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Global History Basics
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1. Date designation meaning Common Era - or the last two thousand years of history.
trade
Cabinet System
Pan Slavism
CE
2. (1883-1945) Italian leader. He founded the Italian Fascist Party - and sided with Hitler and Germany in World War II. In 1945 He was overthrown and assassinated by the Italian Resistance.
self-determination
Lenin - Vladimir
anti-Semitism
Mussolini - Benito
3. The ninth month of the Muslim calendar. All Muslims must fast during daylight hours - except the very young or sick.
Age of Exploration
bureaucracy
Russo-Japanese War
Ramadan
4. (1794-1876) Mexican general and dictator who controlled Mexico for more than 25 years. Lost war against the United States which cost Mexico present day California - Nevada - and New Mexico.
de Santa Anna - Antonio L
subservient
navigable rivers
Ganges River
5. The widespread destruction of the world's forests. One of the largest areas of destruction are the tropical rainforests. These forest are cut down for the hardwood lumber - to clear space for farming - for building settlements - and for grazing anima
Vedas
National Assembly
stalemate
deforestation
6. A person who designs buildings.
divine right
Phoenicians
architect
Persian Empire
7. (1820-78) He was king of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861 - when he became king of a united Italy until his death in 1878. His support of the unification movement was vital to its success.
Animism
Victor Emmanuel
commune
Copernicus - Nicolaus
8. (1859-1941) King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany whose political policies led his country into World War I. He was forced from power when Germany lost the war.
Kaiser Wilhelm
Rasputin - Grigory
Hippocrates
blitzkrieg
9. (1452-1519) An Italian painter - sculptor - engineer - and inventor. Famous works include paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Also left a variety of sketches showing flying machines and underwater boats centuries before the invention of planes a
Ben-Gurion - David
Da Vinci - Leonardo
Glorious Revolution
Torri
10. Southern tip of the African continent.
Cape of Good Hope
Clemenceau - Georges
escalate
Bessemer - Sir Henry
11. One time terrorist organization - now considered to be a legitimate political body whose goals have been to create a nation-state for the displaced Palestinians. The PLO is lead by Yasir Arafat.
Social Contract - The
Eratosthenes
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
Commercial Revolution
12. Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.
Yom Kippur War
Mansa Musa
indulgence
trench warfare
13. In Hinduism - Brahman is the name given to the oneness of the universe.
Brahman
Rabbi
OPEC
export
14. A policy that guaranteed European citizens in China were only subject to the laws of their own nation and could only be tried by their own courts.
Congress of Vienna
extraterritoriality
Clemenceau - Georges
divine
15. An economic and social program that called for limited privatization of agriculture and industry - encouraged foreign investment and foreign trade - and resulted in a boost for the Chinese economy. Unlike the Great Leap Forward - the Four Modernizati
Solidarity
peninsula
Four Modernizations
massacre
16. In colonial Latin America - Spanish/African who were denied basic political - economic - and social rights due to their mixed heritage.
containment
mulattoes
Global South
Garibaldi - Guiseppe
17. A political system where the means of production are controlled by the workers and all things are shared evenly. Socialist policies provide for government funding of many basic needs such as food - shelter - and medical care.
decimal system
causeway
stockholder
socialism
18. A social class system where there is no mobility. A person remains in the same class their entire life.
Bol
check and balance
Mahabharata
rigid social class system
19. The exchange of goods or service between people.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Zollverein
trade
Last Supper - The
20. An organization within the United Nations that works to provide food - clothing - and other assistance to children in need around the world. UNICEF was founded in 1946.
famine
United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
Zheng He
filial piety
21. Prime Minister - or chief executive of a country or nation state.
chancellor
navigable rivers
Marx - Karl
Mao Zedong
22. The medical treatment of a body which involves cutting open to perform various manipulations.
Surgery
genetic engineering
Milosevic - Slobodan
African Trading Kingdoms
23. Theory of motion and energy developed by Albert Einstein in the 20th century.
Theory of Relativity
Hobbes - Thomas
Gandhi - Mohandas
Constantine
24. To exclude a Christian from receiving the Sacraments.
Analects - The
Christianity
excommunicate
New Imperialism
25. A political system in which a country is ruled by law - has representative government - and is democratic in nature.
Garibaldi - Guiseppe
interdependence
republic
Great Leap Forward
26. Nationalist movement to end British control of India.
craftsman
Ten Commandments
Indian Nationalist Movement
Long March
27. (1743?-1803) Revolutionary leader Who is responsible for ousting France from Haiti during the Latin American Revolutions in the early 19th century.
28. A highly contagious disease. Symptoms include high fever and scar-producing blisters. It can be fatal.
Renaissance
Mexican Revolution
democracy
smallpox
29. Relating to a system that administers justice.
evolution
Oligarchy
Bol
judicial
30. Confucius lived in China during the Chou Dynasty - when there was mass disorder and confusion and degrading moral standards. Confucius was appalled by What appeared to be the fracturing of Chinese society. He believed that the only cure was to stress
encomienda system
Mestizos
NAFTA
Confucianism
31. (1926?- ) Leader of the Cuban Revolution and communist dictator of Cuba. He is responsible for making Cuba a socialist country which has often been at odds with the United States. Notably - the bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Castro - Fidel
bank
Justinians Code
voting
32. A political system where the means of production are controlled by the workers and all things are shared evenly. Socialist policies provide for government funding of many basic needs such as food - shelter - and medical care.
Great Leap Forward
World Bank Group
socialism
Pizarro - Francisco
33. Also known as the Mongol Peace. A time when global trade expanded due to the political stability provided by Mongol rulers.
guild
New Kingdom
Louis XVI
Pax Mongolia
34. Code of behavior for followers of Buddhism.
Khrushchev - Nikita
Scramble For Africa
Eightfold Path
serfs
35. (2040 BCE - 1640 BCE) Period in ancient Egyptian history characterized by internal strife and hardships - and the invasion - and subsequent take over by the neighboring Hyksos.
empire
Middle Kingdom (Egypt)
Agrarian Revolution
Wilson - Woodrow
36. An independent state or country.
Eightfold Path
Voltaire
Khmer Rouge
nation-state
37. A moving body of water that usually has its source in an area of high ground.
Hebrew
colonization
river
Mandela - Nelson
38. A nation's actions regarding how they treat other nations.
Marx - Karl
foreign policy
westernization
immigration
39. A political policy of the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt that states only the United States could intervene in the affairs of South America.
Sanskrit
genetic engineering
Roosevelt Corollary
Gupta Dynasty
40. In Hinduism - it is the release from the cycle of reincarnation through unification with Brahma.
Moksha
communism
Henry VIII
joint stock company
41. On November 9th - 1938 - Nazis in German looted - and burned Jewish stores and Synagogues - often beating Jews in the street. Over 90 Jews were killed during Kristallnacht. Also called Night of Broken Glass.
bureaucracy
Estates General
NATO
Kristallnacht
42. Handheld weapon that uses small balls of lead as projectiles and gunpowder as the blasting agent.
slave
Great Purge
Canon on Medicine
musket
43. A paved road or path.
al-Khwarizimi
spinning jenny
urbanization
causeway
44. (1754-1793) King of France between 1774 and 1792. He was overthrown during the French Revolution and later beheaded.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Czar
Louis XVI
Cardinal Richelieu
45. Jewish scholar charged with conducting religious services - ensuring that Jewish laws are observed - and serving as a spiritual guide for the community.
Warsaw Pact
de San Mart
Perestroika
Rabbi
46. (1925?- ) President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. His brutal regime resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of people - as well as the near total ruin of Uganda. He was overthrown and exiled to Saudi Arabia in 1979.
mass production
Berlin Conference
Amin - Idi
sati
47. (1712-1786) - King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. Enlightened despot who enlarged Prussia by gaining land from Austria when Maria Theresa became Empress.
telescope
Frederick the Great
African National Congress
pictographs
48. (320-550 C.E.)Ruling family in India during its golden age. Responsible for many achievements.
interracial marriage
messiah
Spanish Armada
Gupta Dynasty
49. (563?-483?BCE) - Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism. Siddhartha was born into the Brahmin caste - and by all account led a luxurious lifestyle. However - He was troubled by the human misery that he saw around him everyday. Upon reflection
Gautama - Siddhartha
terrace farming
Lao Tze
chinampas
50. The control of one country by another through the stationing of military troops and military government.
Pilgrimage
occupation (military)
migration
Haiku