World History Exam

Francis Bacon developed inductive reasoning.

Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet were both French

The period of decline in Greek history following the fall of Mycenaean

Who motivated the French to fight in the Hundred Years’ War?

Treaty of Versailles

The term for an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interest.

 Russia gained both economic advantages and territory from the Russo-Japanese War.

God promised him a great seed and great descendants that would grow into a mighty nation

The British passenger ship that was sunk by German torpedoes

American president who was elected in 1980; established the SDI

named the viceroy of Portuguese holdings in the East

Language of the learned during the Middle Ages

Italian fascist leader

Phillip II tripled the size of his domain by taking land from the English King ___

Constructed the philosophy of dualism

Pax Sinica

SALT

Dutch scientist who greatly improved the microscope by making lenses that could magnify up to 160 times

founder of Marxism; the son of a prominent German lawyer

Renaissance artists differed from medieval artists in that Renaissance artists wanted no recognition for their work.

The earliest evidence for civilization in West Africa is ___ culture

Term focused on understanding human culture, history, and experience

Muhammad’s successors who directed the affairs of Islam were called

The leaders of the church were called clergy

Laid the foundation for a unified England.

The French did not draw any ideas from ___ for the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

Mayans were a group of North American Indians

Who led the invasion of Algeria and Sicily

Divided Persia into three zones

May have been responsible for beginning the enslavement of the Hebrews

The Locarno Pact outlawed war.

The first permanent, English settlement in the New World

Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam

What is the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Roman persecution of Christians cause a remarkable decline in Christian growth

Who led the Persian army that Alexander the Great defeated?

The ___ American Indians developed terraced farming methods.

passed the “New laws” which protected the Indians from being made slaves

Father of Modern Chemistry

Greatly admired the classical age of ancient Rome and Greece

Russian czar that abolished serfdom in 1861 but was assassinated in 1881

Which brothers founded Rome in 753BC?

Franklin Roosevelt's plan of relief, recovery, and reform

What date was the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

19th century philosophers’ ideas and man’s evolution

What is the date that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Truman's reasoning for dropping the atomic bomb was to lessen American and Japanese casualties.

Where was the first atomic bomb dropped in Japan during WW2?

 Socialism is characterized by an adherence to the principle of individual responsibility.

Use of indiscriminate violence; replaced communism as the primary international threat

"Friendly understanding" for Britain and France

Mobilization of the entire French nation for battle

Their fights were staged by Roman emperors to win public favor

Townshed introduced a new system of crop rotation

The group of people that are the seed of Abraham

President of France

Unam Sanctam did NOT encourage the revival of trade

The Moravians became one of the first Protestant movements to stress missions.

What are Cahiers?

Tenochtitlan

Britain prime minister and representative at the Paris Peace Conference; helped establish the Treaty of Versailles