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what did the life of preindustrial villagers revolve around?
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agriculture
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what did irish leaders such as Charles Stewart Parnell fight for?
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home rule

 

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Which country was the first to become industrialized
Definition
England
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Who made up the highest level of colonial Latin America's social hierarchy?
Definition
the peninsulares
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Where did Belgium exercise particularly brutal and exploitative colonial rule?
Definition
the congo.
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Queensland, victoria, and new south wales were british olonies where?
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Austria
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Was samuel Morse  a major contributor to the development of mass production?
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no
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by 1900, where did the majority of the new immigrants to the united states come from?
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Southern and EasternEurope
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To whose ideas did the british business leaders react positively?
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adam smith
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After the events of 1848, to whom did Italian nationalits look to for leadership?
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Sardinia
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Was haiti a british colony?
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No
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What happened to the population of europe from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution through 1850?
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increased from 140 to 266 million
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How was Victor Emmanuel II able to gain control of the enitre Italian peninsula?
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After Napoleon III ....french protection from the pope
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Did simon bolivar liberate Brazil?
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No
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Was Siam located in Africa?
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no

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Why did the Kulaks suffer greatly?
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Stalin's collectivization program
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Who assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
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Serbian nationalists
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What was the major turning point of World War II ?
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Victory at Stalin Grad
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Against whom did Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-sheck joined forces after suspending their own conflict?
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the Japanese
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Who introduced the use of poison gase during world war I
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the germans
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By abandoning the Twenty-one demands what was Japan doing?
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Recognizing western entrance in china
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what did the Allied campaign in the Pacific call for
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Island by island leapfrog approach
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Who produced a major share fo the world's manufactured goods by the 1920s?
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U.S.
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Did the three-point program of the Russian soviets call for the immediate abdication of the czar?
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No
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Why did Russia side with Serbia in 1914?
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received diplomatic assurance of French support
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Was Clement Atlee an American World War II military leader?

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no
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Who primarily controlled the government of the newly formed USSR?
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communist party leaders
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In 1923, the French sent troops where to make sure the Germans paid its war debts?

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ruhr

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In 1933, the MANCHURIAN incident revealed whose weakness
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League of Nations
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When did Hitler's territorial expansion stir Western Military action
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invasion of Poland
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In 1929, Nigerian women protesting British tax plices had what results?
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Massacre by British

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Did the fourteen poitns of woodrow wilson endorse pay reparations?
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NO
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In the 1920s, Latin american countries were heavily dependent on what?
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Global demand for Raw Materials
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Did the defeat of the Red Army in Russia lead to the defeat of German Alliance?
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NO
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Did thailand have a communist goveernment during the 1970s?
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NO
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With whom was the United STates involved in military encounters?
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LIbya
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In 1999, where will teh United States surrender its control?
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Panama Canal.
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Why did the soviets sent roops into Czechoslovakia?
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?????alcuum    ?  over Dubcek Reforms
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Why coudn't the UN Security Council settle US-USSr  Disputes?
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Bot the U.S.  and USSR had the veto power
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What did Saddam Huseein do after coalition troops withrdew from Iraq?
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suppressed rebellion by the Kruds and Shiites
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In post- Communist Yugoslavia, what did rising nationalism lead to?
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the break up of states into smaller republics
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What was Cuba's economy in the 1990s devastate by?
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shrinking soviet surpport
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What did the war in Algeria bring about the collapse of? 
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Truce's 4th republic
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When did U.S. support for the war in Vietnam decrease?
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bitter fighting during the TET offensive

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From what did the civil war in Lebanon stem from?
Definition
Christians an Muslims
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What did India try to mantain during the rule of Jawaharlal Nehru?
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policies of nonalignment
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At whose mercy are the African countries with one-product economies?
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chaging world market prices
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Opposition mounted to France's nuclear tests where?
Definition
South Paicfic
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In 1947, into which two nations were British India divided?
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India and Pakistan
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Which organization did Turkey made a member of during the 1950s?
Definition
NATO
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What did high interest rates and a global recession in the 1980s weaken?
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Latin American countries' ability to pay foreign debts
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What were Sri Lankan rebels fighting for?
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win self rule for Tamil minorities
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Under Presidents Reagan and Bush, increased military spending was a factor in what?
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Budget deficit
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What did the Battle of Lepanto do?
Definition
ended Turkish threat in Mediterranean
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Where did Philip II want to stamp out of Protestantism?
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Spain and anywhere he ruled

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What did outside power use the rivalry between the Catholics and Protestants in Germany for?
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Excuse to continue their rivalries
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Was Germany physcially touched by the Thirty years' War
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Yes
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Did Russians want seaports
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Yes
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Who had the longest reign in European history ? 
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Louis XIV
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What was hurt by Louis XIV's revocation of the EDict of Nantes?
Definition
French industry
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Is Gibraltar still in British hands?
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yes
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How were conflicts between kings and legislative bodies resolved in Europe?
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King increased his power at the expense of the legislative body
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Who believed that people had the right to rebel against an unjust government?
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locke
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What marked the rise of Russia as a major power?
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Peter the Great's victory over Charles XII
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What drained the French economy?
Definition
French involvment in the American Revolution
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Why did the British heavily tax the colonists?
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Support army to protect colonist from Indians
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Did the French take back any ideas from the Declaration of Independce back to France?

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Yes
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How did the British recognize U.S. independence?
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Treaty of Paris
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What was the U.S. Bill of Rights based on?
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The English Bill of Rights
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was the middle class allowed to participate in French politics before the French Revolution?
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no
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What was important about the Battle of Fleurus?
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No excuse for the terror-because there were no outside threat.
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Where were Napoleon's accomplishments carried?
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to the Rest of Europe by his armies
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Did Serbia's attitude alarm Austria-Hungary before World War I?
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Yes
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Was the U.S entry into World War I decisive for Allies?
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yes
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Was Great Britain concerned that Germany was building a navy in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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Yes
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Did Russia want to look out for the Slavs in the Austro-hungarian Empire?
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Yes
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What did the Allies want Germany to do in World War I?
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fight a two-front war
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What did Lenin Allow in the New Economic Policy?
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some private business to stimulate the economy
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Did Stalin try to eliminate his enemies?
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yes
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Did Germany and Italy experience Economic depression after World War I?
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Yes
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Did Hitler use legal methos to be elected Chancellor?
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yes
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Did Ireland ever receive independence from Great Britain?
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Yes
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Did Hitler violate any of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
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Yes
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Which policy did the U.S. practice after World War I?
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isolationism
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Why did Stalin agree to the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
Definition
to buy time to build up his military
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Were the germans able tot take great britain during the battle of Britain
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no
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Whom did the Allies concentrate on defeating first during World War II?
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germans
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Did the japanese surrender after the first atomic bomb was dropped?

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No
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Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb?

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to shorten World War II and reduce casualties.
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What did Enlightment philosophers think about natural rights?
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People would have them
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Which resources helped Great Britain take the lead in the Industrial revolution?
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coal and iron
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After Winning independence, what type of constitutions did Latin American Nation adopt?

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based on the U.S. constitution
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Did the Catholic Chruch lose its influence in Latin America ?
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No
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How dod the U.S. gain control of puerto Rico?
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Spanish-American War
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