History Exam Notes

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the British east India Company ruled most of India in the 1800's

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true

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overthrew the mongols in order to establish a new dynasty

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ming dynasty

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this empire laid the foundation for the modern state of iran

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safavid empire

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seized power from the failing Ming dynasty

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Manchu dynasty

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this empire defeated Constantinople

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Ottoman Epmire

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the rulers of this dynasty rebuilt india accoring to islamic law

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mughal dynasty

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the ottoman empire was one of the first to use the following weapon

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cannon

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the ottomans conquered the byzantine empire and renamed its capital

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istanbul

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the first estate members were peasants and farmers

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3rd estate

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the _?_ was a period in which many frenchmen were executed

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reign of terror

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in the day the french celebrated their independence

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July 14

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french aristocrats and nobles were member of the

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second estate

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the declaration of the rights of man wasan important _?_ document

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french

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what was the name of the five man committee that govered france just before napoleon came to power

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the directory

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french writer during the enlightenment

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voltaire

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queen of france during the french revolution

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Marie antoinette

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army general who became dictator of france

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napoleon

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king of france during the french revolution

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louis XVI

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an _?_ is one who develops buisness and makes a profit at the risk of personal loss

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entreprenuer

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the great awakening occurred _?_ the american war for independence

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before

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_?_ developed during the industrial revolution

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workers unions

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who was involved in the slave trade as a slave-ship captain before he was saved

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john newton

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which american abolitionist was once a slave in maryland

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frederick douglass

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the 1833 factory act placed limits on

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child labor

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invented the cotton gin

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whitney

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developed a seed drill for placing seeds in even rows

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tull

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led the british parliament to end the british slave trade

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wilberforce

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_?_ is the practice of growing different crops in the same feild from year to year

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crop rotation

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what is the name of the era that was characterized by immense manufactureing changes during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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industrial revolution

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someone who supports _?_ opposes the drinking of alcohol

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abstinence

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_?_ taught that it was right for a person to do what his heart told him to do

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romanticism

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american entreprenuer henry ford worked with this invention

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automobile

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the privilege to vote is called

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suffrage

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karl marx viewed history as a series of

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class struggles

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anti-semitism is hatred toward which group of people?

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jews

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who was the first person to patent the telephone

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alexander graham bell

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helped karl marx write the comunist manifesto

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engels

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wrote about hardship in englands industrial age

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dickens

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popularized evolution with his book origin of species

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darwin

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patented the first known telegraph

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morse

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often _?_ of the african slaves onboard the slave ships died before reaching the new world

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1/4

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the _?_ created a need for african natural resurces

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industrial revolution

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the british expanded thier exploration in the 1700's following the loss of their

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american colonies

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early british trade in africa primarily involved

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slaves

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preached the gospel in south africa for fifty-three years

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moffat

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british missonary who explored the zambezi river

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livingstone

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what term means the conquest of one or more nations by another nation

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colonialism

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ivory beeswax honey cotton and palm oil were known as what kind of crops

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cash crops

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_?_ sought to continue its westward expansion by working with other naitons to partition poland

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russia

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the _?_ teaches that god established goverenments to protect the innocent and to give them quiet peaceable lives

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bible

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the _?_ was directed against foreigners in china

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boxer rebelion

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what country competed with britain for control of india

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france

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napoleons army suffered great losses due to harsh winter weather while retreating from

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russia

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the hundred days reform was a failed attempt to implement sweeping changes in

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china

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shintoism became the state religion of

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japan

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the decembrist revolt occurred in

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russia

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greece and serbia gained their freedom from wht empire?

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ottoman empire

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this large region in southeasteren in europe received its name from a mountian range

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the balkans

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this term refers to a society that has no law or goverenment

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anarchy

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before WWI _?_ sought to dominate the balkan region

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russia

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_?_ became one of the turning points in WWI

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americas declaration of was on germany

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who signed a treaty with germany and took russia out of WWI

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lenin

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which european country was the largest producer of chemicals prior to world war I

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germany

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when two armies fight each other without major gains on either side this condition is

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stalemate

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a _?_ is a war in which all the resources of a country are devoted to destroying the enemy

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total war

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the document that ended WWI and made germany pay for war damages

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treaty of versilles

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leader of the nazi party

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hitler

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fascist leader of italy

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mussolini

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russias first dictator

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lenin

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this country was blamed for WWI

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germany

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_?_ and _?_ were member of the axis powers

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Italy and Japan

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_?_ and _?_ invaded poland at the same time

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russia and germany

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the allies invaded france on _?_

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june 6, 1944

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WWII demonstrated one again that man has a _?_

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sin nature

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_?_ had a fascist goverenment during WWII

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spain

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hitler referred to his german empire as the

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third reich

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_?_ was president during WWII and died shortly before the war ended

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roosevelt

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the U.S. dropped too atomic bombs over cities in

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japan

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what event occurred on september 2 1945

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japan surrendered and ended its involvement in the war

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german concntration camp

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auschwitz

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emperor of japan

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hirohito

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what important event occurred in europe on september 1 1939

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germany invaded poland beginning WWII

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what event on december 7 1941 brought the united states into WWII

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japan bombed the naval base at pearl harbor

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what term describes political rivalry that stops short of actucal war

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cold war

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what country dominated and seized most of eastern euope after WWII

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russia

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the united states and the soviet union recognized _?_ as a nation in 1948

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israel

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by the early 1990's the soviet union had splintered into _?_ independent states

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15

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location of the violent student-led uprising that resulted in the death of thousands

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tiananmen square

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which country's recovery became known as the " economic miracle " of europe

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germany

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what did the cultural revolution try to accomplish

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purge (get rid of) all anti-communist elements from china

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the _?_ loaned or donated over twelve billion american dollors to help western europe recover from WWII

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marshall plan

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on what island did chiang kia-shek found the republic of china

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taiwan

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which african country became the first to achieve independence

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haiti

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in 1962 the soviet union placed nuclear missiles in

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cuba

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first communist dictator of china

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mao zedong

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first soviet president allowed private ownership

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gorbachev

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american president who helped spread democracy

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reagan

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conservative british prime minister

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thatcher

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which country became the first to harness the power of the atom

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united states

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which country sent the first man made satellite into space and gave this country a temporary advantage in the space race

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russia

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which country was divided in four zones

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germany

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what is the name for the clash of ideas between western and communist nations that began after WWII and lasted until 1991

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cold war