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114 Cards in this Set
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Nomads
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people who wander from place to place
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Plow
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steel blade to mix up the soil
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Tragedy
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drama, main character struggles fate or events
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Socratic Method
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Socrates way of teaching through questioning
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Urban
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high population/city like
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Monsoons
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winds that mark the seasons in india
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Rural
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large isolated areas of a country
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Comedy
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funny act or play
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Concentration Camps
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set up to isolate all people suspected of opposing Hitlers regime.
Hitlers the bossss |
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Ethnic Group
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large group of people with similar or common traits and customs
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Ethnics
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study of whats good and bad.
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Third Reich
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adolf hitlers name for his regime meaning the "____ empire"
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New Deal
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programs by roosevelt in which the federal government established public works to create jobs and granted money to each state to provide for the needy.
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Humanists
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people who who specialize in studying the humanities
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William Shakespeare
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well known english play writer.
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Indulgences
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certificates issued by the church that reduced or canceled punishment for a person's sins.
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95 theses
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statements criticizing the church, wrote by Martin Luther
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Predestination
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God determines fate of everyone
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Seminary
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Training school for the proper education of priests
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Baroque
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Ornate, dramatic artistic style developed in Europe
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Cartographers
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Mapmakers
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Ptolemy
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Egyptian Astronomer made the grid system
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Caravel
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European ship that had all of these improvements
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Christopher Columbus
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italian navigator, believed he could reach asia by sailing west.
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Line of Demarcation
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imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic ocean from the north pole to the south pole.
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Conquistadors
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Conquerers who came to the Americas to serve God and his majesty
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Bartolome' de las Casas
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Spanish Priest.
tried to help the blacks from being abused. |
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Northwest Passage
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A way to reach asia by sailing northwest
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Triangular Trade
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Trade between Europe, Africa, The America's
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Middle Passage
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Enslaved persons journey from Africa to the Americas
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Entrepreneurs
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combined money, ideas, raw materials, and labor to make profits
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Bullion
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Gold & Silver
Think Billion Dollaaaaa |
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Balance of Trade
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Nations wanted to export more goods than it imported
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Absolutism
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a form of government with unlimited power by one individual group
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Divine Right
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the belief that a ruler derived absolute power, or complete.
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Philip II
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most powerful monarchy in history
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Armada
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a fleet of warships organized to carry out a mission
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Spanish Armada
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A force of 130 ships and 33,000 men
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Elizabeth I
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a very educated individual who had a forceful personality
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Gentry
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lesser nobles, merchants, lawyers, and clergy
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Yeoman
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a farmer who owned land that composed the lowest social class
*_____ ____ whatsup (looking over to your hoodlum) |
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Balance of Power
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A system in which each nation helps to keep order by maintaining power that is equal to or in balance with rivals
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Galileo Galili
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italian mathematician
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Isaac Newton
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English scientists who were considered the greatest genius of the scientific revolution
*lightbulbbb |
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Romanticism
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a cultural movement that celebrated emotion and the individual
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Pan-Slavism
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was an idea that Slavs had an historic mission to develop their culture and unite into an empire
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Militarism
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the glorification of war and the military
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and italy
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Propaganda
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ideas or rumors used to harm on opposing cause-to portray the enemy as beastly and inhumane
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War of Attrition
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each side tried to wear down the other side by constant attacks
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Contraband
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Prohibited goods
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Woodrow Wilson
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President of the United States, 28th president.
declared war on germany, after germany sunk 4 ships |
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Vladimir Lenin
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Leader of the Bolsheviks
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Fascism
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Political Philosophy based on nationalism and the powerful state
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Adolf Hitler
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World War I Veteran and was recruited into the Nazi Party
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Collectivization
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a system of farming in which the government owned the land and used peasants to farm it.
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Appeasement
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granting concessions to maintain peace
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Lutwaffe
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German Air Force
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and scientist.
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Michaelangelo
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a brilliant painter
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Henry VII
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caused the break between England and the Roman Catholic Church
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Vassal
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person granted land from a lord in return for services
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and scientist.
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Michaelangelo
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a brilliant painter
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Henry VII
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caused the break between England and the Roman Catholic Church
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Jihad
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to defend faith
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versaille
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palace built by louis outside of paris
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Louis XIV
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he was the sun king, most powerful bourbon monarch,
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Amerigo Vespucci
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italian navigator.
called america the new world. america-_____ |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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was president of the united states.
made the new deal |
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Joseph Stalin
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administrator in communist party.
believed in socialism |
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Martin Luther
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Monk who question christianity
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Protestant
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followers of martin luther
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Peasants
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poor people
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Vocations
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callings in which people could serve god and there neighbors
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Mercantilism
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theory that held a state power dependent on its wealth the goal of every nation was to become as wealthy as possible.
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Signori
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powerful leader
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Chateaux
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castles
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What Invasion Started World War II?
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Germany invaded Poland
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Guillotine
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kill object used back in the day.
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Viceroy
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spanish officials who represented the monarchy in spain
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Coup d' etat
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seizure of power by force
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Laissez- Faire
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"leave it alone"
"let it be" kind of ruling. |
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Johannes Gutenberg
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invented the printing press during the renaissance
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Garvilo Princip
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shot ferdinad and his wife who were aires to the thrown to austria.
beginning causes of world war I |
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Mein Kempf
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Autobiography by hitler,
"my struggle" |
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St. Petersburg
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Russia
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Sonnet
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Poem with 14 lines
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Liberalism
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Political movement believing that the government should protect individual rights
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Buffer State
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a country located between to hostile powers that serves to decrease the chance of war between two powers.
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Imperialism
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when one country wants to take control over another country
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Conscription
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all unmarried men from 18-25 had to go to the military and be ready for battle in france.
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Rudyard Kipling
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British poet, in favor of Englands imperialism.
"the white man's burden" |
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Blitz
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germany bombed britain for over a year.
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John Calvin
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believed in predestination.
made a religion after his name |
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Suez Canal
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went through isthmus of suez to connect to mediterranean sea and the red sea
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Panama Canal
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Canal Completed in 1914 connects the atlantic pacific oceans
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Mobilization
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gathering and transport of military troops and fighting equipment in preparation of war.
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Winston Churchill
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british prime minister during world war II
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Harry S. Truman
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33 president of U.S.
nuked japan |
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William Harvey
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Doctor
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Colony
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territory under the control of great britain
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Alexander the 2nd
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started the movement to free all the serfs
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Nationalism
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love of ones country worth fighting for
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Treaty of Westphalia
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ended the 30 year war made france become the leaders
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Tigris and Euphrates River
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Turkey'Seria
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Sigmund Freud
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Father of Psychiatry
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Mosque
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Church for Muslims
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Otto Von Bismarck
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prime minister of prussia
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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discovered astrology
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Dwight Eisenhower
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the chief war guy in world war 11
5 star general 34th president |
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Phoenicians
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Ancient Civilization in the Mediterranean
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Helot
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A group of slaves
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Hindu Kush
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Mountain Range, in pakistan an afghanistan
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