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Global History Basics
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1. (1919-1980) - Dictator ruler of Iran from 1941 to 1979. He was supported by the United States throughout most of the Cold War due to his anti communist stance. Overthrown during the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
Scientific Method
Berlin Airlift
Sharia
Pahlavi - Muhammad Reza
2. A substance spread onto soil to increase its ability to support crops. Fertilizers include organic materials - such as manure - but can also be man made chemicals such as nitrates.
Newcomen - Thomas
fertilizers
river valley
Treaty of Nanjing
3. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos
empire
agriculture
Communist Manifesto - The
Perry - Matthew
4. Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Aug 8th - 1945.
Nagasaki
Old Kingdom
Olmecs
fascism
5. (1936 - ) The white South African president who ended Apartheid in the early 1990s.
de Klerk - F. W.
Hegira
Jiang Jieshi
karma
6. An enlightened Despot who ruled the Austrian Empire.
Nehru - Jawaharlal
Maria Teresa
Mencius
Roosevelt Corollary
7. (1859-1906) French scientist. He is best known for his work with his wife Marie in the field of radioactivity.
Sun Yixian
Global North
Curie - Pierre
Space Shuttle
8. Economic aid from the United States used to rebuild Europe after World War II. Named after United States Secretary of State George Marshall.
Marshall Plan
insurance
spheres of influence
factory
9. (1909-1972) Independence leader who help lead Ghana out of European imperialism after World War II.
Bonaparte - Napoleon
heliocentric model
Nkrumah - Kwame
Cromwell - Oliver
10. First new government during the first stage of the French Revolution.
urbanization
Middle Kingdom (Egypt)
movable type printing machines
National Assembly
11. A form of fine handwriting.
Kami
porcelain
Loyola - Ignatius
calligraphy
12. A social - political - and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval European life.
Reconquista
political ideologies
Amin - Idi
Feudalism
13. Important symbol of Buddhism. It represents the endless cycle of life through reincarnation.
Lenin - Vladimir
rigid social class system
Confucianism
Wheel of Life
14. (1900) A rebellion by the people of China to end foreign domination.
Christianity
Gandhi - Mohandas
Boxer Rebellion
Latin America
15. The Chinese philosophy of Taoism (or Daoism) developed in the latter part of the Chou Dynasty - during a period of turmoil in which it was not clear that Chinese civilization would survive. It represents a naturalistic ideal of how one should live th
evolution
Taoism / Daoism
BCE
mass production
16. (1967)War between Israel and Egypt - Syria - and Jordon where Israel defeated the three in six days - capturing territory from each.
Six-Day War
hijacking
Ferdinand - Franz
Reconquista
17. (1527-1598) King of Spain from 1556 to 1598. Absolute monarch who helped lead the Counter Reformation by persecuting Protestants in his holdings. Also sent the Spanish Armada against England.
Philip II
Chinese Communist Revolution
extraterritoriality
tariff
18. To exclude a Christian from receiving the Sacraments.
colonialism
excommunicate
dome
Five Relationships
19. A large temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the Acropolis in Athens - Greece. It was built in the 5th century BCE - during the Athenian golden age.
Truman Doctrine
Caste System
Parthenon
censorship
20. Dutch descended colonist living in South Africa. Also called Boers.
Olmecs
sacraments
Gautama - Siddhartha
Afrikaners
21. (1906-1982) Leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. During his control of the Soviet Union - relations with the West - as well as the Soviet economy - experienced a long period of stagnation.
Bushido
Protestant
Brezhnev - Leonid
Pythagoras
22. Document written by Martin Luther detailing what he believed to be the problems in the medieval Church.
95 Theses
Social Contract - The
Loyola - Ignatius
Young Italy
23. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Formed in 1922 from most of the former Russian Empire. The Soviet Union was controlled by the Communist Party headquarter in Moscow - Russia. The Soviet Union was a world superpower along with the United Sta
Soviet Union (U.S.S.are.)
Confucius
French Indochina
Warsaw Pact
24. Nations that are economically and technologically less developed than industrialized nations.
Three Gorges Dam
Agrarian Revolution
Shakespeare - William
developing nations
25. A policy if the Truman presidency that called for supporting any nation resisting communism.
Truman Doctrine
middle class
Moksha
Dalai Lama
26. A form of fine handwriting.
calligraphy
Arabic
proletariat
human and physical geography
27. Name Enlightenment thinker Jean Jacques Rousseau uses to describe majority rule.
general will
hieroglyphics
gunpowder
voting
28. A popular practice that tightly bound the feet of young girls - deforming them as they grew older. This was done to achieve the desired cultural practice of having dainty - lady-like feet.
philosopher
Hutus and Tutsis
foot-binding
dyke
29. Japanese writing system adapted from Chinese - with the addition of phonetic symbols representing syllables.
dynastic cycle
representative democracy
Kana
Asian Tigers
30. The economic program designed to increase farm and industrial output though the creation of communes. Communes are similar to Soviet collectives in that groups of people live and work together on government owned farms and in government owned industr
Da Gama - Vasco
Meiji Restoration
Great Leap Forward
Bonaparte - Napoleon
31. To reject a belief or withdraw something previously said.
Talmud
Slavic
recant
provisional government
32. The belief in one god or goddess.
Age of Reason
trade
Suez Canal
monotheism
33. Also known as The Three Baskets of Wisdom - a book written by John Locke describing his views on government which explained that all men have Natural Rights - which are Life - Liberty - and Property - and that the purpose of government was to protect
concentration camp
Two Treatises of Government
Meiji
Mayans
34. Writing system that uses drawings of objects.
colonization
Aztecs
pictographs
United Nations
35. The spiritual leader of the Tibetan sect of Buddhism - and is considered to be the reincarnation of the bodhisattva - or 'buddha-to-be.'
Dalai Lama
Magna Carta
Arabic Numerals
cannon
36. Term given to the Internet due to the amount of information transferred.
caravel
information superhighway
Michelangelo
Spanish Armada
37. Nationalistic organization in India with the purpose of ending British control. Prominent members include Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Indian National Congress
Yom Kippur War
Joseph II
pesticides
38. The legislative body of France. Composed of representatives from the three estates which are Clergy in the First Estate - Nobles in the Second Estate - and peasants in the Third Estate. Each Estate is entitled to one vote on legislative matters. The
Axis Powers
caravel
property
Estates General
39. Floating islands of land anchored to a lake bottom used for agriculture. This technique was used by the Aztecs.
superpowers
Einstein - Albert
chinampas
Dante
40. The process of altering life forms by manipulating their genetic structure.
genetic engineering
serfs
French Revolution
Parthenon
41. A person that is a member of a legislative body called a Senate.
senator
Kong Fu Zi
Little Red Book
d
42. He is considered a founder of Judaism due to his role in the liberation of the Hebrews from Egypt - and his delivery of the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai sometime around 2000 BCE.
Wealth of Nations
von Bismarck - Otto
Moses
civil service exam
43. (1778-1850) Latin American revolutionary. He is one of the main leaders of the Latin American independence movement.
de San Mart
Latin America
von Bismarck - Otto
extermination
44. An agent that helps prevent or reduce infection in wounds.
gunpowder
social contract
antiseptic
Roosevelt Corollary
45. In colonial Latin America - American born Spanish gentry - They owned most of the land but were treated like second class citizens - and were denied political rights.
Creoles
civil service exam
tea ceremony
hijacking
46. A boundary established by Pope Alexander VI on in 1493 to define the spheres of Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the New World. Part of the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Pax Mongolia
line of demarcation
political ideologies
Louis XVI
47. In colonial Latin America - Spanish official sent to govern Latin American colonies. They controlled government completely.
Wheel of Life
Peninsulares
Soviet Union (U.S.S.are.)
Pan Africanism
48. The spreading of ideas through contact such as trade or war.
Bol
cultural diffusion
Ptolemy
recant
49. Alliance of Germany - Italy - and Japan during World War II.
Justinians Code
ideology
Axis Powers
Smith - Adam
50. A system of government in which the citizens hold the legislative - judicial - and executive power - based on majority rule.
raw materials
Sikhism
Industrialization
democracy