World History Exam Flashcards
(43 cards)
Great Depression
1929 -1940
What year was WW1
1914-1918
WW2
1939-1945
Vietnam war
1964-1973
Democracy
People rule or elected representatives
Monarchy
Power is inherited through a family, lasts until death.
Constitutional
Power limited by a constitution
Absolute
Monarch has total control
Theocracy
Church in control
Dictatorship
Leader has power by force
Objective of Vietnam and Korean wars
End communism
Cold war(1945-1989)
Political tension and military rivalry between U.S and Soviet Union , used no actual weapons until after WW2
Command economies
Government makes all decisions
Market economies
People make private businesses
Mixed economy
Mixture of command and market
4 factors of production
Land, capital, entrepreneurs, labor
Federal reserve system
U.S banking system
Migration reasons
Economic,war,persecution,famine
Protestant reformation leader
Martin Luther
Copernicus main idea
A heliocentric universe
Classicism
Artistic movement that adopted Greek and roman ideals
Philosophes
French philosopher during the enlightenment
Deism
Religion based on natural law and reason
Advocated absolute monarchy as the best form of government
Thomas Hobbes