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A3. Olympe de Gouges led a protest for the rights of ____
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Women
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A4.As a symbol of the _____ _____, Germany was divided into East and West
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Coldwar
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A7. Which two countries belonged to the Rome-Berlin Axis?
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Italy, Germany
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A8. In this isolated event of violence, women marched from Paris to King Louis XVI's castle at Versailles to protest the lack of food
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Bread riots
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A11. This act authorized the United States president to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit
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Lond Lease
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A13. Thomas Hobbes,John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all created philosophies centered around a...
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Social Contract
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A16. Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination was the physical _____ that sparked WWI
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Action
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A18. In this economic system, the government and individuals own the factors of production,with the government controlling key industries in the country
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Socialism
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A23. These are political councils in Russia and Lenin demanded that all power be turned over to them
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Soviets
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A24. In this telegram, Germany promised Mexico it would regain Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas if it would attack the USA
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Zimmermann
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A27. This is a company that is owned and run by one person
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Sole Proprietorship
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A28. This international organization was created to maintain international peace and security after WWII
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United Nations
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A31. This is when a large group of workers stop working to protest their working conditions and low wages
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Strike
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A32. This philosopher advocated for women's rights, including equality of education and political rights with men
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Wollstonecraft
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A33. In this form of government, a nation still has a king or queen ,but the king/queen does not have absolute control and most power is held by an elected government
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Limited Constitutional Monarchy
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D1. The USA, Great Britain, USSR,France,and China all fought against the Axis Powers and all belong to this part of the UN
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Security Council
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D2. This UN body included all member nations and each nation had one vote, regardless of size
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General Assembly
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D5. Britain, Russia, France,Italy,and the USA joined in this alliance during WWI
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Allied Powers
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D6. This philosopher was a champion of freedom of religion and thought and said,"I [may] disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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Voltaire
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D9. This is when a corporation gains almost complete control of the production or sale of a single good or service
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Monopoly
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D10. This is the nightly bombing of London in preparation for a German land attack on Great Britain
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Battle Of Britain
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D12. The mutual defense agreement among the US, Canada, Iceland and 9 European nations was known as...
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NATO
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D15. This is the Belgian king who ruled the Congo as a private colony
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Leopold II
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D17. This philosopher believed that people are naturally good, but are corrupted by environment, education,and laws. The only way for people to stay good is to elect their own governments based on popular sovereignty
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Rousseau
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D19. Which member of the Triple Alliance fought on the side of the Allied Powers?
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Italy
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D21. This country was divided between the Allied Powers after WWII
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Germany
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D25. Great Britain, USA, and West Germany all practiced this economic system in the 1950s and 1960s
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Capitalism
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D26. The Act of Settlement barred a king or queen of England from belonging to this branch of Christianity
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Catholicism
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D29. America was slow to join World War II because it was located far from Europe and it had a large number of people who were opposed to being involved in foreign affairs, known as...
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Isolationists
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D30. These are colonies in which a small number of Europeans officials rule the non-European people
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Dependent
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D22. Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria joined in this alliance during WWI
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Central Powers
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