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Genghis Khan Also known as Temujin; he united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history. Kublai Khan Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather’s conquest of China Marco Polo (1254-1324) Italian explorer and author. He made numerous trips to China and […]

question Ashoka answer third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India. He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing. question Bantu answer collective name of a large group of sub- Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. question Faxian answer Chinese pilgrim […]

question 1. What did Progressives have a strong faith in? answer Science and Technology question 2. Efficiency Progressives believed cities should be run by whom? answer City Managers and commissioners question 3. Why did Wisconsin become known as “the laboratory of democracy”? answer Support for direct primaries question 4. Why did Alice Paul’s strategy alarm […]

question peso de ocho answer silver from the new world was mined into this globally accepted currency that connected major trade systems. first globally used currency. question Manila answer Spanish colony that connected the new world with Asian markets allowing most of the new worlds silver to end up in china question Portugal and spain […]

question The Germans first successfully used blitzkrieg in an attack on? answer Poland question Douglas MacArthur answer The mastermind of the island hopping strategy. question Ships answer The main target of the Kamikazes. question Nazis answer The group that was tried at the Nuremberg Trials. question Where were the atomic bombs dropped? answer Hiroshima and […]

question Aztec Empire answer Major state that developed in what is now Mexico in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; dominated by seminomadic Mexica, who had migrate into the region from northern Mexico. question Benin answer Territorial state that emerged by the fifteenth century in the region that is now southern Nigeria; ruled by a warrior […]

question Decreased Chinese immigration by only allowing teachers, merchants, and students into the U.S. answer Chinese Exclusion Act question Single family homes that shared side walls. Often 2-3 families would share apartments. answer Row House question New Immigrants – by casting votes for candidates endorsed by the political machine. answer Who supported the political machine? […]

question Imperialism answer A stronger country taking over a weaker country for location, trade, resources… question William McKinley answer -McKinley Tariff of 1890- tariff on Hawaiian Sugar -Supported Imperialism -President after Grover Cleveland -Responsible for: Spanish American War, Philippine American War, Annexation of Hawaii question Alfred T. Mahan answer -Member of US Navy. Believed that […]

question True/False: The first newspaper produced in North America was Publick Occurrences, both Foreign and Domestick answer True question True/False: By the penny press era, the average newspaper cost eighteen cents per copy answer False question True/False: Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World would stage events for the sole purpose of making news to cover answer […]

question Psychology answer Psychology is the study of behavior and mental processes. ex. Behavioral psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental psychology, Teaching of psychology, Applied psychology, Research psychology question Confirmation Bias answer Focusing only on information that coincides with your beliefs or opinions and ignoring information that proves your ideas false ex. Listening only to political candidates […]

question North American Revolution answer 1750-1914 : Successful Rebellion conducted by the colonists of parts of North America (Not Canada) against British rile (1775-1787); a conservative revolution whose success assured property rights but established republican government in place of monarchy. The American revolution was a struggle for independence from oppressive British rule, the struggle was […]

question The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because answer disease took a heavy toll on New France’s inhabitants. question During the Seven Years’ War answer British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials. question The 1759 Battle of Quebec answer ranks as one of the most significant victories in […]

question Congress of Vienna answer conservative, reactionary meeting, led by prince metternich, restore europe to prerevolution time question Holy Alliance answer alliance between Russia, Prussia, and Austria in defense of the established order; formed by the most conservative monarchies of Europe during the Congress of Vienna. question Decembrist uprising answer Political revolt in Russia in […]

question age of reason answer An era during which rational thought is prominent or esteemed, especially the Enlightenment in western Europe. question Akbar the Great answer a ruler of the Mughal empire from 1542-1605, he pursued tolerance for all religions and cultures; he expanded the empire and led the golden age of the Mughal empire […]

question The first civilization to develop a real sense of history was the ______________. answer Hebrew civilization question The problem with the Greek view of history is that it was __________. answer incomplete question An __________ studies history from the remains of human culture. answer archaeologist question The view that man’s good is his only […]

question The period between 600 and 1450 CE is often called answer the Middle Ages in Europe because it came between the Roman Empire — assuming you forget the Byzantines — and the beginning of the Modern Age. question However, outside of Europe, the Dark Ages were truly an answer Age of Enlightenment question Medieval […]

question Freedman’s Bureau answer government organization aimed at helping black and white southerners who had lost their homes in the fighting question Black Codes answer laws passed in the South to keep freemen in a slavelike condition question Ku Klux Klan answer group of white southerners who terrorized African Americans and whites who were loyal […]

question Percentages of Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, and Non-religious answer Christians – 33% Islam – 21% Hindu – 14% Jewish – .14% Nonreligious – 16% question Which religion is the fastest growing? answer Islam question Polytheistic religions (years, important beliefs) answer 8000 BCE to 600 BCE. Belief systems in which many gods and goddesses represent […]

question What is the economic theory of mercantilism? answer economic theory that a country should become self sufficient. question What two things did the “home” or “mother” country expect their colonies to provide? answer Raw materials and markets for finished products question What was the second goal of mercantilism? answer Balance of trade and to […]

question Culture answer Way of life of a group of people who share similar cultural traits including beliefs, customs, technology and material items. question Language family answer Group of related languages that have all develop from one earlier language question Ethnic group answer Group of people who share common ancestery, language, religion, custom, or place […]

question Ibn Battuta answer Muslim explorer from Morocco; known for his extensive travels question Marco Polo answer A Venetian merchant whose book introduced Europeans to China and central Asia question Colombian Exchange answer A widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, slaves, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World. question Bubonic Plague […]

question 1. How was Christianity divided internally? answer Internally, Christianity was divided between the Roman Catholics of Western and Central Europe and the Eastern Orthodox of Eastern Europe and Russia. (Original: p. 462; With Sources: p. 722) question 2. Externally, how would you describe Christianity to the rest of the world and why? answer It […]