HINZMAN AP WORLD HISTORY 26-50 – Flashcards
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Victor Emmanuel II
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the king of Sardinia, appointed Count Camillo Cavour as his prime minister
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Vasco de Balboa
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A Spanish explorer and conquistador, traveled throughout Central America on behalf of his country in 1513
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Vasco da Gama
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Portuguese navigator and explorer rounded the Cape of good hope in africa. He explored the kingdoms of east africa and traveled to India
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Van Eyck Brothers and Albrecht Durer
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Embraced the naturalism of the Italian painters of the Renaissance. Became famous for their portraits because they painted subjects realistically.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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Formal name for the Soviet Union
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Urbanization
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Natural growth of urban areas with global change
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United Nations
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Created by the Allies of WWII to replace the League of Nations. The UN's goal was to meditate, and if necessary intervene in international disputes between nations
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Union of South Africa
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Formed by two British colonies and two Boer republics. Excluded black people were excluded from the political process
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Umayyad Dynasty
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(661 to 750 CE )Enlarged the Islamic Empire significantly. Muslims split into two groups: the Shiite and the Sunni
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Tyco Brahe and Francis Bacon
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(1546 -1601) He built am observatory and recorded his observations. (1561- 1626) published his work on inductive logic
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Truman Doctrine
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United States stated that it would help countries threatened by communist takeovers
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Yassir Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas
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Palestinian president and former PLO leader, consistently blamed by Israel and United States for blocking progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine. Elected as president of Palestine in 2005, signed a cease fire with Israel
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1948 Arab-Israeli War
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As soon as Israel became an official nation, muslims from six Arab countries attacked Israel
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Abbas I
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Grandson of Muhammad Ali, became ruler of Egypt in 1848
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Abbasid Dynasty
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(750 to 1258) Last dynasty to rule Islam before the Mongols conquered it
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Act of Supremacy
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Under this act King Henry VIII established the protestant church of England and named himself the head of that church
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Adam Smith
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A Scottish philosopher and economist, wrote The wealth of Nations in 1776
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Adolf Hitler
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Head of the Nazi party in Germany. He rose to power in the 1920s and advocated extreme nationalism and social Darwinism
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African National Congress
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In 1912 a group of educated South Africans organized this to protest European colonialism and specific South African policies
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African Slave Trade
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A policy where Europeans would take slaves from Africa and sell them into the new world
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African Union
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A political and economic confederation formed in 2001 to replace the Organization of African Unity.
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Age of enlightenment
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A period during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries during which philosophers and social critics questioned and reformed thoughts on the role of humans in relation to government and authority
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Akbar the Greaylt
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Ruled the Mughal empire from 1556 to 1605. He unified much of India under a religious tolerance policy
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Al Qaeda
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An international terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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In 1876, he invented the telephone.
