Final Exam Review Part 1 75 Questions

Inventor of the printing press

inventor, scientist, and painter, Mr. Renaissance (Mona Lisa, Last Supper)

founder of Buddhism

head of committee of Public safety in France during reign of terror

Dictator of the Soviet Union during 1930s and WWII

sculptor and painter of the Renaissance (Sculpture of David / Sistine Chapel)

Wrote Wealth of Nations, father of Capitalism, the invisible hand

first to build the great wall, Terracotta Soldiers, legalist ideas

Wrote The Prince, leaders use to stay in power (end justifies the means)

1st Prime Minster of India (started a family rule in India)

based in Italy controlled a large Empire (crucified Christ)

Dictator of North Korea (Evil), died 2011

General of the Nationalist in China (moved to Taiwan)

Battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor still has a memorial over it

Famous writer of the English Renaissance (Hamlet/ Romeo & Juliet)

Last leader of the Soviet Union, 1985-1990, did Perestroika and Glasnost

Hinduism book

Emperor of France, reforms, code, conquered all of Europe in early 1800s

First dictator of the Soviet Union, led the Bolsheviks

pilgrimage to Mecca (one of the five pillars of Islam)

crop failure and starvation, resulting in fall of a dynasty

built the Forbidden City, great sea voyages to Africa, but isolated

Recent Communist leader opened China up economically in 1970s and 1980s

Christian place of worship

Capital was Constantinople (eastern half the Roman Empire)

dictator of Communist China (40s, 50s, 60s) Great leap forward, Cultural Revolution

President of US, Treaty of Versailles (14 points)

most important person in the Jewish faith (freed them)

founder of Christianity

founder of Islam

Jewish book (old testament of the Bible)

Father of Communism, wrote the “Communist Manifesto” with Engels

German Priest who started the Protestant Reformation (95 Theses)

leader of Indian Independence (non-violent, fasting, Salt March)

Islamic place of worship

Cambodian communists (French Red)

if one country falls to communism more will fall (Vietnam War)

deliberate killing of an entire national, ethnic, or political group

Hammurabi was the king (law code, hanging gardens)

social hierarchy of relationships including the Shogun and Samurai

Prime Minister of Britain during WWII

Kublai Khan was leader, largest in size, visited by Marco Polo

Islamic book (Muslims)

1st Japanese city bombed with an atomic bomb

known as the Golden Age of Chinese history, Daoist ideas and art

Nazi Dictator of Germany during WWII

wealthy trade and cultural center in Early Western Africa (Gold/Salt)

heir to the A-H throne, his assassination sparked WWI

leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (great murderer)

he unified Germany and became the Chancellor of Germany (1871)

first to use iron, warriors from Asia minor

He was in charge of the U.S. occupation in Japan after WWII

period started by Alexander the great (blending of Greek with M.E. culture)

declined due to foreign powers and Taiping /Boxer Rebellions

Swiss leader of the Reformation, predestination

scattering around the world (done to Jews and Africans)

first civilization in the fertile crescent (Ziggurats, cuneiform)

first to use coins and roads (Darius 1st was the king)

started the Nationalists movement (1st president of the republic of China)

Leader in the Scientific Revolution, Laws of Motion

was the leader of the Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

leader of communist North Vietnam

control of one country over the social, economic of another country

Mediterranean sailors, “Carriers of Civilization”, 1st alphabet, purple dye

Fascist Dictator of Italy during WWII

Buddhism develop on the Silk Road, started Civil Service exams

American who opened up Japan in 1853

European who traveled to China in 1200s

English Philosopher, wrote Two treatise on Government, Natural rights

rigid separation of the races in South Africa

King of England, forms the church of England, had 6 wives

Current leader of Russia

Jewish place of worship

Christian book (Gospels)

mad monk of Russia who controlled the Tsar, hard to kill