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World History Final
schuster second semester final
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History
10th Grade
05/31/2009

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Leader at the peak of the Mughal Empire, year?
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Akbar, 1500
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Built the Taj Mahal
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Shah Jahan
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Rival ruling family in Prussia to the Hapsbergs
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Hohenzollern
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"Sun King", father of absolutism, Bourbon
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Louis XIV
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Name of Louis XIV's palace
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Versailles
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Who was the victor of the English civil war and who did he overthrow, year?
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Crommwell, Charles I, 1640's
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Order of kings of england:
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Elizabeth, James I, Charles I, Crommwell, Charles II, James II
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Who takes over in the Glorious Revolution, what type of government is installed, year?
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William and Mary, constitutionalism, 1688
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What were William and Mary forced to sign after they took over England?
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English Bill of Rights
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Portuguese ruler that initiated English exploration, what was his goal, year?
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Henry the Navigator, bypass the Ottoman empire, mid 1400s
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Victor of the English civil war, overthrew ______, named Great Britain, year?
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Crommwell, Charles I, 1640's
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Order of kings of england:
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Elizabeth, James I, Charles I, Crommwell, Charles II, James II
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Who takes over in the Glorious Revolution, what type of government is installed, year?
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William and Mary, constitutionalism, 1688
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What were William and Mary forced to sign after they took over England?
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English Bill of Rights
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Portuguese ruler that initiated English exploration
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Henry the Navigator
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Explorer that rounded Africa, made it to India and back, year?
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Vasco de Gama, 1498
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Economic theory that equates power with wealth, drove exploration
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mercantialism
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Example of mercantialism, year?
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Navigation Acts, 1651m
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Spread of things, people, culture, disease, etc. between the Old World and New World
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Columbian Exchange
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Defeated and destroyed natives of Mexico for Spain, year?
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Cortez, 1519
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Conqueror of the Incans
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Fransisco Pizarro
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Theory that earth is the center of the univserse
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Geocentrism
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Main advocate of heliocentrism, year?
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Copernicus, early 1500s
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Movement that started with Copernicus
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Scientific Revolution
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Advocate of scientific reasoning and methods, "I think, therefore, I am"
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Decartes
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Applied reasoning and nature to social and political affairs
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Enlightenment
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3 pillars of the Enlightenment
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Reason, Nature, and Progress
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Enlightenment thinker, supporter of Absolutism, believed men are naturally bad
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Hobbes
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Key thinkers of the Enlightenment:
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Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau
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Welcomed Western ideas to Russia
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Peter the Great
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Dynasty that closed China off from the World, years they ruled?
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Ming Dynasty, 1300s-1600s
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Dynasty that replaced the Ming Dynasty, from Manchuria
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Qing Dynasty
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Dynasty that closed off Japan, year?
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Tokugawa
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Enlightened absolutist in Russia, conquered the Crimean peninsula
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Katherine the Great
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Main advocate of Laissez-Faire capitalism, name of book he wrote?
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Adam Smith, "Wealth of Nations"
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Key ideas of Laissez-Faire capitalism
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supply and demand, no government involvement, economy will be driven by the "invisible hand"
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Leg of Triangular trade that brought slaves to the New World
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Middle Passage
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First nation in the Western Hemisphere to eliminate slavery, year?
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Haiti, late 1700s
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Event that set off Latin American revolutions
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Napoleon's invasion of Spain
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Event that got French involved in American Revolution
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Battle at Saratoga
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Three estates in France
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1st: Clergy, 2nd:Nobility, 3rd: everyone else
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Revolt in France, considered Independence Day
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Bastille Day
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Leader who conducted the Reign of Terror, executed anyone who opposed him or government
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Robspierre
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Legal system in France in 1800 that incorporated Enlightenment ideas
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Napoleonic Code
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Name for Napoleon's second term
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Hundred Days
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Industrial Revolution began in _____ in the _____'s with the _______ industry
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Britain, 1700, Textile
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Freed serfs, gave them land, but, it was poor quality land, they had to pay for it, and they had no rights
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Alexander
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Karl Marx based the Communist Manifesto on who's ideas?
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Haggal- The Dialect
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Haggal states in the Dialect that there is a ______: the way things are, an _______: the way things aren't, and a _____: change
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Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
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Example of a Utopian Socialist, built a town called ____ _______
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Robert Owen, New Lenarck
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The creation of socialism and communism was a response to what event?
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The industrial revolution
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Introduced civil disobedience
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Thoureau
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Antithesis to civil disobedience
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terrorism
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What was the name of the first terrorist group? Where were they from?
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People's Will, Russia
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John L. O'Sullivan justified the annexation of Texas with what?
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Manifest Destiny
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Created the theory of natural selection
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Charles Darwin
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Created the theory of social darwinism
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Herbert Spencer
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Who fought wars with Austria in order to forge Prussia into Germany?
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Bismarck
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Bismarck got his ideas from what Italian politician?
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Cavour
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Austria-Hungary and Germany were rivals over what area of land?
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Balkans
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Known as the father of Zionism
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Hertzel
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Zionism states what?
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That a homeland for the Jews should be created
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Forced China to pay reparations to Britain in response to the Opium Wars
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Treaty of Nanjing
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Indian revolt against British oppression
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Sepoy Revolt
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What two nations had a conflict which resulted in one coming out as a world power, while the other faced revolts?
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Japan and Russia
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Japan's response to Imperialism
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Adapt and westernize
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Japanese leader that modernized/westernized the country
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the Meiji
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Empress of the Qing Dynasty, promoted rebellion against Imperialism (what is this known as?)
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Empress Cixi, Boxer Rebellion
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Who lead the Republic of China after the fall of the Qing Dynasty?
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Sun Yatsen
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2 nations left after the land grab in Africa
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Ethiopia and Liberia
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Who is in the Triple Alliance?
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Germany, Italy, Austria
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Who is in the Triple Entente?
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Britain, France, Russia
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Sinking of the ______ did NOT bring the U.S. into WWI
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Lucitania
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Some reasons why US joined WWI
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Zimmerman Note, Germany's resumption of submarine warfare, economic relationship with Britain
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Who overthrew Kerensky and the Social Democrats?
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Lenin/communists
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Decided after World War I, included reparations, the creation of the League of Nations, etc.
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Treaty of Versailles
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Example of military technology introduced in World War I
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Flamethrowers, poison gas, tanks, U-boats, military aircraft
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Head of the Fascist party in Italy
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Mussolini
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Great Depression began where?
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United States
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FDR's plan to end the Great Depression
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New Deal
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Lenin's injection of capitalism into communism
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New Economic Plan (NEP)
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Germany and Italy supported the ____/____ party led by ______ in the Spanish Civil War
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fascist/falangist, Franco
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Who supported Spain's government in the Spanish Civil War?
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Russia
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France and Britain appease Hitler by giving him what?
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Control over the Sudetenland
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How did Hitler take over Germany?
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He took control by being legally elected
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Name of Hitler's method of warfare that was used to take over Poland
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blitzkreig
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3 Meetings of the Big 3
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Yalta, Teheran, Potsdam
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What were some things decided at the conference in Yalta?
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That Germany will not be forced to pay reparations, to split Germany into 4 zones, creation of the United Nations
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What was decided at Teheran?
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To invade Normandy, France
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What was decided at Potsdam?
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To drop the atomic bomb
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Name of Hitler's decision to kill the Jews and create concentration camps
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Final Solution
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Why the United States entered World War II
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Confrontation of ideologies after World War II
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Cold War
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Who coined the term "Iron Curtain"
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Winston Churchill
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Gave Europe economic support from the United States
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Marshall Plan
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Outlawed war
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Kellog-Briand Pact
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Fear that if one nation turned communist, they all would
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Domino Theory
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What justified U.S. involvement in other countries to stop the spread of communism?
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Truman Doctrine
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Who were the leaders of the US and Russia during the Cuban missile crisis?
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JFK and Khrushchev
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Justified USSR's involvement in communist nations
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Brezhnev Doctrine
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Russia's response to NATO
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Warsaw Pact
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Names of Gorbachev's two main policies
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glasnost and perestroika
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Stalemate between communists and the US, year?
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Korean War (1950's)
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First war the US effectively lost
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Vietnam War
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German city where US and Soviet Union had 2 conflicts
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Berlin
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Year the Berlin Wall fell
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1989
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Enlightenment thinker, thinks people are bad, calls for absolutist governemtn
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Thomas Hobbes
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Enlightenment thinker, believes people are good, "Life, liberty, and prosperity", believes role of governemtn is to protect rights of people (constitutional government)
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John Locke
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Enlightenment thinker, critical of everything, especially the Church, talks about justice, persecution, and oppressive powers
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Voltaire
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Enlightenment thinker, most radical, wants a true democracy, calls for a social contract
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Rousseau
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Britain's response to their debt, includes Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and Tea Act
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Grenville Plan
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