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36 Cards in this Set
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In the Prince, Machiavelli writes that a wise ruler is one who...
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does whatever he has to do to stay in power.
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Calvin believed in predestination, by which he meant that...
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God had chosen who would be saved.
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The protestant reformation influenced the growth of overseas colonies because
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Some protestants went to the new world to seek religious freedom
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What problem weakened the Spanish Empire
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Spain experienced a period of severe inflation and heavy taxes.
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Enlightenment thinkers generally agreed that...
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Governments should protect the natural rights of the people
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One of the most significant outcomes of the scientific revolution was that people began to...
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question traditional opinion and think for themselves.
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The geographic advantage helped Britain resist conquest by Napoleon
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It was an island
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Britain took the lead in the Industrial Revolution in part because...
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British merchants had large profits to invest.
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The major reason that nations scrambled to win colonies in the late 1800s was to gain...
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markets for raw materials
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The United States refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles in part because senators...
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wanted the United States to withdraw from international affairs
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Terms of the Treaty of Versailles did not include what?
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divided it into two states
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US military leaders urged the President to use the atomic bomb on Japan because they...
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believed that an invasion of Japan would cost up to 1 million Allied casualties
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US joined the Allies in WW1 to
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Protest Germany's disregard for American rights as a neutral power.
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Which of the following helped turn WW1 into a global war
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the submarine
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Garibaldi's main contribution to the unification of Italy was...
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Driving the Bourbons out of Sicily and Naples
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Britain took the lead in the Industrial Revolution in part because...
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British merchants had large profits to invest.
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Waterloo, St. Helena, and Elba are all places associated with...
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Napoleon's downfall
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James I believed that his right to rule England was based on...
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the divine right of the kings
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What was Montesquieu's influence on the US Constitution.
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branches of government
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Which monarch is correctly linked in the country they ruled...
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Catherine the Great -- Russia
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All of the following nations established settlements in North America except...
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Portugal
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According to the Treaty of Tordessillas, which nations had the right to trade and colonize in newly discovered lands.
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Spain and Portugal
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What id the practice of selling indulgences?
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The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
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The first book on the printing press was
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The Bible
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The ideas of the Renaissance were spread partially through the invention of the...
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Printing press
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The primary concern of mercantilism was to...
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strengthen national economies
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Absolute monarchs were powerful and ambitious
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True
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During the scientific revolution and enlightenment, both scientists and philosophers
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looked for national laws governing the universe
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During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to...
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crush all opposition to the revolution
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The immediate cause of WW1 was
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German invasion of Poland
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With the Marshall Plan was designed to...
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Help European Nations recover from the war
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The Marshall Plan was designed to...
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help European nations recover from the war
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Why did Bismark seek alliances that later became the triple alliance?
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to isolate France
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The League of Nations was set up to...
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maintain peace
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By the 1700s, the chief rivals for control of North America were
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England and Spain
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The development of printing and the use of movable type resulted in...
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The rapid spread of new ideas
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