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Global History Basics
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1. A political system in which the government is under the control of the merchant class.
Untouchables
Wright - Orville
Great Depression
Oligarchy
2. An infectious disease transmitted by fleas. It is characterized by fever - chills - and the formation of swellings. Also known as the Black Plague or Black Death.
Rousseau - Jean Jacques
Pax Mongolia
Cold War
bubonic plague
3. (1901-1989) Emperor of Japan from 1926 until 1989. He is the last Japanese emperor to be considered divine. Led Japan through World War II.
jihad
Bonaparte - Napoleon
Hunting and gathering
Hirohito
4. In the early 19th century - Great Britain began importing opium - processed from poppy plants grown in the Crown Colony of India - into China. Chinese officials attempted to ban the importation of the highly addictive opium - but ultimately failed. T
Arafat - Yasir
government
liberty
Opium War
5. The complete destruction of a group of people.
extermination
Korean Bridge
Marco Polo
Princip - Gavrilo
6. An economy based on agriculture - with others in society working in simple crafts - such as the manufacturing of cloth or pottery.
river
Cold War
Bessemer - Sir Henry
traditional economy
7. Term given for the rapid invasion of Africa by the various European powers. This began imperialism in Africa.
Scramble For Africa
appeasement
Silk Road
Creoles
8. (1843-1910) German physician who - in the 1880's - discovered that bacteria caused tuberculosis.
Mecca
Koch - Robert
Soviet Union (U.S.S.are.)
gentry
9. Concept of John Locke's that states all people have the right to life - liberty - and property.
ummification
natural rights
cuneiform
extraterritoriality
10. An agent that helps prevent or reduce infection in wounds.
antiseptic
Social Darwinism
merchant
Prince Metternich
11. An artist who creates three-dimensional works of art - usually in stone or clay.
sculptor
Ramadan
westernization
tradition
12. (1451-1506) Italian explorer working for Spain who - in 1492 - crossed the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the Americas for Spain.
Columbus - Christopher
constitutional monarchy
Hobbes - Thomas
proletariat
13. Manufacturing system where work was distributed and retrieved from individuals in their homes.
Castro - Fidel
Orlando - Vittorio
ethnocentric
Put Out System
14. The burning of a dead body until it turns to ash.
Nazi
political autonomy
cremation
pesticides
15. According to the Hebrew Bible - an anointed king who will lead the Jews back to the land of Israel and establish justice in the world. According to the Christians - the Messiah was Jesus Christ.
Boer War
messiah
famine
Archimedes
16. A system of thought devoted to the examination of ideas such as truth - existence - reality - causality - religion - and freedom
cultural diffusion
Triple Entente
philosophy
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
17. The massive air war against Great Britain by the Nazi war machine in Germany. Nearly nightly bombings occurred between summer of 1940 and summer of 1941 before German withdrew. Great Britain fought alone during this year and never gave up.
Battle of Britain
Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Accident
desertification
slave trade
18. (1476?-1541) Spanish conquistador Who was responsible for the conquest of the Incan Empire.
chinampas
Pizarro - Francisco
Scientific Method
oracle bones
19. A device used to steer a ship. It is usually shaped like a paddle and is on the back of the boat.
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
BCE
rudder
city-state
20. (8-4 BCE- 29? CE) Founder of Christianity. Considered by Christians to be the son of God and the Messiah. He is the central figure in the Christian Religion.
Age of Exploration
Christ - Jesus
Watt - James
Herzl - Theodor
21. (1937- ) President of Iraq since 1979. He has led his control into two devastating wars - one against Iran in 1980 to 1988 - and the Persian Gulf War in 1990 - 1991 which started as a result of his invading Kuwait.
unequal treaty
Hussein - Saddam
Rasputin - Grigory
interracial marriage
22. A person who designs buildings.
Michelangelo
economic rights
invasion
architect
23. Ancient Middle Eastern empire comprising modern day Iran. The Perisan Empire dominated the Middle East from the middle of the 6th century BCE to about the end of the 5th century BCE - Its greatest ruler was Dairus I. Persia was later conquered by Ale
blitzkrieg
Persian Empire
Abraham
Solidarity
24. A political system in which a country is ruled by law - has representative government - and is democratic in nature.
Fleming - Alexander
technology
republic
NAFTA
25. A social - political - and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval European life.
Hussein - Saddam
Puritan Revolution
Feudalism
Guevara - Che
26. (1899-1902) War between Great Britain and the Boers in South Africa over control of rich mining country. Great Britain won and created the Union of South Africa comprised of all the South African colonies.
Orthodox Christianity
Einstein - Albert
Crusades
Boer War
27. In China - it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that was used to select people for various government service jobs in the bureaucracy.
Imperialism
Estates
excommunicate
civil service exam
28. The term given to process in which cultural diffusion occurred between China and Japan though Korean contact with both civilizations.
Korean Bridge
Maria Teresa
New Imperialism
Cabinet System
29. The legal act of ending a marriage.
Curie - Pierre
divorce
Native Americans & Slaves
Pan Slavism
30. To gain something when someone dies - such as property or money.
movable type printing machines
Curie - Pierre
Rousseau - Jean Jacques
inherit
31. To gain something when someone dies - such as property or money.
inherit
anatomy
Buddha
republic
32. (320-550 C.E.)Ruling family in India during its golden age. Responsible for many achievements.
dynasty
Gupta Dynasty
bourgeoisie
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
33. Date designation meaning Before Common Era - or more than two thousand years ago.
zoology
Caesar - Julius
culture system
BCE
34. Area of southeast Asia controlled by France during Imperialism. Includes Cambodia - Laos - and Vietnam.
Roosevelt Corollary
Mona Lisa
Imam
French Indochina
35. (371?-289 BCE) - Chinese philosopher - who studied Confucianism. He later refined many of the ideas and spread them across China. Also known as Mengzi - or Meng-tzu.
spheres of influence
Atman
Latin America
Mencius
36. Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Aug 6th - 1945.
spinning jenny
Hiroshima
AIDS
predestination
37. April 3rd of 1919. British soldiers killed close to 400 unarmed Indian men - women - and children - and wounded 1 -100 more. People had gathered in the center of town to protest British occupation of their country - and to demand equality. This was a
Mandate of Heaven
Amritsar Massacre
gunpowder
insurance
38. A monarch who retains absolute control of their country while also enacting reform based on Enlightenment ideas.
Prince Metternich
philosophy
enlightened despots
mosque
39. Nationalist Party in China led by Jiang Jieshi - which began a war against the Communist Party led by Mao Zedong. Both fought for control of China - with Mao and the Communists ultimately winning in 1949.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Castro - Fidel
Kuomintang
Kristallnacht
40. (1886-1973) First Prime Minister of Israel.
Ben-Gurion - David
democracy
caravel
fief
41. An enlightened despot who ruled over Russia. She is responsible for many positive changes in Russia - as well as securing the country a warm water port.
stockholder
dynasty
craftsman
Catherine the Great
42. Nationalistic movement which emphasized the unity of all Slavic peoples - and sought to end foreign control of various Slavic nations.
Pan Slavism
appeasement
general will
voting
43. Italians City-States which were the center of the rebirth of European trade and culture at the end of the Middle Ages.
aqueducts
Venice and Florence
sati
Nuremburg Trials
44. (1929)The steep fall in the prices of stocks due to widespread financial panic. It was caused by stock brokers who called in the loans they had made to stock investors. This caused stock prices to fall - and many people lost their entire life savings
Social Contract - The
Sahara Desert
Stock Market Crash
liberty
45. A Mesoamerican civilization of Mexico who created a strong empire that flourished between the 14th and 15th century. The arrival of Hernando Cortez and the Spanish Conquistadores ended their empire.
Stock Market Crash
Aztecs
Five Year Plans
dyke
46. Political revolution in the British North American Colonies starting in 1776 that removed the colonies from Great Britain's control - and established an independent nation know as the United States of America.
Aswan High Dam
architect
Marx - Karl
American Revolution
47. Nationalistic group/army created and led by Guiseppe Garibaldi to end foreign control of Italy during the 19th century.
bubonic plague
fertilizers
Red Shirts
jihad
48. In Hinduism - Brahman is the name given to the oneness of the universe.
Copernicus - Nicolaus
Mecca
Haiku
Brahman
49. The killing of all the people from a ethnic group - religious group - or people from a specific nation.
Neolithic Revolution
mixed economy
centralized government
genocide
50. Period of North and South American history before the arrival of the Europeans in the late 15th century.
Pre-Columbian
Hirohito
cremation
matriarchal