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Where did the Renaissance begin?
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Italy
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Why is it called the Italian Renaissance?
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Because Italy had been the center of the Roman empire
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What city symbolized the energy and brilliance of the Italian Renaissance?
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Florence
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Who is the artist who painted the Mona Lisa, or The Last Supper?
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Who decorated the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
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Michelangelo
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At the heart of the Italian Reniassance was an intellectual movement known as...
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Humanism
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In what Cities/Regions did the Northern Renaissance begin?
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In the prosperous cities of Flanders
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Who between 1590 an d1613 wrote 37 plays that are still preformed around thw world?
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William Shakespeare
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What are some of the plays that Shakespeare wrote?
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Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juilet
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Who produced Don Quixote?
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Miguel de Cervantes
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What is Don Quixote about?
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A foolish, but idealistic knight
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Who translated the bible into the vernacular?
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Desiderius Erasmus
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What is vernacular?
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The everyday language of ordinary people
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Who produced a new greek edition of the New Testiment?
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Desiderius Erasmus
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What is something that Desiderius Eramus produced?
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The Praise of Folly
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lines of _ extend north and south while lines of _extend from east and west
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longitude, latitude
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both north america and south americalie in the _ hemisphere
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western
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at which point may one find the equator?
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0 degrees latitude
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what advantaes do robinson projections have over mercator projections?
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robinson projections reduce disortion at the poles
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which regions holy text is the tripitaka?
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buddhism
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in what moderne day country did both buddhism and hinduism begin?
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india
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which is the oldest sof the 5 major religions?
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hinduism
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christains would most likely believe the writing found in the
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new testiment
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on which kind of map would one find the number of people living per square mile?
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population density map
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_map would most likely show mountains, lakes, and rivers
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physical
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two examples of spanish conquistadors in central and south america were
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cortes in mexico and pizzaro in peru
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why did the aztecs under moctezuma hesitate to attack thespanish as they laded in mexico?
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the aztecs mistook the spanish conquestadors for the god qetzalcoatl
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what most closely describes the views of bartolome de las casas?
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he wanted to end mistreatment of the indians in south america in favor of african slavery there
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in order from most powerful to least powerful in the society of spanish colonies in latin america
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peninsulares, creoles, mestizos and mulattoes, indians and africans
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why did settlers in new france prefer hunting, trapping and fishing to farming for survival and income?
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the weather in new france was to cold to farm constently
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how might one describe native americans alliances formed during the french and indian war?
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both the french and the british employed indian rule
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how did the treaty of paris 1763 affect north america?
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the british won the 7 years war and took all lands east of the mississippi river
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what is the most common reason that africans on the middle passage died before reaching the americas?
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they most often died of disease on ships which were overloaded with africans
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how could one describe the efforts of king affonso of kongo and the almamy of futa toro
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they tried to end slave trade but they could not stop the europeans
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who replased the portuguese as the dominate traders in the indian ocean?
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dutch
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why did europeans bring africans to the americas?
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african slaves were an important labor source on plantations in latin america
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businessmen in the 1600's reduced the risk of losing their fortunes by investing in business called
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joint-stock companies
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_were officials appointed by the king of spain to rule his colonies in america as royal gorernors
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viceroys
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_were rights given to spanish nobles in the americas which allowed them to demand labor or taxes from the indians in a certain area
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encomiendas
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_were those living in latin america who were born in spain
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peninsulares
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_were people of indian and spanishdescents living in the americas
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mestizos
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_were american born descendants of spaniards living in the americas
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creoles
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_was the first english settlement in north america. it was founded in present day virginia in 1607
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Jamestown
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_sought to strenghtem his control over new france by putting new taxes on and sending catholic settlers to the region
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louis XIV
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_was a fulani scholar who used islamic law to solidify his empire in west africa and protest slave trading
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usman dan fodio
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_were strict order catholic missionaries from spain who tried to convert natives to catholicism in south america
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jesuits
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_were workers who were forced to labor for a labor for a llandlord in order to pay off a debt
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peons
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the _was caued by the discovery of new gold and silver deposits in the americas and africa and an overall population increase in the world
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price revolution
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_is the name given to the seven years war as it was known in america
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french and indian war
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_was the leader of the zulus, a warrior tribe in southern africa who were later natives to catholicism in south america
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shaka
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the_ is an unwritten agreement in which people give up some rights in order to be ruled and protected
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social contract
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_were economists who wrote about free market capitalism while_ were philosophers who wrote about liberal government and social patterns
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physiocrats, philosophes
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natural rights are those rights which
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belong to all humans at birth
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how did the french governmentand the catholic church respond to voltaires books during the 1700s?
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they exiled voltaire and banned his books
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according to adam smiths idea of a free market, laissez-faire economy the government should
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not be involved in the economy at all
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which rulers could have been called enlighted despots?
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catherine the great and joseph II
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what describes the rococo style of art?
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it was personal, refined and charming
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what would have most likely have occured a salon in 1750?
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intellectuals would discuss enlightment ideas
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many government and church officials tried to keep enlightment ideas from sreading with heavy use of
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censorship
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in what ways did the enlightened despots improve the lives of the people?
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1. increasing toleration for different religions
2. increasing education 3. increasing the number of new roads and bridges |
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what are some examples of baroque or classical musicians/composers during the enlightenment?
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mozart, handel,bach
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daniel defoe's work, robinson crusoe was one of the first examples of
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novel
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in a _ a king or queens power is limited by the law
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constitutional monarchy
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the _ is the leader of the parliament, the cabinet and his political party in britain
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prime minister
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the_ was a law that created Great Britain by joining england wales and scotland together
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act of union
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whigs and _ were the 2 major political parties in britain during the late 1700s
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tories
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the us constitutions ideas of a strong central government run by representatives of the people came from
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thomas hobbes and john locke
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why did the colonists in america resent the taxes that britain forced them to pay?
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they had no representation in parliament
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britain passed the navigation acts in order to force a _ economy on the colonists
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mercantilist
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in the _ colonists dressed like indians and dumped british products off british ships into the boston harbor
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boston tea party
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in the _ british soldiers fired on unruly colonists likking 5 and causing the colonists to protest british control
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boston massacre
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_ wrote the declaration of independence using the ideas of john locke
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thomas jefferson
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what made the french economy worse in the 1780s?
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1. deficit spending
2. bad harvests 3. costly wars fought by louis XIV |
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the to[ 3rd estate made up mainly of merchants and proffesionals was called the
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jacobins
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in 1789 the national assembly promised to write a new constitution for france by swearing the
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tennis court oath
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what vent became a nationalist symbol for france during the french revolution?
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storming of the bastille
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nobles and clergy who fled france during the french revolution were called
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sans-culottes
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when the poor women of paris marched on the palace of versailles what did they demand from the king?
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bread
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the jacobinf were a radical political group in the legislative assembly who wanted
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to create a french republic with male suffrage
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under the national convention_ (the right to vote) was extended to all male citizens
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suffrage
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which man led the radical and violent committee of public safety
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maximilien robespierre
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which device were most people excited during the reign of terroe
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guillotine
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the aggressive pride in ones country that arose during the french revolution was
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nationalism
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in 1793 king louis XIV and marie antoinette were
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beheaded
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in 1795 conservatives who took control of the government set up a
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monarchy
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working class people who wanted radical changes in the government and society were called
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sans culottes
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_ was a famous austrain statesman who led the congress of vienna
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clemens von metternich
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a _ was a vote of yes or no on issues used often by napoleon (usually a national ballot)
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plebiscite
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the _ was an unsuccessfl blockade of europe declared by napoleon to try to hurt btirains sea trade
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assignats
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the _was written at napoleons orders so that laws would be the same throughtout the grand empire
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napoleonic code
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shortly after his defeat in russia 1812-1813 napoleon was forced to _ or give up his power
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abdicate
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_was created by napoleon through his military conquest and annexation of other territories in europe
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the grande empire
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at the _ napoleon was defeated by the british, austrains, and prussians and captures for the second time and final time
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battle of waterloo
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at the_ admiral nelson defeated the french navy and kept the strait of gibraltar open for britain
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battle of trafalgar
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the congress of vienna wanted to ceate _ and balance of power by putting absolutist families back on their thrones
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legitimacy
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both the _ and the _ fought for independence from the ottoman empire in the early 1800s
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serbs and greeks
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at the _ napoleon was defeated by the british, austrains, and prussians and captures for the second time and final time
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battle of waterloo
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which nation led louis napoleon (soon to become napoleon III) during its revolution od 1848?
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france
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at the_ admiral nelson defeated the french navy and kept the strait of gibraltar open for britain
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battle of trafalgar
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what country broke free from spain by the 1820s?
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mexico
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the congress of vienna wanted to ceate _ and balance of power by putting absolutist families back on their thrones
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legitimacy
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_ led to haiti to independence while _ led venezuela in independence in the 1820s
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toussaint L'Ouverture, simon bolivar
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both the _ and the _ fought for independence from the ottoman empire in the early 1800s
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serbs and greeks
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Who was the first prime minister of italy?
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camillo cavour
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which nation led louis napoleon (soon to become napoleon III) during its revolution od 1848?
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france
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a person who wants to abolish all government is called a
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anarchist
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what country broke free from spain by the 1820s?
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mexico
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garibaldi was the leader of the
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red shirts
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_ led to haiti to independence while _ led venezuela in independence in the 1820s
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toussaint L'Ouverture, simon bolivar
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Who was the first prime minister of italy?
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camillo cavour
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a person who wants to abolish all government is called a
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anarchist
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garibaldi was the leader of the
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red shirts
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what did garibaldi do after conquering the 2 sicilies and the kingdom of naples?
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he gave his conquered lands to king victor emmanuel II to unite italy
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francis joseph ruled a dual monarchy made up of
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austria and hungary
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because it could explode into war at any time the balkan penninsula was nicknamed the
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balkan power keg
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in 1861 alexander II _ the serfs in russia
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emancipated
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czar nicholas I proclamed that the 3 pillars of russian absolutism were
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orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationalism
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jews and other non russians were often victims of _ or government encouraged attacks
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pogroms
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after the revolution of 1905 czar nicholas II signed the _ giving some new rights to the people
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communist manifesto
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bismark fought a war with_ in 1864 in order to sieze the territories of schleswig and holstein
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denmark
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in order to achieve his goals for germany, bismark used a cutthrout political way of thinking called
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realpolitk
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who was the first kaiser of the second reich
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wilhelm I (william I)
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napoleons invasion of germany in the early 1800's ....
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inspired german nationalism
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fearing that bismark was too powerful the new kaiser wilhem II (william II) asked his to
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rsign
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how did the german gov promote economic development?
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by supporting research, science and development for manufactured goods
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why did bismark lead attacks against socialism and the catholic church?
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he feared that workers and catholics would be loyal to socialism and the church over him
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why did bismark start new social reforms in germany?
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to guide workers away from socialism
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the italian nationalist movement was called the
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renaissance
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