weimar Republic 1920's
Definition
Germany's weak democracy before Hitler.
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Storm Troopers
Definition
Hitlers private army in the 1930's.
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Third Reich
Definition
3rd Empire.
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Mein Kampf
Definition
Hitler's book.
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Anschluss
Definition
Germany united with Austria.
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Chamberlain
Definition
British Prime Minister.
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Rape of Nanking
Definition
Japanese army attacks China (WWII).
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
Lightning warfare used by Germans.
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Miracle at Dunkirk
Definition
Hitlers first mistake.
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Vichy France
Definition
Defeated France that worked with Hitler.
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Battle of Britain
Definition
Air Force Battle.
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Gulags
Definition
Prison labor camps.
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Rommel
Definition
German general or the Desert Fox, wanted to capture Suez Canal.
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El Alamein
Definition
In Egypt the British stop General Rommel from capturing the Suez Canal.
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Resistance/Partisans
Definition
Resistance fighters against Germany.
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Yalta Conference
Definition
Plans for postwar Europe (cold war).
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MacArthur
Definition
US General in the Pacific.
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Marshal Tito
Definition
Leader of Yugoslavia.
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Marshall Plan
Definition
Plan made by the US to help Aid Europe's recovery from WWII.
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Yuri Gagarin
Definition
First Russian in Space.
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Neil Armstrong
Definition
First man on moon.
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Konrad Adenauer
Definition
West German Leader who brought economic success.
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Fidel Castro
Definition
Cuban Dictator
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition
Khrushchev puts missiles in Cuba threatening to launch at the US.
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SALT I+II Treaties
Definition
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Reduces nuclear weapons and bombs.
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Brezhnev Doctrine
Definition
Keep all communist countries communist.
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Gorbachev (Glasnost and Perestroika)
Definition
Last leader of the USSR.
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Boris Yeltsin
Definition
Leader of Russia after 1991(2) and lead toward a democratic state.
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Peoples Republic of China 1949
Definition
Mao is leader.
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Sino-Soviet Split 1961
Definition
Mao and Khrushchev split.
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Nehru
Definition
First Prime Minister of India.
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Zionism
Definition
Create a Jewish state.
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David Ben-Gurion
Definition
First president if the republic of Israel.
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Palestinian Refugees
Definition
Jews coming to Palestine after the Holocaust.
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PLO
Definition
Palestinian Liberation Organization wants to restore Arab land.
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Gamal Nesser
Definition
Leader of Egypt in 1955.
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Muammar Qaddafi
Definition
Leader of Libya and United Arab Republic.
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Faisal of Saudia Arabia
Definition
King of Saudia Arabia.
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OPEC
Definition
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
Definition
Religious Leaders.
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Camp David Accords 1978
Definition
1978; Jimmy Carter invites Egyptians and Israeli's to resolve conflicts. First Middle-East peace agreement.
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Desert Storm
Definition
The first Gulf War, Saddam is trying to become leader of the Arabs. Gained control of Kuwait.
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