HINZMAN AP WORLD HISTORY 1-25 – Flashcards
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a Chinese navigator, led fleets throughout southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. sailing all the way to East Africa
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Zheng He
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When the Mongols conquered the Chinese Song Dynasty in 1279, they established the Yuan Dynasty.
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Yuan Dynasty
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First important ruling family in Japan. They came to power in the fifth and have been the only dynasty to rule Japan since.
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Yamato clan
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empress of Han dynasty, took power after husband's death
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Wu Zhao
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Often called "Warrior Emperor" Ruled from 141 BCE to 87 BCE. Best known for repelling Hun invaders and expanding the Han Empire to central Asia
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Wu Ti
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The general agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT) was agreed upon in 1947 to reduce barriers to international trade. GATT became the World Trade Organization (WTO)
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World Trade Orginization
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During the Industrial Revolution, women began to organize in order to increase their collective influence and petition for the right to vote.
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Women's Suffrage Movement
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Replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of Britain. Churchill proved to be a firm and resolute leader, refusing to strike a deal with Germany which would allow Hitler to maintain his hold over most of mainland Europe.
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Winston Churchill
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A speech made by U.S President Wilson, which was intended to create a workable balance of power in Europe and promote peace.
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Fourteen Points
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Famous European writer of the Renaissance. His works represented humanism to the extreme and reflected the era's focus on the politics and mythology of classical civilization.
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William Shakespeare
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Began an effort to consolidate the German territories into a powerful empire.
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William I of Prussia
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A rebellion led by Buddhists because they were frustrated with taxes and government corruption.
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White Lotus Rebellion
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9 countries (Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, West Germany, Greece, and Turkey) which were democratic and allied with the United States
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Western Bloc
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a fairly conservative democratic republic that favored the desires of the conservative middle class, which had been quite prosperous before the war
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Weimar Republic
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A military alliance among the Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary.
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Warsaw Pact
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A war against Spain and France to stop the two countries from unifying under one Bourbon monarch.
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War of Spanish Succession
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a writer during the Enlightenment. He promoted ideas of religious toleration, free trade, and civil liberties.
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Voltaire
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Took over Russia when Yeltsin resigned in 1999. Putin
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Vladimir Putin
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Marxist leader of the Bolshevik Party, issued his April Theses in 1918, which gained him support of the working class, peasants, and soldiers.
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Vladimir Lenin
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Germanic peoples who had adopted Roman Law and Chrisianity
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Visigoths
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a powerful group of invaders from Scandinavia, they developed some of the earliest knows commercial fisheries in northern Europe
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Vikings
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