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105 Cards in this Set
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What name was given to the 17th/18th century exaltation of reason?
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Age of Reason
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Which Greek geographer emphasized the geocentric theory?
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Ptolemy
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Which German astronomer proved that the orbits of planets are elliptical?
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Kepler
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Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the governed?
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John Locke
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What German religious movement arose int he seventeenth century?
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Pietism
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Who were Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley?
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hymn writers
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Monteverdi
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wrote opera
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Oratorio
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a combination of vocal and instrumental music telling a sacred story
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Mozart
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musical genius
operas and symphonies piano and violin compositions |
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Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
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Swift
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Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
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Copernicus
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What scientist greatly improved the microscope?
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Leeuwenhoek
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who devised a way to map the earth on a flat surface?
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Mercator
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The Pilgrims were granted permission to settle in what Colony?
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Virginia
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Mayflower Compact
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established civil authority for the Plymouth Colony
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John Winthrop
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leader of the Puritan settlers in America
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Why did the British begin placing restrictions of the American colonies?
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to pay for a series of wars on the European continent
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What document was signed on July 4, 1776 and adopted by American colonists?
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Declaration of Indpendence
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Popular sovereignty
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government by the consent of the governed
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Old Regime
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order before the French Revolution
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types of taxes in France
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taille
capitation vingtieme |
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Why was the meeting of the Estates-General (France) called?
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France was bankrupt
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Tennis Court Oath
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the Third Estate would no disband until a written constution was establisehd
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What event symbolized the downfall of the Old Regime?
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storming of the Bastille
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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placed the church under state control
provided for the election of the clergy by the people required the clergy to take an oath of loyalty to the state |
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What was the purpose of (the Reign of) Terror?
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to get rid of opposition to the revolution
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Napoleon's most famous and enduring accomplishment
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Code Napoleon
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What was the chief obstacle to Napoleon's conquering Europe?
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Britain
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What was the purpose of the Continental System?
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to cut off trade with England
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The Industrial Revolution had its start in what industry?
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cotton/textiles
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What brought workers, raw materials, and machinery under one roof?
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factory system
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Who was responsible for an inexpensive and efficient process for making steel?
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Henry Bessemer
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Who designed the first practical and efficient steam engine?
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James Watt
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Titusville, Pennsylvania
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world's first commercial oil well
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John McAdam
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aided in the building of roads
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James Watt
Richard Trevithic Robert Fulton |
steam engines
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Which nation led the way in social reform?
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Great Britain
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Who led the antislavery movement in England?
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William Wilberforce
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Which monarch's reign was the longest in British history?
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Queen Victoria
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Which textile manufacturer established "utopias" in both Scotland and Indiana?
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Robert Owne
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Which term best describes Karl Marx's theory of history?
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economic
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Karl Marx referred to religion as _______ used by the ruling class to keep workeers in subjection.
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"drug"
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Who foudned the Salvation Army?
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William Booth
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Who wrote The Descent of Man?
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Charles Darwin
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Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet were both
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French impressionists
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Who was an evangelist in England and America?
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D.L. Moody
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George Williams founded
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YMCA
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Who was known for founding orphanages?
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George Mueller
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Who discovered x-rays?
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Roentgen
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What husband and wife team discovered radioactive matter?
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Curie
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Russian novelist
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Tolstoy
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realist painter
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Courbet
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one of the foremost sculptors of the nineteenth century
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Rodin
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composer of impressionistic music
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DeBussy
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What two areas of the world were especially desired by European nations during the nineteenth century?
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Africa and Asia
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land acquisition that double the size of the United States
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Louisiana Purchase
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US foreign policy from the time of Washington to World War I
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isolationism
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French ruler who violated the Monroe Doctrine by placing Maxmilian in charge of Mexico
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Napoleon III
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The Spanish-American War resulted from Spain's mistreatment of
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Cuba
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areas added to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War
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Guam
Puerto Rico Philippines |
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Britain gained Canada as a result of a war with
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France
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What permitted French Canadians the right to retain their language, law, customs, and religion?
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Quebec Act
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Australia's original settlers
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prisoners
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first Europeans to settle South Africa
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Dutch (from the Netherlands)
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miners moved to South Africa after the discovery of
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diamonds and gold
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Two countries that claimed the region of Latin America
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Spain and Portugal
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led an army over the Andes Mountains to free Chile and Peru from the Spanish
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Jose de San Martin
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"Great Century" of missionary activity
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nineteenth
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two nations who were rivals for control of India
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France and Great Britain
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Battle of Plassey ensured British dominance of
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India
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Sepoy Mutiny
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revolt of Indian soldiers employed by the East India Company
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Wars between China and Great Britain were fought over the smuggling of
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opium
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Boxer Rebellion
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occurred becuase the Chinese wanted to eliminate the Western influence
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Which American opened Japan's doors to trade with the US?
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Matthew Perry
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What was the first treaty Japan ever signed with a Western nation?
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Southeast Asian country that belonged to France
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Indochina
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Thailand was unique among SE Asian countries because
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It remained free.
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founded the famous Foreign Legion, an elite army unit in West Africa
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France
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most positive result of imperialism
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missionary outreach
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Baptist missionary to India
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William Carey
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missionary to cannibals of West Africa
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Slessor
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explored the Congo in Belgium and hired by a newspaper to find another explorer in the interior of Africa
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Stanley
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steel manufacturer who gave money to build Peace Palace in the Netherlands
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Andrew Carnegie
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Bismarck's System were an attempt to isolate
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France
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The Three Emperor's League fell apart because
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Russia and Austria-Hungary argued over the Balkans
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Entente Cordiale
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"friendly understanding" between France and Britain
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What country hoped to capitalize on her similar ethnic background with the Balkans in order to extend her influence in the Balkan Peninsula?
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Russia
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The immediate cause or Germany's entry into World War I
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mobilization of the Russian army
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Shclieffen Plan
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designed to defeat France before Russia could organize for war
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immediate cause for British entry into World War I
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violation of Belgian neutrality
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At what river did the French stop the initial German advance of World War I?
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Marne
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The sinking of the Lusitania was important because
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American protests forced the Germans to halt unrestricted submarine warfare
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the greatest advantage of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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the Russians would no longer fight the war
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What country was forbidden Anschluss with Germany after World War I?
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Austria
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Charles Dawes
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American banker who lent money to Germany after WWI
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War debts
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owed by Britain and France to the US after WWI
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Locarno Pact
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signed by Germany
recognized Germany's western borders as permanent |
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Reinsurance Treaty
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signed by Germany and Russia
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Treaty of Sevres
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dismantled the Ottoman Empire
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Treaty of St. Germain
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signed by Austria
recognized Hungary's independence |
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What treaty was the nonaggression treaty signed by Germany, Belgium, and France in 1925?
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Locarno Pact
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Washington Naval Conference
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attempt to disarm the great powers in the early 1920s
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Wilhelm II/William II
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Kaiser of Germany
fled to Holland |
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David Lloyd George
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Prime Minister of Great Britain
attended Paris Peace Conference |
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Georges Clemenceau
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French representative at Paris Peace Conference
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