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CSET Social Science

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1. Conflict/Crisis: Soviets supported Castro's totaliarian regime in Cuba - Significant Event(s): U.S. invaded Bay of Pigs; Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba; U.S. blockaded Cuba - Result(s): Soviets withdrew missiles; hotline established between






2. Middle East: The decline of Ottoman Empire resulted in emergence of many new Arab states. Africa & Asia: Black Africans who fought in WWI became more politically active. Oorgnized reform movements; called for independence.






3. Occupied Kuril & Sakhalin Islands Took control of much of E. Europe Cooperation: Met w/ Allies at Tehran - Yalta - & Potsdam






4. People: Olmec - Maya - Aztec Economics: Farming - trade Architecture: Large cities - religious and political structures






5. Closed its doors to the Europeans during the period of exploration between 1400 and 1800. The Ming and Qing dynasties produced blue - and - white porcelain and new literary forms. Chinese viewed Europeans as barbarians.






6. Assyria developed an empire - wide communication system: Mesopotamia built temples and houses for religious leaders; Palestine adhered to sacred law to maintain separateness.






7. Recruited armies by promising them land. He required an oath of loyalty to him. Effect: The Roman army was no longer under government control; military power rested in the a hands of individual generals.






8. The peace was a compromise between international and national interests. Germany's reparation payments - military reduction - and territorial losses created a lasting bitterness that helped spark World War II.






9. Conflict/Crisis: Civil war erupted Significant Event(s): Great Britain aided government forces against communism Result(s): United States created Truman Doctrine






10. Conflict/Crisis: Refugees escaped from East to West Berlin - Significant Event(s): Soviets built Berlin Wall - Result(s): Berlin Wall Became symbol of divided Germany






11. Used his army to seize governmental power. Effect: restored power to the government with a strong Senate - but his actions set the precedent for military coups.






12. Warfare: Conquered India; Battled persians and British Arts: Combined Persian and Indian motfs; Excelled at architecture and painting Government: The emperor controlled semi - independent states Trade: Traded with Europeans






13. Conflict/Crisis: Civil war began when North Korea invaded South Korea - Significant Event(s): United Nations forced fight to save South Korea from Communism - Result(s): United States extended military alliances aroud the world






14. Made huge troop movements in Dunkirk and Normandy Cooperation: Met with Allies at Tehran - Yalta - and Potsdam Conflict: Stopped Rommel at El Alamein - Withstood heavy German bombing






15. Seized Manchuria and renamed it Manchukuo - Invaded China Cooperation: Signed Anti - Comintern Pact Conflict: Attacked Pearl Harbor - Conquered Southeast Asia from Indochina to Philippines






16. Europeans risked dangerous ocean voyages to discover new sea routes. Early European eplorers sought gold and began to trade slaves. The age of explortion brought the peoples of Europe - Asia - the Americas - and Africa into direct contact for the fir






17. People: Moche - Inca Economics: Farming - trade Architecture: Large cities - religious and political structures






18. Combat took the forms of trench warfare on the Western Front - a war of movement on the Eastern Front - and German submarine warfare in the waters surrounding Great Britain. For the first time in history - airplanes were used for reconnaissance - com






19. Religion/Philosophy: Confuciansm - Daoism - Legalism Key People: Confucius - Laozi - Qin Shihuangde Innovation: Bronze casting - crossbow - paper - iron plowshare - silk Literature: Analects - Confucian classics - Tao Te Ching - poetry Government/






20. Each country had strong leaders: China: Sui - Tan - and Song dynasties; Mongols Japan: Yamato and Fujiwara clans; Kamakura shogunate; Ashikaga family Korea: Koryo and Yi dynasties






21. Trade: Ghanaian gold was exchanged for salt from the Sahara. Muslim traders brought cotton - silk - and Chinese porcelain from India to East Africa. Malian farmers produced surplus crops for export. Ivory and gold from inland Africa were brought to E






22. Invaded Ethiopia - Cooperation: Formed Rome - Berlin Axis Conflict: Became German puppet state (northern Italy)






23. The rise of towns and the middle class led to advances in all areas of society. As trade increased - the importance of towns and guilds grew. A money economy replaced bartering. __________ were founded.






24. Retook Japanese positions in S.E Asia Cooperation: Relaxed neutrality acts - Met with Allies at Tehran - Yalta - & Potsdam Conflict:Led war effort - Conducted island - hopping counterattacks - Dropped atomic bombs on Japan






25. Nationalism and imperialism created conflict in the Balkans and eventully led to World War I. Growth of nationalism led to increased anti - Semitism.






26. Communists in China introduced socialist measures and drastic reforms under the leadership of Mao Zedong. After World War II. India gained its independence from Britain and divided into two separate countries - India and Pakistan. Japan modernized it






27. Environment: Location: Peloponnesus Factors: Farming Origin: Greek - speaking invaders Trade: Trade discouraged Government: Military state - oligarchy Values - interests - beliefs: Discipline - military arts






28. People: Plains Economics: Hunting and gathering Architecture: Tepees






29. The Hundred Years' War and the Great Schism strengthened the authority of some and wekened the authority of others. After the ___________ - the French monarchy gained power. Conflict within the English monarchy led to the War of the Roses. Conflict -


30. Filled the Senate with his own supporters. Effect: The power of the Senate was weakened - was assassinated in 44 B.C.E.






31. From the meeting of the Estates - General - the creaton of the National Assembly - From the Great Fear - the adoption of important reforms by nobility in the National Assembly - From the Declaration of Rights - the spread of liberal beliefs - From th






32. The silk road provid a means for prosperous trade. The ruler of the zhou overthrew the Shang dynsty and estabish the longest - lasting dynasty in Chinese history.






33. Women fought for equal rights. Society adopted middle - class values. Unions fought for labor reforms. Mass leisure developed because people had more money.






34. In Italy - Mussolini led the Fascists to power. Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union and purged the Communist Party of Old Bolsheviks. In Germany - Adolf Hitler established a totalitarian Nazi regime and started the large - scale persecution of






35. Many Latin American nations have experienced severe economic problems - and their governments have been led by military dictators. Successful Marxist revolutions in Cuba and Nicaragua fed fears in the United States about the spread of communism in th






36. Economic and social policies of _______________ were based on control and coercion. Effect: The policies of these two emperors contributed to the empire's eventual collapse.






37. The __________ in Mesopotamia were the first to develop a system of writing.






38. Mesopotamia invented the arch - dome - wheel - and system of writing; Phoenicia invented an alphabet; Persia created a standing army.






39. Migration: Bantu peoples slowly migrated into East Africa. Arab merchants settled along the east coast of Africa. Islamic scholars moved to Timbuktu - a new center for learning.






40. Religion/Philosophy: Hinduism - Buddhism Key People: Siddhartha Gautama - Asoka - Chandragupta II Innovation: Iron plow - caste system - concept of zero - decimal system Literature: Mahabharata - Ramayana - Arthasastra - Vedas Government/Society: Pat






41. Egypt used floodwaters for farming; Phoenicia set up a trading empire on the sea; Mesopotamia created irrigation and flood control stystems.






42. Soviet Union ends - cold war ends - russian oligarchs control whole Russia - increased democrat vs conservative in U.S. - sub prime crisis 1988 - massive unemployment in west...






43. Tudor monarchs brought stability and prosperity to England. The Act of Supremacy was passed. Foreign policy was moderate. Queen Elizabeth Tudor tried to keep Spain and France from becoming too powerful by balancing power.






44. From the 1950s to the 1970s - most African nations gained independence from colonial powers. Israel declared statehood on May 14 - 1948 - creating conflict and struggle between the new state and its neighbors.






45. Warfare: Kushites conquered Egyptians. Muslim merchants gained control of Axum's trade. Moroccan armies occupied Songahi's gold - trading centers. Assyrians drove the Kushites out of Egypt.






46. Warfare: Battled Ottomans; Allied with European states Arts: Blended Persian and Turkish influences; Excelled at carpet making and painting Government: The shah trained administrators Trade: Geography limited trade






47. Movement: Anglos and Saxons settled in England. Monks came to England to convert the Anglo - Saxons to Christianity. Vikings - Magyars - and Muslims invaded areas of Europe. Cooperation: The Frankish ruler Clovis converted to Christiantiy and gained






48. Peter the Great attempted to odernize Russian society by introducing Western customs - practices - and manners. He wrote a Russian book of etizuette to teach Western manners - and he mixed the sexes for conversation and dancing.






49. Environment: Location: Attica Factors: Lack of fertile land Origin: Greek - speaking invaders Trade: Pottery Regionalism: Government: Oligarchy - direct democracy Values - interests - beliefs: Philosophy - art - theater - architecture






50. Military and economic crises led to a spontaneous revlution that ended the reign of the czars. The Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and established a communist regime.