Quizlet Western Civ Review

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  1. 1914-1918: First World War
  2. Adam Smith: Described capitalism in "The Wealth of Nations"
  3. Albert: Queen Victoria's husband
  4. Alexander the Great: Conquered the world starting out from Greece
  5. Aristotle: Greek philosopher who inspired the Western world
  6. Athens: Democratic Greek city. Enemy of Sparta
  7. Bastille: Stormed on July 14, 1789
  8. Battle of Marathon: Athenians defeat the Persians and drive them to the sea
  9. Battle of Salamis: First major naval battle in history
  10. Battle of Themopylae: 300 Spartans against the Persian army
  11. Battle of Waterloo: Where Napoleon was defeated once and for all
  12. Benjamin Disraeli: Conservative British PM
  13. British Empire: The sun never set on this
  14. Carthage: Enemy of Rome. Destroyed in Punic Wars
  15. Charlemagne: Emperor of much of France and Germany
  16. Charles Darwin: Invented Theory of Evolution
  17. Charles Martel (the hammer): Stopped the Muslim advance
  18. Charles Spurgeon: Famous British preacher
  19. City States: Each city in Greece governed itself
  20. Cleopatra: Ally of Caesar and Mark Antony. Made an asp of herself
  21. Constantine: In this sign, conquer
  22. Crusades: Attempts to win Palestine for Christianity by force
  23. Czar Alexander I: Czar of Russia when Napoleon invaded
  24. Elba: Where Napoleon was exiled to the first time
  25. Estates-General: Earlier French Parliament
  26. First Estate: Nobles
  27. Florence Nightingale: Professionalized nursing
  28. Francis Ferdinand: Got shot in Sarjevo
  29. Friedrich Schleiermacher: Believed in Higher Criticism of religion
  30. GWF Hegel: Dialectic Thinking: Thesis+Antithesis=Synthesis
  31. God, gold and glory: Reasons for expanding the British Empire
  32. Gregory VII (Hildebrand): Humiliated Henry IV
  33. Hannibal: Took elephants from Carthage to fight Rome
  34. Henry IV: German emperor who challenged the power of the pope
  35. Herodotus: Greek historian
  36. Hippocrates: Father of Greek medicine
  37. Homer: Poet who brought life to the Greek gods
  38. Hundred Days: When Napoleon escaped from exile and fought on
  39. Immanuel Kant: Believed in relativism. Everyone has "spark of divinity"
  40. James Watt: Perfected the steam engine
  41. John Calvin: Reformer in Geneva, Switzerland
  42. John Knox: Scottish Reformer
  43. Josephine: Beloved wife of Napoleon
  44. Julius Caesar: Unofficial emperor. Member of First Triumvirate
  45. Jupiter: Chief Roman god
  46. Louis XIV: The Sun King
  47. Louis XV: Apres moi, le deluge
  48. Louis XVI: The French revolted and executed him
  49. Luther: Nailed 95 Theses to a church door
  50. Marie Antoinette: Did not say, "Let them eat cake."
  51. Marie-Louise: Second wife of Napoleon
  52. Mark Antony: Ally of Cleopatra, enemy of Octavian
  53. Menno Simons: Founded the Mennonites
  54. Minoans: Lived on the island of Crete
  55. Miracle on the Marne: German attack on France stopped here
  56. Napoleon: Emperor of France
  57. National Assembly: Later French Parliament
  58. November 11, 1918: The fighting in WWI ended at 11:00 AM
  59. Octavian: Caesar's nephew later called Augustus
  60. Pax Romana: 200 years of Roman peace
  61. Pompey: Caesar's enemy. Member of First Triumvirate
  62. Queen Victoria: 19th Century British Monarch
  63. Reign of Terror: Tried to eliminate enemies of the French Revolution
  64. Richard Lionheart: English leader who fought Saladin
  65. Saladin: Muslim anti-Crusade leader
  66. Scipio: Defeated Hannibal because the best defence is a good offence
  67. Second Estate: Clergy
  68. Socialism: Redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor
  69. Sophocles: Greek playwright. Wrote Antigone, Oedipus Rex
  70. Sparta: Strong Greek military city
  71. St. Helena: Napoleon was exiled here and died a few years later
  72. Submarines: The Germans' secret weapon
  73. Tanks: The Allies' secret weapon
  74. Tennis Court Oath: We will stay here until we've written the constitution
  75. Third Estate: Everyone who wasn't nobles or clergy
  76. Titanic: No one thought this ship would sink
  77. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Took Russia out of WWI
  78. Trenches: Germans and Allies built 600 miles of these
  79. Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
  80. Triple Entente: France, Great Britain, Russia
  81. Trojan War: Troy destroyed to bring back Helen
  82. WIlliam Booth: Founded Salvation Army
  83. William Gladstone: Liberal British PM
  84. acropolis: A hilltop fortress surrounding the polis
  85. aristocracy: rule by the best
  86. democracy: rule by the people
  87. dignitas: dignity/sense of personal worth
  88. direct democracy: every vote votes on every issue
  89. domestic system: Most items are produced in the home by hand
  90. enclosure movement: farm and common land divided up to be more efficient
  91. factory system: Items are produced in factories in highly efficient way
  92. gravitas: gravity/seriousness of purpose
  93. koine Greek: Greek of the common man. Much of Bible written in this language
  94. oligarchy: rule by the few
  95. ostracism: to throw someone out of the city for 10 years
  96. paterfamilias: Head of Roman household
  97. pietas: piety/sense of duty
  98. railroads: Started moving goods efficiently begining in Industrial Revolution
  99. representative democracy: representatives vote on each issue
  100. tyranny: rule by one who has seized power