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1. A person owing service to a feudal lord.
vassal
colonization
caravel
craftsman
2. Chemical compound that burns very quickly. Used in weaponry.
Caliph
Creoles
gunpowder
Darius I
3. (1889-1964) Indian nationalist leader and the first prime minister of independent India from 1947 to 1964. Along with Mohandas Gandhi - He was instrumental in freeing India from Britain's control.
patrician
Space Shuttle
Warsaw Pact
Nehru - Jawaharlal
4. Relating to a system that makes laws.
legislative
interdependence
bourgeoisie
Shaman
5. Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Aug 6th - 1945.
Hiroshima
Mecca
Rousseau - Jean Jacques
Five Year Plans
6. A catch all phrase for the trade occurring between Europe - Africa - and the Americas. Trade goods include raw materials from the Americas - manufactured goods from Europe - and slaves from Africa.
Age of Reason
Congress of Vienna
Triangle Trade
38th Parallel
7. (1810-61) Prime Minister of Sardinia - a large Italian State. He formed alliances with other foreign powers to help end Austria's and Spain's control. Instrumental in the unification of Italy.
extermination
Mayans
Monroe Doctrine
Cavour - Camillo
8. Dutch descended colonist living in South Africa. Also called Boers.
middle class
culture
Afrikaners
Abraham
9. The re-conquest of Spain by the Christians after centuries of Islamic domination.
de Klerk - F. W.
Reconquista
power loom
Panama Canal
10. A system of government in which a single - totalitarian - party holds power. It is characterized by state control of the economy - and restriction on personal freedoms. It was first proposed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifest
Archimedes
Panama Canal
Soviet Union (U.S.S.are.)
communism
11. A device used to make thread.
95 Theses
spinning jenny
al-Sadat - Anwar
Magna Carta
12. (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.
African National Congress
Seppuku
Boer War
Shaka Zulu
13. An early trading civilization located in present day Lebanon and Syria along the Mediterranean. They produced various products - such as glass - papyrus scrolls - and dyes - and established trade across the entire Mediterranean Sea. The Phoenician tr
Phoenicians
migration
Feudalism
Orlando - Vittorio
14. The ninth month of the Muslim calendar. All Muslims must fast during daylight hours - except the very young or sick.
League of Nations
ethnic cleansing
Ramadan
interdependence
15. (1881-1955) English scientist who - in 1928 - observed that a mold called Penicillium killed germs. This discovery resulted in the development of antibiotics - which attack or weaken bacteria that cause many diseases. Antibiotics were not widely used
Environment
Five Year Plans
Fleming - Alexander
Monroe Doctrine
16. An independent Polish labor Union which fought against communism in Poland in the 1980s. Most notable for helping to end communism in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe.
Cultural Revolution
Solidarity
Lloyd George - David
Reconquista
17. A person who makes quality - practical or decorative goods.
Joseph II
craftsman
developing nations
Quran
18. An independent state or country.
arable
Scientific Method
nation-state
Agrarian Revolution
19. A book of political advice written by Niccolo Machiavelli during the Renaissance in which he describes the methods that a prince should use to acquire and maintain political power. This book was used to defend policies of despotism and tyranny. Machi
Genghis Khan
Prince - The
Persian Empire
Hiroshima
20. Hindu god called the Destroyer. Shiva is the third member of the triad that includes Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
Shiva
Wealth of Nations
Don Quixote
totalitarianism
21. (1469-1527) Italian historian - statesman - and political philosopher of the Renaissance. His greatest work is The Prince - a book of political advice to rulers in which he describes the methods that a prince should use to acquire and maintain politi
fief
Roosevelt Corollary
Rousseau - Jean Jacques
Machiavelli - Niccolo
22. First new government during the first stage of the French Revolution.
philosophy
National Assembly
Cortez - Hernan
censorship
23. Judaism is the oldest known monotheistic religion still practiced in the world today. Its fundamental teachings have been influential and are the basis for more recently developed religions such as Christianity and Islam. Judaism teaches that there i
Luther - Martin
Marco Polo
Magna Carta
Judaism
24. Leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Chosen by the College of Cardinals.
Pope
militarism
Stalin - Josef
bill of exchange
25. During the Industrial Revolution - it was the consolidation of many small farms into one large farm - which created a labor force as many people lost their homes.
Machiavelli - Niccolo
Enclosure Movement
Untouchables
escalate
26. Mutual assistance or reliance between two or more parties.
russification
terrace farming
interdependence
Loyola - Ignatius
27. Time period in European history between the fall of Rome in 476 C.E. and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance in the early 15th century.
Parthenon
Middle Ages
inherit
Greek column
28. (1834-1900) German inventor. He is best know for his work in the development of the gasoline internal combustion engine.
Daimler - Gottlieb
dome
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Al-Qaeda
29. (1856-1924) President of the United States during World War I. He was one of the formulators of the Treaty of Versailles. He also proposed a regulating body of nations to avoid future conflicts through diplomacy in his 14 Points Speech.
Wilson - Woodrow
decimal system
reverence
Treaty of Portsmouth
30. (1773-1859) Chancellor of the Astro-Hungarian Empire between 1821 and 1848. He was the most powerful political figure in Europe between 1814 and 1848. He was driven from power in the Revolutions of 1848.
Prince Metternich
Panama Canal
Five Pillars of Islam
Imam
31. A political revolution in China led by Mao Zedong. After several years of fighting the Kuomintang - the communists won control of the country in 1949.
38th Parallel
Laissez-Faire Economics
Chinese Communist Revolution
karma
32. Code of behavior for followers of Buddhism.
Chivalry
Old Testament
Hegira
Eightfold Path
33. The bringing in of goods from another country for sale or trade.
jihad
Pericles
African Trading Kingdoms
import
34. Members of the upper class in some social class systems.
gentry
International Monetary Fund
sovereignty
terrace farming
35. A triangular shaped building.
Protestant
pyramid
Da Gama - Vasco
Internet
36. Concept of John Locke's that states all people have the right to life - liberty - and property.
starvation
natural rights
government
Menes
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
technology
divorce
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Amritsar Massacre
38. (1743?-1803) Revolutionary leader Who is responsible for ousting France from Haiti during the Latin American Revolutions in the early 19th century.
39. Prime Minister - or chief executive of a country or nation state.
greenhouse gas
chancellor
Hirohito
Analects - The
40. A canal linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It was a vital trade route in the British Empire during imperialism - and continues to link North Africa and Europe to Asia today.
deforestation
pagoda
Suez Canal
Latin American Revolutions
41. Hereditary nation state centered in Turkey. It was founded in the late 13th century after the collapse of the Byzantine Empire and extended across most of Asia Minor and the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire collapsed shortly after World War II.
Ottoman Empire
Asoka
Chinese Communist Revolution
Greco-Roman
42. (1491-1547) King of England who transformed his country into a Protestant nation during the Reformation.
multinational company
Henry VIII
Fourteen Points Speech
Wright - Wilbur
43. Ethnic group of indo-European descent which includes Russians - Bulgarians - and Poles.
Sun Yixian
fundamental
Amritsar Massacre
Slavic
44. Widespread hunger caused by the near complete lack of food.
famine
manorialism
Old Imperialism
Opium War
45. A cold war policy that called for containing communism to areas already under its influence. This policy was proposed by U.S. President Harry Truman.
dictatorship
containment
foreign policy
export
46. Effort in God's service waged by Muslims in defense of the Islamic faith.
humanism
jihad
Wheel of Life
algebra
47. German word meaning lightning war. It was a German army tactic during World War II which called for quick moving - hard hitting drives into enemy territory.
Islam
blitzkrieg
Imam
Clemenceau - Georges
48. Rights such as voting - and the ability to hold public office.
political rights
property
voting
massacre
49. Hindu for 'enlightened one.' See also Siddhartha Gautama.
Age of Reason
extinction
Buddha
Kong Fu Zi
50. (1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions. Japan emerges victorious.
Aztecs
conquistadors
Prince Metternich
Russo-Japanese War