1066-communism
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Terms | Definitions |
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 1066 | The year William the Conqueror became the first Norman king of England after defeating the English at the Battle of Hastings. This laid the foundation for centralized government. |
| 1215 | The year the Magna Carta was signed by King John. It was the first document to limit the power of government. |
| 1942 | The year the Italian navigator, Christopher Columbus, who sailed with the support of the Spanish crown, arrived in the Americas. |
| 1789 | The year the French Revolution began with a peasant revolt that sought to limit the powers of the Catholic church and weaken the power of the nobility and monarch. |
| 1914 | The years of World War I which were triggered by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and ended with the Treaty of Versailles. |
| Fertile Crescent | Found along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, this was the first early river civilization. The cities in this area were governed by city-states and used irrigation to produced their corps. |
| 1939-1945 | The years of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland and ended with the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| Buddhism | This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama and explained the way to salvation through self-discipline and poverty. It evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal. |
| Capitalism | An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned and supply and demand answer the economic questions of what, when, why, and how to produce. |
| Christianity | This religion is a belief in one God and in Jesus Christ as the messiah who freed followers from Roman rule and fulfilled the prophesy of the scriptures. |
| Communism | A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state. |
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