Study sets matching "honors world studies"
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Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Treaty of Tordesillas
Portugese sailor. first European to sail around southern Afric…
discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster r…
First to circumnavigate the globe. Portuguese
agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflic…
Vasco de Gama
Portugese sailor. first European to sail around southern Afric…
Christopher Columbus
discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster r…
1400-320 bc
1000 years
they regressed
negative(if rome hadnt fallen, how adva…
what years did roman civilization occur
since rome was so advanced, how long did it take for the rest…
what happened to the rest of the world after the fall of rome
did the fall of rome have a positive or negative effect on the…
1400-320 bc
what years did roman civilization occur
1000 years
since rome was so advanced, how long did it take for the rest…
artillery
flying circus
howitzer
machine gun
any engine used for the discharge of large projectiles in war
this was the nickname of the Jasta 11 squadron led by Manfred…
this was a type of artillery that shot a shell over high traje…
seen as the signature trench warfare weapon, these required mu…
artillery
any engine used for the discharge of large projectiles in war
flying circus
this was the nickname of the Jasta 11 squadron led by Manfred…
militarism
Triple Alliance
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Triple Entente
always keeping an army ready for war and glorifying military p…
an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the…
German kaiser who made Bismarck retire because he didn't want…
a military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia…
militarism
always keeping an army ready for war and glorifying military p…
Triple Alliance
an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the…
Albert Einstein
theory of relativity
Sigmund Freud
existentialism
A German-born physicist who theorized that space and time are…
A theory by Albert Einstein about the relations between time a…
A psychologist, he thought that in unconsciousness a mind driv…
the philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to t…
Albert Einstein
A German-born physicist who theorized that space and time are…
theory of relativity
A theory by Albert Einstein about the relations between time a…
Francis Ferdinand
Self Determination
World War I
15 million
Spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip was as…
Allowing people with the same ethnic origins to form their own…
First total war in world history
Amount of combatants that died during WWI
Francis Ferdinand
Spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip was as…
Self Determination
Allowing people with the same ethnic origins to form their own…
non-aggression pact
blitzkrieg
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
an agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another
"lightning war" - a form or warfare in which surprise attacks…
set up a government in exile after France fell, he put his ene…
British prime minister who declared the nation would never giv…
non-aggression pact
an agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another
blitzkrieg
"lightning war" - a form or warfare in which surprise attacks…
United Nations
iron curtain
containment
Truman Doctrine
an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to…
the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europ…
a U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the…
announced by President Harry Truman in 1947, a U.S. policy of…
United Nations
an international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to…
iron curtain
the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europ…
Francesco Petrarch
Niccolo Machiavelli
Francois Rabelais
Desiderius Erasmus
Song Book... about love of life, love for a woman, named Lara, ro…
The Price... Diplomatic role in government. talked about issues i…
The Life of Gargantua and Pantagruel... cruel and vulgar story, c…
The Praise of Folly... Attack on european society, attacked super…
Francesco Petrarch
Song Book... about love of life, love for a woman, named Lara, ro…
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Price... Diplomatic role in government. talked about issues i…
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rosseau
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
Philosophies. 70+ books written. Never stopped fighting for to…
Believed Britain was the best-governed country. His ideas abou…
Committed to individual freedom. Believed the only good govern…
Believed laws existed to preserve social order. The degree of…
Voltaire
Philosophies. 70+ books written. Never stopped fighting for to…
Montesquieu
Believed Britain was the best-governed country. His ideas abou…
Enlightened Despot
Catherine the Great
Francis Bacon
Leviathan
an absolute ruler that considers enlightened ideas and views
A Russian ruler that exchanged letters with Voltaire and striv…
a scientist that worked with Decartes and built the scientific…
a written work explaining the ideas of a man who thought peopl…
Enlightened Despot
an absolute ruler that considers enlightened ideas and views
Catherine the Great
A Russian ruler that exchanged letters with Voltaire and striv…
basin
plateau
rift valley
Escarpment
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a l…
an area of high, flat land
A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
cliff, a steep slope resulting from erosion.
basin
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a l…
plateau
an area of high, flat land
What are the five basic characteristics…
Which city state from Sumer understood…
What was the writing of Sumer called?
What is the Sumerian religion?
Cities, Complex Institutions, Specialization, Writing, and Tec…
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Polytheism (belief in more than one god)
What are the five basic characteristics…
Cities, Complex Institutions, Specialization, Writing, and Tec…
Which city state from Sumer understood…
Mesopotamia
conflict
middle east
north
for warm weather and fertile land
what is one thing that drives innovation
which innovative region is near greece that influences it
where(direction) did the first greek people come from
why did the first people migrate to greece
conflict
what is one thing that drives innovation
middle east
which innovative region is near greece that influences it
Anti-Semitism
Genocide
refugee
European Union
Prejudice against Jews
systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
an exile who flees for safety
A family of democratic countries committed to working together…
Anti-Semitism
Prejudice against Jews
Genocide
systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
Blaise Pascal
Francis Bacon
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jansenist... Believed Jesuits' arguments designed to minimize and…
Many professions... Human knowledge should produce useful results…
Translated Thucyclides... Believed humans are selfish and cruel... W…
Believed born sinless... Environment changes us... Against Thomas Ho…
Blaise Pascal
Jansenist... Believed Jesuits' arguments designed to minimize and…
Francis Bacon
Many professions... Human knowledge should produce useful results…
Francis Ferdinand
Militarism
Nationalism
Imperialism
archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in 1914
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing a…
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Europe has colonies all over the world
Francis Ferdinand
archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in 1914
Militarism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing a…
Geography
Longitude
Latitude
Map Projection
The study of people, their enviroment, and their resources
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
Distance north or south of the Equator
Way of showing the curved Earth on a flat surface
Geography
The study of people, their enviroment, and their resources
Longitude
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
authority
Merchant
Innovations
Conquer
Right to rule in peacetime and to lead soldiers in wartime
People who buy and sell goods to make a living
New ways of doing things
Take over
authority
Right to rule in peacetime and to lead soldiers in wartime
Merchant
People who buy and sell goods to make a living
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
17th century British philosopher, believed government's power…
Invented lightning rod, discovered how to harness electricity,…
Perfect reputation, general, first president, natural leader.
3rd president, wrote the Declaration of Independence, versatil…
John Locke
17th century British philosopher, believed government's power…
Benjamin Franklin
Invented lightning rod, discovered how to harness electricity,…
Wendi
Ghengis Khan
Empress Dowager
Kublai Khan
Emperor of the Sui Dynasty
Great leader of the Mongols. After uniting Nomadic tribes from…
Also known as empress Cixi... Dowager means to take control for s…
Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynast…
Wendi
Emperor of the Sui Dynasty
Ghengis Khan
Great leader of the Mongols. After uniting Nomadic tribes from…
Antithesis
Diction
Anastrophe
Syntax
Direct contrast; exact opposite; a figure of speech that resul…
Choice or use of words in speech or writing
Inversion of the usual order (syntax) of the parts of a senten…
The way in which words are put together to form phrases and se…
Antithesis
Direct contrast; exact opposite; a figure of speech that resul…
Diction
Choice or use of words in speech or writing