NCFE Social Studies 7th grade Review 3

Government sponsored media to promote one-sided information in favor of its policies

First Latin American colony to free itself (France) L'Ouverture leads Haitian slave revolt

Submarines, machine guns, artillery field guns, tanks, planes, mustard/chlorine gas

System in which a wealthy person (patron) supports artists, musicians, or writers

Age of Reason, stressed intellectual thought and power of individuals to solve problems

Violence, murder, & forced minority emigration by majority gov't-Kashmir (1989), Darfur (2003)

Land trade route between Europe and eastern Asia through hazardous desert and mountain terrains

English poet, playwright, and actor famous for his histories, tragedies, & comedies

Philosopher who argued for an autocracy that could not be overthrown for any reason

A significant reduction in population

Term used to describe the islands in the Caribbean that provided resources to Europe

A large increase in the size of a population

Government system of segregation and discrimination in South Africa, ends in 1994

permanent destruction of woodlands in order to make the land available for other uses

Creole Simon Bolivar unites Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, & Ecuador against Spain

"Openness" and "economic restructuring" of Soviet Union leads to "thaw" in Cold War

Bolshevik overthrowal of Czar (Nicholas) to establish Communist Soviet Union, leave WWI

Fall of post-WWII Berlin Wall that had divided Germany into Western & Eastern sectors

term Renaissance-era Europeans used for eastern Asia that supplied goods to Europe

The pattern of where people live

Italian banking family and political rulers of Florence city-state, supported patronage

French civil war, "Third Estate" peasants overthrow French monarchy, est. democracy

English agreement between Parliament and Monarchy to limit its powers

Wrote "The Prince" a handbook for politicians advising them to do all necessary for power

Government system that controlled material purchases to prevent/handle shortages

A legislative (law-making) body of government

The transition from agrarian, rural towns to urban factory cities in Europe & America