Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
45 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Robert Boyle |
Father of modern chemistry |
|
|
Adam Smith |
"Wealth of Nations" |
|
|
Karl Marx |
"Communist Manifesto" father of communism |
|
|
William Wilberforce |
British politician who wanted to abolish slave trade. |
|
|
Copernicus |
Heliocentric Theory |
|
|
Galileo |
Improved telescope |
|
|
Napoleon Bonaparte |
Emperor of France; exiled |
|
|
Simon Bolivar |
Leader of independence movements in South Africa |
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
Author of Declaration of Independence. 3rd U.S. President, Louisiana Purchase |
|
|
Marie Curie |
Female Scientists who discovered radiation |
|
|
Mother Teresa |
"Missionaries of Charity" |
|
|
James Watt |
Improved Steam Engine |
|
|
Alfred Nobel |
Dynamite |
|
|
Charles Darwin |
"On the organ of species" |
|
|
Charles Dickens |
"Oliver Twist" |
|
|
Rasputin |
Russian "holy man" |
|
|
Vladimir Lenin |
Russian rev. Promoted Marxism |
|
|
Dr. David Livingstone |
Explored Africa |
|
|
Simon Bolivar |
Leader of Africa movement |
|
|
Isaac Newton |
Laws of gravity |
|
|
Joseph Stalin |
Leader of Russia after Lenin |
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Pres. 1932-1945 New deal |
|
|
Hideki Tojo |
Attacked Pearl Harbor |
|
|
Ronald Reagan |
Ended Cold War |
|
|
Benito Mussolini |
Fascism |
|
|
Mao Zedong |
Communist "Cultural Revolution" |
|
|
Mohandas Gahndi |
Indias independence from Britain |
|
|
Genocide |
Killing certain group of people |
|
|
Schism |
Permanent division in a church or country |
|
|
Terrorism |
Use of violence to achieve political goals |
|
|
Patriotism |
Pride in or devotion to country |
|
|
Civil Disobedience |
Peaceful protests |
|
|
Reparations |
Payments for war damages |
|
|
Pacifism |
Opposition to all war |
|
|
Imperialism |
When one country attempts to dominate another |
|
|
Abolitionist |
Wants to abolish slavery |
|
|
Urbanization |
The movement of people to cities |
|
|
Ideology |
System of thought and belief |
|
|
Labor union |
Improving salaries, conditions or safety |
|
|
Corporation |
Business owned by investors |
|
|
Pandemic |
Spread of disease |
|
|
Armistice |
Agreement to end fighting in war |
|
|
Apartheid |
Policy of rigid separation |
|
|
Industrial Revolution |
Began in Britain |
|
|
Axis Powers of WW2 |
Germany - Hitler, Italy - Mussolini, Japan - Hirohito |
