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Henry IV
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was the French king who converted to Catholicism and created the Edict of Nantes to ensure religious tolerance
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Napoleon
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was the French ruler who promised religious tolerance to Catholics in return for favors from the Pope in the Concordat of 1801
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Oliver Cromwell
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was the English ruler who allowed Puritans religious freedom because he himself practiced the religion
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Mary
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was the daughter of James II who took over the rule of England with her Dutch husband
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Charles
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was the English king who was beheaded because of his efforts to control Parliament
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Peter the Great
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was the czar who toured England and France and tried to apply some of the Western ideas he learned there in Russia
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Catherine the Great
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engineered the death of her husband and became the ruler of Russia
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St. Bartholomew's Day in Paris
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It was the day of Henry IV's wedding and 3,000 people were killed. The Hugonots were involved because they were angry regarding the religious issue
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What occupation of workers considered St. John the Evangelist their patron saint and celebrated his feast days in December and May
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printers
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At the Battle of Vienna in 1672, the Polish king John Sobieski defeated ______ and stopped their advance in Europe
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Ottoman Empire
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What event is celebrated in France on July 14 each year
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Independence Day
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What was meant by the holiday "St. Monday"
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When Apprentices didn't come to work
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What was the name of the radical faction of the National Convention during the French Revolution led by Robespierre who were named for their choice of seats in the assembly hall?
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Mountaners
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What was the name of the rebellion of the nobles that protested Louis XIV's growing royal power and related tax increases?
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Fonde
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Was a system of economic regulation aimed at increasing the power of the state
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mercantilism
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The Defenestration of Prague described the events which started the ______ in 1617
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Thirty Years War
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John Locke used the term _______ to describe the phenomena that all ideas are derived from experience
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tabula rasa
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Who was Toussaint L'Overture
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led the rebellion in Haiti
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The Junkers were_______
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nobility of Brandenburg and Prussia
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adquirir
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to acquire, to get, to obtain
acquérir |
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Who was Charlotte Corday
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she killed a leader in the French Revolution
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What did Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin have in common?
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they both advised the sons of kings
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Name two important American Enlightenment thinkers
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Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
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Robert Owen was known for the rewards system he established for ______
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workers
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_______ was the style of art which was associated with the late 16th century Catholic Reformation
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Baroque
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__________ is the artist that is known for his portrayal of Amsterdam and the city's emphasis on voluntary associations rather than church organizations
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Rembrandt
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___________ is a term derived from this important work of Spanish literature which means idealistic but impractical
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Don Quiote
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Before they came to Massachusetts, the Puritans moved to __________ in the hopes of establishing a place where they could practice their Calvinist religious beliefs
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Netherlands
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The country of _________ vanished from the map by 1795 as it was divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia
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Poland
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As a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France lost its colony in ________
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Canada
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What was the occupation of the workers in the Great Cat Massacre?
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printers
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According to Poverty & Marginality in the Early Modern City what was the criteria for providing relief of the poor in the 17th century European city?
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they had to live in the city in order to be helped
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According to Material Conditions of Family Life what was the major architectural change in the way the homes of ordinary people were constructed in the 18th century?
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the homes went from being made of straws and leaves to concrete and mason
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In industrialization in England, what group was likely to be the investors in the new businesses established during the Industrial Revolution
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Quakers
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The banishment of Muslims and Jews from ________ in the 17th century reduced the pool of talented workers and investors and caused the decline of this European country
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Spain
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_________ was a meeting of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and great Britain to fashion a peace settlement after defeating France in 1815
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Congress of Vienna
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________was the foreign minister of Austria who played a key role in post-Napoleonic Europe
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Metternich
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________won independence from the Turks in 1830
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Greece
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__________ is a novel about the events of the July 1830 revolution in France
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Laymiz araba
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__________ is a doctrine of economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy
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Laizee faire
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_________ was the move toward a common language, history, and territory in the 19th century
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Nationalism
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_________ was a backlash against individualism and fragmentation of society and a move toward cooperation
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Socialism
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The Raft of the Medusa was a famous _______ which was meant to __________
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painting
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___________were 19th century writers who rescued German fairy tales and put them down in books which have become classics
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Grimm Brothers
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_______was a 19th century composer who included in his work Polish folk melodies
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Chopin
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_______ was a protest that took place at Saint Peter's Field in Manchester in reaction to the Corn Law and was broken up by armed cavalry
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Battle of Peterloo
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Georges Haussmann was known for his transformation of ________
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Paris
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________ was a 19th century painter considered a romantic painter
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Delaquix
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_______ was one of the innovations in the 19th century city
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Railroads
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_____ ___was the ideas applied by thinkers in many fields that stress gradual change and continual adjustment
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Evolution
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Social Darwinism was used to justify ________
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human relation- survival of the fittest
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Emile Zola is a French novelist whose subjects included _______
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realism
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___________ was a monumental novel set against the background of Napoleon's conquests of Russia
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War and Peace
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________ was elected to the French National Assembly in 1848 but then made himself the Emperor
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Napoleon III
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_________ resulted in anti-Catholic feelings in feelings that resulted in the separation of church and state in France
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Trifeyes Affair
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_______ was a city in Northern Italy so beleaguered in wars with Austria and France that its name came to symbolize the color of blood
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Magenta
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_________ lost the Crimean War because of difficulty moving supplies to their troops
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Russia
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________ was a key figure in the proclamation of the German Empire in 1871
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Bismark
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_______ was the Southern Italian leader in the unification of Italy
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Gara Baldy
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_________ was the Russian parliament which opened in 1906 and was controlled after 1907 by the Czar
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Duma
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__________ was the name of the patriots who seized power in the revolution of 1908 from the Ottoman Empire
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Young Turks
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________ was an incident where a Jewish captain in the French army was falsely accused and convicted of treason
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Grifes
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_____ was a movement toward Jewish political nationhood
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Zionism
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Why did the potato famine attack Ireland more so than other European countries?
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dependent on potatoes
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What were two restrictions which the Hapsburg Empire placed on gypsies?
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-need to marry other people
-eliminate dress code -send children to special school -men served in military |
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What were millets in the Ottoman Empire?
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unit of government to collect taxes
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What was the name of the major department store in Paris?
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Bon Marsh
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What was a charivari in Russian society?
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the humiliation of people that were outsiders
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What religious group were the leaders in ending the slave trade in Great Britain?
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Methodist
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What important innovation changed letter writing in the 19th century?
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stamps
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______ "opened" Japan to the West in 1853
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U.S.
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Ismail was the ruler of _________ who opened the door to foreign investors in his country including England and France
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Egypt
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Berlin Conference gave _________ control over Congo Free State
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Belgium
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In 1898, the united State took over ________ as part of their aspiration for a colonial empire in the Pacific
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Philippines
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Ruyard Kipling wrote the poem ________ to justify the necessity of European intervention in Asia
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White Man's Burden
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Who were the Afrikaners?
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the Dutch in South Africa
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What European power gained control over the East Indies
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Dutch
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The ______ took over Indochina (later to become Vietnam)
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French
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Edward Elgar wrote a symphony to commemorate __________
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General Gordon
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____________ helped the English crush the Great Rebellion in 1857 and 1858 in Northern and Central India
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Indian troops
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___________ was the name of the warrior nobility in 19th century Japan
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Samorai
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_________ were a series of western style reforms launched by the Chinese government in 1898 in attempt to meet the foreign challenge
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100 Days Reform
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The Battles of the Marne saved the city of Paris ______from being captured at the beginning and end of WWI
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Paris
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Name 2 countries that were part of the Central Powers
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Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungry
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The Ottoman Empire inflicted a genocidal mass exportation of the _____during WWI
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Armianians
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_____led Arab tribesman and Indian soldiers in a highly successful guerrilla warfare against the Turks on the Arabian Peninsula
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Lawrence
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_________is known as the most destructive battle in WWI
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Verdon
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Father Paul Dubrulle wrote an eyewitness account to what important event?
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Battle of Verdon
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According to Alistair Horne in "The Price of Glory" who were the heroes of the WWI battlefields?
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Runners/Messengers
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Why was Rasputin hated in Russia
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had an affair with Alexandria
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Why did Russia stop fighting the Germans and ask for a peace settlement?
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the war was coming to an end
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What territory did Germany loose as a result of WWI
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Poland
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Why did the United States fail to join the League of Nations
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they did not have the support of Congress
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What was the name of the treaty that ended WWI?
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Treaty of Versaille
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"We oppose the pretention of the __________ to create a Jewish commonwealth in the southern part of Syria, known as Palestine." was part of a statement presented by Arab nationalists to the United States in 1919
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Zionists
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_______ was philosopher who wrote a wise fool proclaims that "God is dead" because he has been murdered by lackadaisical modern Christians
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Nietzsche
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_______ was known for his philosophical writings which are described as existentialism
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Jean Paul Sareutt
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________wrote in stream of consciousness about his hero's wanderings through the pubs of Dublin and the heroic adventures of Homer's Ulysses
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James Joyce
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______ was an American architect who demonstrated the techniques of functionalism in his work
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Franklin Wright
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Guernica was a city in Spain famous for its _______ in 1937
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bombing
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________ was a famous painting by Picasso demonstrating cubist's techniques
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Guernica
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Charles Dawes developed a plan which reduced ________ in order to solve grave economic problems in Europe in the 1920's
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German reparations
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_________ was a country in which a Social Democrat government developed which was based on a strong tradition of community action
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Sweden
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_________ was the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin traveled and gathered information for his later writing
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Begal
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What event in his personal life enabled Charles Darwin to overcome reluctance to discuss evolution?
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Death of his daughter
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What impressionist artist was famous for his depiction of ballet dancers?
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Degas
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_______ was famous for his depiction of water lilies in the garden at his home outside of Paris
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Monet
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What happened to the Jesuits in Philadelphia when the Jesuits in France and England were "suppressed?"
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they affiliated themselves with Russia
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This royal English couple became the model of family life in the 19th century and many of their children married royalty throughout Europe
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Queen Elizabeth and her husband
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Vera Brttain wrote about her experiences during ________ and as a result became committed to ______
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WWI
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The city of Danzig (also called Gdansk) was returned to ________ after WWI
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Poland
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The Balfour Declaration declared British support of __________
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Zionism
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All Quiet on the Western Front is account of __________
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trench warfare during WWI
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1984 was a fictional book written about the horrors of _________
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suppressed societies
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Walter Kandinsky was an _______ who said you should look at his work as depicting emotion rather than representation
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artist
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The Rites of Spring was a controversial ________ which was created in 1910 and debuted in Paris in 1913
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Opera
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________ was the American musical form that took Paris by storm in the 1920's
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Jazz
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________ was the American writer who lived in Paris and fought in the Spanish Civil War
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Ernest Hemingway
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Who was General Francisco Franco?
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leader in Spanish-American War
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________ was FDR's plan to reform capitalism through forceful government intervention in the economy
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The New Deal
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a plan launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above,"the ultimate goal of which was to generate new attitudes, new loyalties and a new socialist humanity (collectivization)
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Five year plan
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Lenin's 1921 policy to re-establish limited economic freedom in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration
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New economic Policy
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the forcible consolidation of individual peasant farms into large, state-controlled enterprises
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Collectivization
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the better-off peasants who were stripped of land and livestock under Stalin and were generally not permitted to join the collective farms; many of them starved or were deported to forced labor camps for "re-education"
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Kulaks
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the members of a movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, an anti-socialism aimed to destroying working class movements, alliances with powerful capitalists and landowners, a dynamic and violent leader and glorification of war and the military
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Fascists
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A private army under Mussolini that destroyed socialist newspapers, union halls, and Socialists Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of Northern Italy
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Black Shirts
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A 1929 agreement that recognized the Vatican as a tiny independent state, with Mussolini agreeing to give the church heavy financial support. In turn, the pope expressed his satisfaction and urged Italians to support Mussolini's government
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Lateran Agreement
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a movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Hitler
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Nazism
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a leader-dictator with unlimited power
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Fuhrer
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an act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazi that gave Hitler absolute power for four years
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Enabling Act
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Hitler's program based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic people.
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New Order
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a dictatorship that exercises unprecedented control over the masses and seeks to mobilize them for action
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totalitarianism
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Hitler and Stalin signed a pact in 1939
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ten year Nazi- Soviet non aggression pact
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the superiority of the German race
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Antisemitism
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an Italian Jew that survived the Holocaust
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Primo Levi
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the allied policy to defeat Hitler in Europe before turning their attack on Japan
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Europe first
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Russia, United States, England
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Big Three
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economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild, which Stalin refused for all of eastern Europe
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Marshall Plan
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anti-soviet military alliance of western governments
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NATO
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Progressive Catholics and revitalized Catholic political parties that became influential after WWII
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Christian Democrats
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the European economic community created by six western European nations in 1957 as part of a larger search for European unity
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Common Market
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"containing" communism
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Truman Doctrine
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the reversal of Europe's overseas expansion caused by rising demand of Asian and African peoples for national self determination, racial quality and personal dignity
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decolonization
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a system designed to perpetuate Western economic domination and undermine the promise of political independence
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neocolonialism
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the liberalization of the post-Stalin Soviet Union, led by reformer Khrushchev
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de-Stalinization
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the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever it saw the need
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Brezhnev Doctrine
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