Flashcards: Europe with pictures
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Created by:
clcolefe on January 27, 2011
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Same study set at Europe during the wars, but with pictures.
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STUDY GROUP | Everybody Welcome!, Compass SS, msfs geo-gab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 French word means 'rebirth' |  Renaissance |
| sailed to the "New World" on three ships: The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria |  Christopher Columbus |
| He was English, he wrote Romeo and Juliet, and MacBeth |  William Shakespeare |
| painted the Sistine Chapel |  Michelangelo |
| steam engine, spinning jenny, cotton gin, light bulb |  Industrial Revolution |
| printing press with moveable type |  Gutenburg Press |
| when people elect someone to make laws for them |  indirect democracy |
| leader of the Protestant religious Reformation |  Martin Luther |
| da Vinci, Michelangelo, and William Shakespeare | Renaissance people |
| Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for this man's assassination |  Francis Ferdinand |
| capital, natural resources, and labor |  Economics |
| Germany was blamed for WWI, Germany had to pay for the WWI, and Germany wasn't allowed to rebuild their army | Peace Treaty 1919 |
| United Kingdom, USA,France, Russia - Soviet Union |  Allied Powers - WWII |
| Japan, Germany and Italy |  Axis Powers - WWII |
| a government that rules alone and is usually violent |  dictatorship |
| When this ship was sunk - the USA joined WWI |  the Lusitania |
| America and the Soviet Union |  Cold War |
| strong pride in one's country |  nationalism |
| when people vote on every issue |  direct democracy |
| a strong country taking over a weaker country | imperialism |
| when German Nazi's killed millions of Jews |  Holocaust |
| when a country builds up their weapons |  militarism |
| Japan |  When this country bombed Pearl Harbor, America (USA) joined into WWII. |
| people who must flee to another country because of danger or other reasons |  refugees |
| killing all the people of a certain race or religion |  genocide |
| WWI |  What war used trench warfare? |
| a country that has a queen and king and has absolute rule |  monarchy |
| Russia |  What country has a harsh climate, is the world's largest country, and spans two continents? |