World History Exam

A chain of events set in motion in the mid 1700s

changing public land into privately owned land with walls

Cause: need for food effects: many new farmers and need for workers

The movement of people to cities

Process of something transforming itself based on manufacturing and machines

long hours, suffered accidents, became sick, poor conditions

changing from working exclusively by hand to machinery

place where goods are made

A machine for something more than one spindle a a time

Allows a single weaver to weave wider fabrics

water-powered spinning a frame

using children in business to work the machines

land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship

refusal to work by an organized group as a protest

to not buy certain products from someone

negotiation of wages and conditions of employment

form of insurance providing wage replacement to employees injured while working

Marx theorized that economics was the driving force in history

Smith asserted that a free market would come to help everyone, not just rich

traveled Europe and were inspired by the ideals of liberty and equality

led the Spanish army to independence

created many independent countries in Latin America

want traditional

open to new ideas

wants complete changes quickly

leader in the unification of Italy

considered one of the fathers of Italy for unity

under his leadership, Germany was united

strong feeling of pride in one's country

nationalism and religion was spread, people wanted to explore; many conflicts.

meeting to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among the nations

area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investments or trading priveleges

war between Great Britain and China over restrictions to foreign trade

a canal linking the Red Sea and Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea

last feudal Japanese military govt.

the reign of emperor Meiji which was marked by modernization and industrialization

a war that is unrestricted

spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels

deadlock in which neither side is able to detear

separating food into equal small rations so that everyone can get a little

fighting zone where nations faced the Germans

the treaty drawn up that forced full blank on Germany

assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

weakness of Russia, Tsar's mistakes, Army abandonment of Tsar, WW1

leader of Indian independence

governments started creating jobs in the U.S. Hired people to build roads, bridges, and dams

leader of the soviet union from 1925-1953

govt. plans for economic development over 5 years

leader of the Nazi party and the Holocaust

Italian politician and leader of the fascist party

dictator of spain

govt. in which a one party dictatorship regulates the citizens lives

extreme raising of prices

any centralize govt. system that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual

rise of hitler and his totalitarianism. hated jews, gypsies, and homosexuals

policy of giving in to an aggressors demands in order to keep the peace

"lightning" war

deliberate attempt to destroy an entire group of people

prejudice against Jews

hitler wanted "living space" for his German population, he used this as an excuse for invading other countries (Austria, Czech)

Militarism, imperialism, nationalism, totalitarianism

began WW2

the mass murder of jews under nazi regime during ww2

cause: less resources effect: entering WW2

nuclear weapons that explode

North Atlantic Treaty Organization led by US

mutual defense alliance between USSR and seven satellites in Europe

was born in central vietnam at a time when vietnam was under french colonial control. discovered communism while working abroad and quickly adapted it to his struggle against french rule back in vietnam

A massive concrete barrier topped with barb wire and controlled by guards. The wall showed that workers had to be forcibly kept from fleeing

Eastern European revolts against communism were unsuccessful and were put down by soviet union and warsaw pact military by force (ex: tanks and guns)

they wanted an economy, wanted own gov. didn't want taxes

the clear-cut support of the US and the soviet union for opposing sides

the tense line between the democratic west and communist east

openness

USSR experimented with changes to its economy. they introduced some marked economy strategies ex- formers sell produce on free market

weapons that are very destructive

a program that urged people to make a superhuman effort to increase farm and industrial output

In 1947, the UN drew up a plan to divide the Palestine Mandate into an arab and a jewish state, arabs declined but jews accepted

both wanted the land of Israel

people fighting over israel

indep. movements caused by fall of communism

killed people from other ethnic groups or forcibly removing them from their homes to create ethnically "pure" areas

air strikes, attacked Serbian targets

huge public plaza in Beijing

limited urban families to a single child and rural families to two

one third of adults were infected, 11 million children have been orphaned, has hurt the economy of Africa

the process by which national economies, politics, cultures, and societies become integrated w/ nations

deliberate use of random violence of groups of extremists to achieve political goals

nuclear weapons

organization of petroleum exporting countries

communication, observation, and navigation

the war fought by Iran and Iraq, following the Iraqi invasion of disputed border territory in Iran

attempt of Khmer Rouge led by Pol pot to destroy all Western influence

Tutsis and Hutus ethnic groups led to genocide

A region in Western Sudan where ethic conflict threatened to lead to genocide

An intl. organization made up of more than 2 dozen European nations

policy of rigid segregation of non-white people in the republic of South Africa