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The Industrial Revolutionbegan in _______ __________ in the 1700s
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Great Britian
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List 3 reasons the Industrial Revolution began in Britian
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1.ready supply of natural resources
2.plentifulsupply of raw materials 3.supply of people 2 run machines |
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How did the Industrial Revolution change people's lives?
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more, and everything was cheaper
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When was WWI?
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1914
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What was the result of Russia's 1917 Revolution?
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communism
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Who created communism?
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Karl Marx
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In the 1930s there was a world wide _______
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depression
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List the Allies in WWII
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Great Britian, France, China, U.S., and Soviet Union
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List the Axis Powers in WWII
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Germany, Itlay, and Japan
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Germany created the Holocaust. What was it?
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murder of 12 million people
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Define genocide
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mass murder of people because of race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture
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How did the U.S. end WWII?
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dropped 2 atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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What was the Cold War?
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U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without fighting each other
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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
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rebuild Europe and stop communism
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In 1949 NATO was formed. What is it, and why was it formed?
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; to respond to possible attacks by the Soviet Union
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What did the Berlin Wall symbolize?
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the split between Eastern and Western Europe
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Whan did East and West Germany reunite?
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October 1991
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In 1991 the ______ _______ broke up
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Soviet Union
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The economic alliance or the Common Market became the _______ ________ in 1993. It is also called the E.U.
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European Union
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In 2002 most EU members replaced their money with the ____. This is a type of money
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euro
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