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1. A moving body of water that usually has its source in an area of high ground.
Akbar the Great
river
Tokugawa Shogunate
Seljuk Turks
2. (1509-1564) Theologian and church reformer who developed a form of Protestantism during the Reformation. His church is known for the idea of predestination - which states certain people are predestined for heaven.
Calvin - John
Ibn Sina
Aryans
Watt - James
3. Class system in France before the French Revolution. There were three Estates - First Estate was Clergy - Second was Nobility - and Third was peasants - merchants - and townspeople.
Afrikaners
Feudalism
voting
Estates
4. Political and Religious revolution in England between 1640 and 1660. The monarchy was abolished in favor of a Republic led by Oliver Cromwell. It ended with the seating of Charles II on the throne. Also known as the English Revolution.
Columbian Exchange
Calvin - John
Menes
Puritan Revolution
5. (2575 BCE - 2134 BCE) Period in ancient Egyptian history characterized by the building of the Great Pyramids at Giza.
Vietnam Conflict/War
Old Kingdom
Marshall Plan
anatomy
6. (1167?-1227) One of the Mongol's greatest leaders and founder of the Mongol Empire.
Genghis Khan
Ahimsa
Last Supper - The
conquistadors
7. Theory of the universe that states the sun is the center - and that the earth revolves around it.
spinning jenny
Tao-te-Ching
heliocentric model
New Kingdom
8. A famine in 1845 when the main crop of Ireland - potatoes - was destroyed by disease. Irish farmers grew other food items - such as wheat and oats - but Great Britain required them to export those items to them - leaving nothing for the Irish to live
Castro - Fidel
Princip - Gavrilo
Irish Potato Famine
import
9. An international body composed of many countries that seeks to promote peace - prosperity - and cooperation around the world. It was formed in 1945 at the end of World War II.
divorce
Aswan High Dam
United Nations
social contract
10. (1469?-1524) Portuguese explorer who - in 1498 - established an all water route to India
Newton - Isaac
power loom
evolution
Da Gama - Vasco
11. The administration portion of the government.
Glasnost
Seppuku
block printing
bureaucracy
12. (1918 - )A black South African leader who protested the policy of Apartheid and spent over thirty years in prison before becoming the first black president of South Africa.
Mandela - Nelson
manorialism
capital
Wealth of Nations
13. Services including the collection and disposal of sewage and garbage.
sanitation
Scramble For Africa
bureaucracy
climate
14. An independent state or country.
sraeli - Palestinian Conflict
Black Hand
nation-state
Pol Pot
15. A famous Renaissance painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Kaiser Wilhelm
Rabbi
Last Supper - The
Berlin Airlift
16. (1961) Crises that developed as a result of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's decision to allow the Soviet Union to base nuclear missiles in Cuba. Upon discovery - the United States confronted the Soviet Union and demanded the missiles be removed. For ne
Cuban Missile Crisis
Fourteen Points Speech
Mohammed
Sepoy Mutiny
17. A system of laws. Some of the features of this system include - men being equal under the law - having the right to face their accusers - and being considered innocent until proven guilty.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Constantine
Laws of the Twelve Tables
Crusades
18. The policy of maintaining colonies as a source of raw materials and new markets. Practiced during old and new imperialism.
International Monetary Fund
William and Mary
colonialism
Prince Metternich
19. (1450?-1500) Portuguese explorer who - in 1488 - was the first person to round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
Counter-Reformation
Greco-Roman
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
Dias - Bartholomeu
20. (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
Cabinet System
nuclear weapons
Bell - Alexander Graham
21. The pilgrimage or holy journey to the city of Mecca
Feudalism
golden age
Russo-Japanese War
hajj
22. The belief in many gods or goddesses.
algebra
Nasser - Gamal Abdel
tea ceremony
polytheism
23. The first patriarch in the Bible. Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son - Isaac - and was rewarded for being prepared to do so. He is considered by Jewish people as the father of the Israelites through his son Isaac - and by Muslims as the fa
westernization
Abraham
Young Italy
Ibn Sina
24. A system of forced labor.
market economy
Abraham
slavery
Suez War of 1956
25. (1957- ) Saudi Arabian multimillionaire and leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. He is responsible for numerous terrorist attacks on the United States including the destruction of the World Trade Center.
architect
Osama bin Laden
dome
Scientific Revolution
26. A situation where there are no clear winners.
gentry
United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
von Bismarck - Otto
stalemate
27. A company that does business in more than one country - usually by setting up branch offices.
joint stock company
multinational company
Panama Canal
senator
28. Important symbol of Buddhism. It represents the endless cycle of life through reincarnation.
Bushido
divine right
Ghana
Wheel of Life
29. Term given to describe the Enlightenment.
Sepoy
Scandinavian Vikings
Parthenon
Age of Reason
30. In Hinduism - it is the principal of non violence against all living things.
telescope
Ahimsa
Caliph
dam
31. A war in the country of Vietnam - first between the French and Vietnamese - as France was attempting to hold onto its colony. The second war was between the United States and the communist forces of North Vietnam - as the U.S. was attempting to keep
Vietnam Conflict/War
Pan Africanism
appeasement
Loyola - Ignatius
32. King and Queen of England from 1689 to 1702. They were placed on the throne as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 - and ruled as limited monarchs.
dome
Paleolithic Age
William and Mary
Rhodes - Cecil
33. The curving distance east or west of the prime meridian that stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole.
commerce
longitude
Indian Nationalist Movement
causeway
34. A person who specializes in the study of astronomical bodies.
astronomer
Gautama - Siddhartha
judicial
nuclear weapons
35. A person who makes quality - practical or decorative goods.
craftsman
sanitation
Olmecs
British East India Company
36. The buying and selling of people for the purposes of slavery.
Zollverein
slave trade
subcontinent
dam
37. A region of Central America - Mexico - and South America where several pre-Columbian civilizations lived including the Maya - Inca - and Aztecs.
Laissez-Faire Economics
scholar
Hubble Space Telescope
Mesoamerican
38. A dramatic change in the economy of Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. It is characterized by an increase in towns and trade - the use of banks and credit - and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price.
trade
domino theory
Commercial Revolution
International Monetary Fund
39. A law code created by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian about 530 CE. It was a revision of the old Roman law system.
Spanish-American War
hydroelectric power
Justinians Code
Frederick the Great
40. The average weather in a region.
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
Holy Trinity
climate
partnership
41. 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.
socialism
capitalism
Judaism
circumnavigate
42. (1894?-1978) Independence leader who help lead Kenya out of European imperialism after World War II.
nomad
ideology
Afrikaners
Kenyatta - Jomo
43. Warrior class during Japan's feudal age.
de San Mart
collective farm
samurai
New Kingdom
44. Former independent kingdom and state of Germany. In the late 19th century - it formed the central state of the German Empire - which was one of the largest in Europe.
nomad
bourgeoisie
Prussia
Ghana
45. The collection of religious writings by Siddhartha Gautama - the Buddha.
slavery
New Economic Policy
Tripitka
Long Parliament
46. (1754-1793) King of France between 1774 and 1792. He was overthrown during the French Revolution and later beheaded.
Judaism
Louis XVI
Orlando - Vittorio
Euclid
47. A war between North Korean - which was supported by both the Soviet Union and communist China - and South Korea - which was supported by the United States and the United Nations. The war occurred between 1950 and 1953 and ended in an armistice and or
bureaucracy
38th Parallel
appeasement
Korean War
48. A system of laws. Some of the features of this system include - men being equal under the law - having the right to face their accusers - and being considered innocent until proven guilty.
Nuremburg Trials
Slavic
mass production
Laws of the Twelve Tables
49. A spiritual leader in a variety of religions.
priest
Neolithic Age
New Testament
Open Door Policy
50. (1948-49) War between Israel and the Arab world over the formation of the nation of Israel.
Meiji Restoration
senator
Israeli War for Independence
Ramayana
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