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What is Aboslutism?
- The monarch has sovereign power of the state
- Some had fundamental laws to obey
- Could be influenced by nobles
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What is Anarchism?
- No one is in control
- The Liberals (Enlightenment)where considered anarchists by monarchists
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Who is Aristole?
- A Greek philosopher
- Student of Plato
- Teacher of Alexander the Great
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Who is Otto von Bismark?
- Unified Germany during many wars
- Transferred the capital of continental Europe from Paris or Vienna to Berlin
- During the the beginning of the 1870's
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What is Black Death?
A great epidemic of many plaques that killed a large part of Europe during the 14th centuray
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Who is Julius Caesar?
- He reformed the Roman society and government into the Roman Empire
- Considered greatest military general
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What is Carolingian Renaissance?
- Revival of Western Europe during Charlemagne
- During (768-814)
- First time since Roman Empire that Latin Christian Europe was unified
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Who is Clovis?
- Founder of the Merovingian dynasty of Frankish kings
- Defeated the last Roman ruler in Gaul
- Turned to Catholic by wife
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What is Cold War?
- The relationship between USA and USSR from 1845 to 1980
- WMD were a big threat during this time
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What is Colombian Exchange?
- When Europe and the Americas exchange products/diseases/slaves
- This happened during the Age of Exploration and the First Global Age
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Who is Constantine?
- Spread Christianity throughout Europe during the Byzantine
- His empire was called NewRome
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What were the Crusades?
- A series of Holy Wars that were launched by the Christian states of Europe to recover Palestine
- Started during the 1970's
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What were the Estates General?
- Louis XVI summons them for its first meeting since 1614
- Made of three states the clergy the nobility and the third estate made by the majority of the other people
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What was the Glorious Revolution?
- The English people revolted against the demands of James II
- James the second was king of England, Ireland, and Scotland
- Started social reform and didn't listen to the English parliament this angered them and the people
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What were the Hundred Years' War?
- Lasted from (1337-1453)
- King Philip VI of France attempted to take English territories land in Southwestern France they eventually drove them out
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Who was Karl Marx?
Established the Communist ideology after the Industrial Revolution
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Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?
Tried to unify Italy during the 1850's
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What was Laissez-faire capitalism?
- Unregulated capitalism will create the greatest benefit for all.
- Used as reason to to intervene in Irish famine.
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Who was John Locke?
- Came up with theory of "Natural Law"
- People have inalienable rights Life, Liberty, and Property.
- Contributed to American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence.
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Who was Martin Luther?
- Inspired the Reformation
- Wrote King James Bible
- Proposed things against the Jew
- Ideas give full publicity by the Nazis
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What was Magna Carta?
- It set down rights for the English Law
- During King John's reign because he was tyrannical
- (Trail by jury,protection of private property0
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What was NATO?
Alliance between North America and Europeans territories to protect them from Soviet Union during the Cold War
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Who was Pericles?
- Was a military and political leader of Athens
- Opened archonship to lower class
- Helped make Athens the dominate Greek City State
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What was the Scramble for Africa?
- Competition between European countries for new found resources in Africa
- Divided by industrialized countries by Berlin Conference
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Who was Josef Stalin?
- Rose to power during the 1920's
- Instructed five year plan and purges
- Signed a treaty where they would take over eastern Poland when Germany attacked poland
- (WW2)
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What was the Triple Alliance?
Agreement between Germany, Ottoman Empire, Italy, and Austria Hungary during WW1
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What was Triple Entente?
- Agreement between Russia, France, and Britain
- Happened because of the Triple Alliance
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What was the Warsaw Pact?
- Communist nations in eastern Europe counter to NATO
- Comprised of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslavia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union
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Who was William the Conqueror?
- Duke of Normady, promised the English Throne by King Edward.
- Ended fighting Harold twice for throne.
- (1066-1087)
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Who was Woodrow Wilson?
- Created Federal Reserve
- Lowered work days
- Child labor laws
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