2nd Semester WH Exam Review

The U.S. constitution was based upon what Enlightenment principles?

State of hostility between nations aligned with US on a side and USSR on other

Mutual-defense alliance between Soviet Union & 7 satellites in Eastern Europe set up in 1955

The Counter-Reframation was Catholic Church's response to Martin Luthers 95 Theses.

United States policy, established by President Truman, of trying to contain spread of communism

the movement of rural communities to the cities is called?

Repressive, government with ultimate power

a leader, mobilized young south africans to peacefully resist apartheid laws

In the Triangular Trade route what goods were transported beginning in England on the route?

military alliance w/several N Atlantic states to safeguard from threat of USSR's communist bloc

Nehru's daughter, served as Prime Minister of India from the years 1966 to 1984

Massive aid package offered by the U.S. to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII

What was the Apartheid & where did it take place?

Which choices below go together?

Chinese Communist program from 1958-1960 to boost farm and industrial output & failed miserably

What is one impact of the Slave trade on the Continent of Africa?

International organization established after WWII w/ goal of maintaining peace in community

The attempt or the overthrow of a government group

U.S. President who supported the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961

Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India

This Enlightenment philosopher believed in separation of powers within governments.

1980 Iraqi dictator, sparked a long lasting war

Khrushchev's successor, held power in the mid-1960s until his death in 1982

Leader of the Congress Party, was India's Prime Minister from 1947 to 1964

Japanese pilot who undertook a suicide mission

Otto von Bismarck?

Leader of the Soviet Union who came to power in 1985

Why was the Battle of Midway so significant in WWII?

Where did the 1st Industrial Revolution begin?

Major innovation that helped Luther spread his 95 Thesis.

The systematic genocide of about six million European Jews by the Nazis during World War II

"openness" in Russian; Soviet policy of greater freedom of expression introduced by Gorbachev

Lightning war

Political and diplomatic independence from the Cold War superpowers

A Sultan was

The Janissaries were:

Which individual from the Enlightenment period believed people are born with natural rights.

What was the Apartheid & where did it take place?

Group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in World War II

The Sistine Chapel was painted by this famous painter:

Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, & Stalin where leaders made agreements regarding WWII

Muslim religious warriors

What demands were made on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?

Organizer of an armed rebellion against the corrupt dictator who ruled Cuba in the 1950s

Which individual during the Scientific Revolution said the sun was the center of the universe.

Who were the Medici's?

A route that linked Europe with Asia and East Africa

When you think of the African king, Mansa Musa, you should think of ?

Which nation became a center for trade during the Renaissance?

This artist from the Renaissance painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Why did Japan engage in imperialism in the 20th C?

Person who wants government policies to be based in the teachings of Islam

17th C. Russian leader who modernized/westernized the country & known as its "Greatest Leader."

Which Renaissance artist painted "The Last Supper", shown?

Who fought in the Thirty Years War?

What was the primary focus of the Renaissance artwork?

What 2 ideologies were pitted against each other during the Cold War?

Coastal city in southern Japan second atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945

strategy of containing communism, or keeping within its existing boundaries, prevent expansion

People of the lowest caste

What does Humanism mean?

a city sacred to Jews

international organization dedicated to establishing & maintaining peace in the world.

What did the Berlin Conference do in the 19th Century

A skilled organizer in the Gold coast led independence movements

Which was instrumental in Mexico and Peru during its colonization?

The ________ _______ inspired Toussaint L'Ouverture to gain Haiti's independence.

What are the causes of WWI

How do Imperial Nations dominate weaker nations?

South African president who lifted a ban and freed Mandela

What year was the Russian Tsar Nicolas assassinated?

When India was decolonized, British divided the subcontinent into two nations-which ones?

The Apartheid was a political and social rule in?

Soviet leader who emerged after the death of Stalin in 1953

U.S. President-launched program to build a "Star Wars" missile defense against nuclear attack.