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96 Cards in this Set

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Trojan War
Greeks against Trojans
Homer
Greek play writer
Iliad
play written by Homer
Odyssey
play written by Homer about Trojan War
Socrates
Greek philosopher famous for asking "Why?"
Plato
pupil of Socrates; said to have "created" Socrates
Aristotle
famous pupil of Plato
Monarchy
king and queen rule
Sparta
south of Greece; later overtaken by Greece
Athens
capital of Greece
Marathon
runner/messenger for Greek army
Alexander the Great
king who conquered most of Europe
Hannibal
king with many laws
Julius Caesar
one of the best Greek rulers
Constantinople
capital of the Byzantine empire
Renaissance
time in which Europe's reasoning and art were improved vastly
Leonardo da Vinci
one of the greatest artists and inventors of all time
Michelangelo
best sculptor in history
Martin Luther
created Lutheranism, the first form of Protestantism.
Henry VIII
separated England from the Catholic church and made England Protestant
Queen Elizabeth I
Henry VIII's daughter; made England Catholic again
Copernicus
proposed that the earth revolved around the sun
Heliocentric
idea that the earth revolves around the sun
Galileo
proved the earth revolves around the sun
Isaac Newton
proposed why gravity works
Christopher Columbus
"discovered" the Americas
Circumnavigate
travel around the entire world
Aztecs
mid-American people who greeted Columbus
Montezuma
leader of the Aztecs
Miguel de Cervantes
writer of Don Quixote
Don Quixote
play that mocked typical chivalry stories
Louis XIV
"Sun" king of England; thought he was equal with god
Versailles
capital of Louis XIV's empire
Peter the Great
Russian Czar who tried to westernize Russia
John Locke
believed everyone was born with a set of natural rights
Montesquieu
believed that limited monarchy was the best form of government
Declaration of Independence
document in which the American colonies became the United States of America
July 4, 1776
independence day (US observed)
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
natural rights
Guillotine
execution machine used to kill people quickly and more efficiently
Napoleon
French dictator; ruled what became known as the Second Reich
Industrial Revolution
the world becomes more technologically advanced
Laissez-faire
idea that the government should have no hand in buisnesses
Karl Marx
created the idea of communism
The Communist Manifesto
book written by Karl Marx that explains in detail the idea of communism
Charles Darwin
proposed the idea of evolution
Otto von Bismarck
Chancellor of Prussia
Realpolitik
politics based on the needs of the state
Imperialism
domination by one country of the political, eonomic, or cultural life of another
Sphere of Influence
nations influenced by the US
Black Hand
assasin group
Schlieffen Plan
slow German advance on Russia
Fourteen Points
list of terms Woodrow Wilson created for resolving wars
Treaty of Versailles
forced post-WW I Germany to do what the 5 biggest nations told them to
Rasputin
monk said to have cured the last Czar's son of an incurable disease; evil
Lenin
first dictator of Russia
Leon Trotsky
right hand man to Lenin; origionally set to be his successor
Joseph Stalin
took over after Lenin died; blamed everything bad on Trotsky
Mohandes Gandhi
lead india to a peaceful independence
Jian Jieshi
ruler of China before it became communist
Mao Zedong
communist leader of china
The Long March
peaceful communist march to hide from the repressing armies of Jieshi
The Great Depression
time in which the entire world's economy suffered great losses; didn't affect communist countries
Benito Mussolini
Italian dicatator
Il Duce
"our leader;" Mussolini's nickname
Adolf Hitler
German Nazi Dictator
Nazis
people who followed Hitler's ways and sought to rid the world of the "lesser races"
Main Kampf
"My Struggles;" written by Hitler; Nazi "bible"
Kristallnacht
night raid on all things Jewish
Concentration Camps
"camps" in whichthe Nazis conducted mass murders
Nurmenburg Laws
laws placed on post-WWII Germany by the 5 bigger countries
Appeasement
policy of giving in to an agressor's terms in order to keep peace
Nazi-Soviet Pact
agreement between Germany and Russia not to kill eachother for the time being
Blitzkrieg
method of battle in which a full on, non-stop assault takes place on the other side
D-Day
Allies invasion of German-occupied France
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
first two places ever nuclear bombed during war
United Nations
organization of most of the world's nations whose goal is to improve the world
Iron Curtain
unspoken line between US and Russian influence
Containment
US plan to get rid of communism
NATO
North Atlantic Trade Organization
Warsaw Pact
Soviet response to the formation of NATO
Cold War
unspoken war of technology and influence between Russia and US; communism versus democracy
OPEC
organization of major oil-producing countries in the Middle East
Sputnik
first sattelite ever to enter space
Yuri Gargarin
first man in space
Neil Armstrong
first man on the moon
Detente
relaxation of tension
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet leader who tried to ease tensions and loosened government's grip on Russia
European Union
economic union of European countries; common currency is the euro
Glasnost
idea of openness
Perestroika
Gorbachev's restructuring of government
Deng Xiaoping
ruler after Mao Zedong set on rebuilding China's economy
Tiananmen Square
peaceful revolt against Chinese empire in which millions of innocent revolters were murdered by the army
Pan Arabism
nationalist movement in the Arabian Peninsula
Balfour Declaration
set up Israel to give to the Jews
Saddam Hussein
Iraq dictator