History Final Flashcards
(192 cards)
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ruled the small states of Japan
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clans
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prince known as the founder of Japanese civilization
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Prince Shitoku
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word for emperor
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mikato
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how many independent nations is south east Asia made up of
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10
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1st person to united upper and lower egypt
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Menes
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gave egypt the nickname “gift of the Nile”
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herodotus
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language of egypt
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hieroglyphics
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where are the great pyramids built at
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giza
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name of Alexander’s general who took egypt over after its division
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Ptolomy
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source of the Nile river
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Lake Victoria
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first African christian
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Ethiopian Eunuch
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belief that animals and other things are inhabited by spirits
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animism
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which peninsula is Greece on
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Balkan
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“politics” comes from this Greek word for city state
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polis
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hilltop fortress of the polis
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acropolis
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first major naval battle in history
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Battle of Salamis
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ruled by one
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monarchy
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ruled by the best
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aristocracy
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power is seized by one man
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tyranny
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term for rule by the people
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democracy
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Sparta’s greatest accomplishment
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Pelopponesian League
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brought true democracy to Athens
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Pericles
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who won the Pelopponesian War
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Sparta
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term for Greek culture
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Hellenistic Culture
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temple for Athena
The Parthenon
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known as the father of history
herodotus
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known as the father of medicine
Hippocrates
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commonly spoken language is what kind of greek
Koine Greek
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which peninsula is Rome located on
Appenine Peninsula
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when was Rome founded
753 B.C.
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Rome's greatest rival in North Africa
Carthage
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main temple of rome
pantheon
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series of wars thought Rome and Carthage fought
Punic Wars
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who crossed the Rubicon
Julius Caesar
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when was Julius Caesar assassinated
March 15 44 B.C.
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who reigned when Jesus was born
Octavius
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who legalized Christianity because of a vision
Cosntatine
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what edict legalized Christianity in 313 B.C.
Edict of Milan
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local king of Israel when Jesus had his ministry
Herod
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began the 1st persecution of Christian
Nero
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banished to Patmus
John
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underground tunnels used to bury Christian
Catacombs
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tenth and greatest persecution of Christian
Diocletian
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known as the greatest of the church fathers
Augustine
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the capital and largest city of the eastern Roman Empire
Byzantium or Constantinople
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word for universal
Catholic
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theory that Peter was the first leader of the Catholic church
Petrine Theory
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first guy recognized as supreme over the Roman Catholic Church
Leo I
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religious actions that provided salvations
sacraments
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belief that the eucharist turns into the blood and body of Christ
transubstantion
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supposed pieces of holy object
relics
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in the council of ________ having a bible was completely banned
Tooloose
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translated the Bible to english
John Wycliffe
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term for withdrawing from society
monasticism
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homes that the monks live in
monastaries
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the first major empire in Europe after Rome
The Franks
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the first great Frankish ruler
Clovis
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most famous mayor of the palace
Charles Martel
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started the Carolingian line of kings
Pepin the Short
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crowned emperor of the Roman empire on christmas day
charlemagne
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treaty of ______ created France and germany
Verdun
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vikings most important settlement
Normandy
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crowned emperor of the Romans starting the Holy Roman Empire
Otto the Great
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first king of the hovenstofen line
Fredrick barbarosa
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way of life for a people
feudalism
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the Lord of the land would hire this person to work for them
vassels
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the kings land
crownland
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code of conduct for nobles and knights
chivalry
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identifying symbols on a knights armor
heraldry
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training of young hawks to hunt
falconry
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the peasants that worked on the lords land
serfs
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called for the start of the crusades to take back the holy land
Pope Urban II
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area in Europe known for the manufacturing of wool
Flanders
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the best example of gothic architecture
Notre Dame
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very powerful banking family in Florence
De Medicies
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followers of john Wycliffe
Lollards
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followers of John Huss
Hussites
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study of human culture
humanities
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father of humanism
Pietrarch
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personified the renaissance man
leonardo Da Vinci
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ancient Celtic worship site
stonehendge
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greatest Saxon poem
Beowulf
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gave us the concept of A.C. and B.C.
Venerable Bead
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this groups of vikings invaded England and conquered every section expect for Wesix
Danes
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term for a count of people and their property
census
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the grandson of Henry I who started the Plantagenent Line of Kings
Henry II
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most hated king of england
John
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the war between england and France
Hundred Years War
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led France forces into battle
Joan of Arc
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the last Plantagenet king
Richard II
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Which family was the white rose
York
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the final major battle of the War of Roses
The Battle of Bosworth Field
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the first Tudor king
Henry VII
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when was Hugh Capet crowned
987
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This French king accompanied Richard the Lion-Hearted on the crusade of Kings
Phillip II
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made France the most powerful nation in Europe
Louis IX
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this king of france fought with Boniface VIII over power of the church
Phillip the IV
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Spain and Portugal's peninsula
Iberian
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Muslims from North Africa
Moors
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united Aragon and Castile
Ferdinand and Isabella
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led the way in the age of exploration
Portugal
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the king of Portugal in its greatest days of glory
John I
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the ancient Roman name for Portugal
Lusitania
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started a school for navigation and exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
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Sailed to the Cape of Good Hope
Bartholomew Diaz
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first European to reach the far East by sea
Vasco da Gama
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first great civilization of the Western hemisphere
The Mayas
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the most important civilization in South Amercica
Incas
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the most powerful north American empire
Aztecs
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landed on florida searching for the fountain of youth
Ponce De Leon
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the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
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conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortez
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conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
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discovered the Grand Canyon
Francisco Coronado
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drawn by the Pope for land
Line of demarcation
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France was in search of this water route
North West Passage
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claimed Brazil for Portugal
Pedro Cabral
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date that Martin Luther nailed his 99 thesis
October 31, 1517
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who was the holy Roman Emperor who called on Luther to meet at the Diet of Worms
Charles V
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the first protestant university in Europe
University of Vittenburg
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Martin Luthers followers
Lutherans
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Martin Luther's wife
Catherine von Boa
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Catholic court that punished Heretics
the Catholic Inquisition
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known as the right arm of the Inquisition
Jesuits
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Spain became the most powerful nation in Europe under his rule and ruled both Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V
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led the fight for freedom in the Netherlands also known as the "Father of Dutch Liberties"
William the Silent
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congress vienna was led by this guy "Prince of Diplomats"
Prince Von Metternick
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European involvement in Latin America is a no-no
Monroe Doctrine
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England's greatest African colony
Belgium Congo
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first king of a United Italy
Victor Emmanuel II
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strongest German state in the German confederation
Prussia
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Austria split into a duel monarchy called what
Austria-Hungarian Empire
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discovered peanut uses
George Washington Carver
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gave us the planetary model of the atom
Niels Bohr
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when did the wright brothers make the first successful airplane
1903
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the main form of entertainment and information by WW1
radio
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when did the titanic sink
1912
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Germany, Austria, and Italy alliance
Triple Alliance
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the most violent battle of WW1
battle of the Somme
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the failed attempt to capture Istanbul and defeat the Turks because the secret got out
The Gallipoli campaign
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most important naval battle of WW1
Battle of Jutland
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president during WW1
Woodrow Wilson
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America joined WW1
1917
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who led the doughboys in Europe
John Pershing
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the speech given my President Wilson that outlined his plan for World Peace
14 points
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where did European nations meet to discuss what happened to Germany after WW1
Versailles
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world peace organization after WW1
League of Nations
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who formulated communism
Karl Marx
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who was the first world leader to use communism on a wide scale
Lenin
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communism is a class struggle between which two groups of people
haves and have nots
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the middle class that Marx opposed
Boergeoise
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laid out a program for communist revolution
Communist Manifesto
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written by Karl Marx and gave the basis for the ideology for communism
Das Kapital
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original inhabitants of Russia
Slovs
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the first great leader of united Russia
Ivan III
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called the terrible and brought feudalism to Russia
Ivan IV
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founded the Romanov dynasty
Michael Romanov
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greatest Romanov leader
Peter Romanov
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the Czar of Russia during the Napoleonic wars
Alexander I
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Russia and Japan fought over the province of Manchuria
Russo-Japanese War
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meant to spread communism around the world
Third International
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who took over after Lenin died
Stalin
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Stalins attempt to transform russia into a national superpower
fiver year plan
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nothing can be known except observable science
positivism
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science of human society
sociology
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views man as an animal that can be trained
behavioral Pschycology
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created by John Dewey
Progressive Education
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Prophet of the Social Gospel
Walter Rashcenduws
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united all churches
ecumenism
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the prince of expositors
J. Campbell Morgan
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wrote "My Utmost for His Highest
Oswald Chambers
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who wrote Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
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who wrote "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair
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wrote Animal Farm
George Orwell
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wrote the Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis
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investments or shares in a company
stock
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stock market crash date
October 29 1929
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leader of militaristic Japan
Hideki Tojo
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when did the united states officially recognize the government of communist Russia
1933
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what did Japan invade that initiated its wave of agression
Manchuria
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led the Flying Tigers
Clair Shinal
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Italy invaded this place in 1939
Ethiopia
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said "Peace in our Times" signed the Munich Pact with Russia
Neville Chamberlain
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when did hitler and Russia invade Poland
1939
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Germany's first major defeat in WW2
Battle of Britain
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what American boat was sunk on the Yangtze River
Panay
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when did Japan attack Pearl Harbor
December 7 1941
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Allied offensive to retake North Africa
Operation Torch
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led troops into Italy from North Africa
George Patton
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when did the Allies invade normandy
June 6 1944
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Victory in Europe Day
May 8 1945
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military commander of the Phillipines
McArthur
