Second Semester final exam review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Who's view in social contract best fit the American Government, John Locke or Thomas Hobbes? | John Locke, because he talks about how if the government doesn't protect natural rights it can be overthrown. |
| What kind of concept did both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes Believe in? | They Believed in a Social Contract. |
| Louis XIV is to France as Peter the Great is to? | Russia |
| Why did the people in france support Napolean Bonaparte? | He improved the economy, encouraged equality, and brought stability to france. |
| Why did TheTaiping Rebellion begin? | It began because of poverty and government failure in china. |
| What did Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu both have in common ? | They both were Daimyo's who were given credit for ending conflictand unifying Japan as one nation. |
| What was the reason th opium war was fought? | The British wanted to control the chinese opium trade. |
| What system believed that it will eventually lead to proletariat to take over? | The Capitalist System |
| Reform during the Industrial Revolution came mostly due to what? | Labor Unions |
| When a nation seeks to expand its own power by conquering other countries this is known as ? | Imperialism |
| How did nationalism help lead to World War I? | It made countries competitive. |
| What was the spark that caused the powder keg to explode? | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
| Why was the Battle of Verdon extremely costly? | Trench warfare tactics |
| The harsh conditions that the Treaty of Versailles put on germany after World War I led to the rise of what? | Fascism in Germany. |
| In what two countries, did fascists come to power during a servere economic crisis? | Italy & Germany |
| What does fascism and communism have in common? | They disregarded indiviual rights, and believe that the state should be Supreme. |
| Adolf Hitler is to Der Fuhrer as Benito Mussolini is to ? | Il Duce |
| In 1931, what country took over Manchuria in china and renamed it Manchukuo? | Japan |
| Munich Conference was an example of what policy? | Appeasement |
| Why did the United States finally enter World War 2 after staying out for so long? | The attack on Pearl Habor. |
| Why was the Potsdam Summit a preview of the cold war era? | The Soviet Union and other allies did not get along. |
| After World War 2 The league of nations was replaced with | The UN |
| The political tension between the USA and the Soviet Union led to | The Cold War |
| Under the Marshall Plan, why did the US give money to European countires? | To Keep them from becoming Communist. |
| Why was Mao Zedong able to gain more support than Chaing kai-Shek during the chinese civil war | He Promised to redistribute land to the chinese peasents |
| When Stalin died, who took over the Soviet Union | Nikita Khrushhev |
| What led to the independence of countreis like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Baltic States. | The Break up of the Soviet Union |
| What did Mohandas Ghandhi and Nkrumah both have in common ? | They both believed in non-violent tactics |
| Who set up the state of Isreal in Palestine? | The UN |
| Who was the Tiananmen Sqaure protest led by? | Chinese Intellectuals |
| Who was the Prime Minster of Isreal who helped win the Yom Kippur War? | Golda Meir |
| Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and a cold war ally of the US? | Margaret Thatcher |
| What did Pan-Africanism and Pan-Arabism have in common? | They both believed that a particular group of people should unite for their own good. |
| Why did the war in Bosnia in 1992 break out? | fighting erupted between Muslims, Catholics, and Orthodx groups in Yugoslavia. |
| Who was the leader of the Al-queda Terrorist group that struck the U.S on Sept.11? | Osama Bin Laden |
| What terrorist group doesn't recognize Palestians right to exist? | The Hamas |
| What organization seeks to protect war refugees and children and limitting pollution? | The UN |
| Why was OPEC formed? | To help promote the interest of the oil states. |
| Why was the World Trade Oranganization formed? | To Promote free trade between Countries. |
| What technology helped speed up culutral duffusion exchange,and communication in the last 20 years? | Global Satellite Technology |
| What has made western culture available to the rest of the world? | Improved Technology |
| Mass Cmmunication,economic exchange, and democratization of knowledege was led by? | The Internet |
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