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