Glossary

Question 1

Afrikaners

Answer 1

Descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Cape Colony in southern Africa.

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Question 2

anticlericalism

Answer 2

Opposition to the clergy.

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Question 3

appeasement

Answer 3

The British policy torward Germany prior to World War II that aimed at granting Hitler’s territorial demands, including western Czechoslovakia, in order to avoid war.
Munich Agreement
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Question 5

Arab Spring

Answer 5

A series of popular revolts in several countries in the middle East and North Africa that sought an end to authoritarian, often Western-supported regimes. p.1048

Question 6

Atlantic slave trade

Answer 6

The forced migration of Africans across the Atlantic for slave labor on plantations and in other industries; the trade reached its peak in the 18th century and ultimately involved more than 12 million Africans. p.562

Question 7

Aztec Empire

Answer 7

A large and complex Native American civilization in modern Mexico and Central America that posessed advanced mathematical, astronomical, and engineering technology. p.440

Question 8

Babylonian Captivity

Answer 8

The period from 1309 to 1476 when the popes resided in Avignon rather than in Rome. The phrase refers ro the seventy years when the Hebrews were held captive in Babylon. p. 339

Question 9

Balfour Declaration

Answer 9

A 1917 British statement that declared British support of a National Home for the Jewish People in Palestine. p. 857

Question 10

Battle of Peterloo

Answer 10

The army’s suppression of a protest that took place in Sant Peter’s Fields in Manchester in reaction to the revision of the Corn Laws. p. 704

Question 11

Bauhaus

Answer 11

A German interdisciplinary school of fine and applied arts that brought together many leading modern architects, designers, and theatrical innovators. p.875