WORLD HISTORY EOC REVIEW
Chapter 7: The Rise of Europe Study Guide (answers)
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The Frankish leader who conquered the former Roman province of Gaul. (Clovis)
A trainee in the guild system. (apprentice)
A peasant bound to the land. (serf)
Authority over all secular rulers. (papal supremacy)
An estate granted to a vassal by his lord. (fief)
Chapter 8: The High and Late Middle Ages study guide
1. A series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Middle Eastern lands.
(Crusades)
2. The everyday language of ordinary people. (vernacular)
3. A campaign to drive Muslims from the Iberian peninsula. (Reconquista)
4. The appointment and installation of bishops by non-clergy. (lay investiture)
5. An outbreak of rapid-spreading disease. (epidemic)
6. The use of reason to support Christian beliefs. (scholasticism)
7. The English king who signed the Magna Carta. (King John)
8. Artistic decoration of books in the Gothic style. (illumination)
9. The Holy Roman Emperor who fought to control wealthy northern Italian cities. (Frederick
Barbarossa)
10. A religious French king who improved royal government. .(King Louis IX)
Chapter 9: Byzantine Empire, Russia, and Eastern Europe study guide (answers)
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Golden Horde – Mongol armies who ruled much of medieval Russia.
Justinian – a Byzantine emperor determined to revive ancient Rome.
Kiev – the center of the first Russian state.
Balkan Peninsula – an area of southeastern Europe extending in to the Mediterranean Sea.
Ivan the Terrible – a tsar who left Russia seething with rebellion at the time of his death.
Constantinople – the capital of the Byzantine empire.
Ivan the Great – a tsar who brought much of northern Russia under his rule.
Patriarch – the highest official in Byzantine church
Golden Bull of 1222 – a document that limited the power of Magyar rulers.
Steppe – the open, treeless grassland of southern Russia.
Muslim Civilizations Review (answers)
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The art of beautiful handwriting is calligraphy.
The elite forces of the Ottoman army are the janizaries.
Local Hindu rulers are called rajahs.
The sacred text of Islam is known as the Quran.
Suleiman was a great leader of the Ottoman empire.
Minarets are the slender towers of mosques.
Sharia is the Islamic system of law.
Caliph is the name for a successor to Muhammad.
The chief builder of the Mughal empire was Akbar.
Firdawsi wrote the history of Persia entitled Book of Kings.
The Spread of Civilization in East and Southeast Asia Ch12: study guide
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Japanese phonetic symbols (kana)
Korean porcelain perfected during the Koryo dynasty (celadon)
The payment a woman brings to a marriage (dowry)
A powerful Mongol chieftain (Genghis Khan)
A merchant from Venice who visited Yuan China (Marco Polo)
Chapter 13: The Renaissance and Reformation Exam Study Guide
1. A thriving trading region where the northern Renaissance began. Flanders
2. The city that produced many renaissance artists and scholars with the support of the Medici
family. Florence
3. The idea that God long ago decided who would be saved and who would not. predestination
4. Started a printing revolution. Johann Gutenberg
5. Showed that gravity keeps planets in orbit. Isaac Newton
6. An artist who made sketches of flying objects centuries before the first airplane. Leonardo da
Vinci
7. Proposed a heliocentric model of the universe. Nicolaus Copernicus
8. A government run by religious leaders. theocracy
9. Wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power. Niccolo Machiavelli
10. A religious group that has broken away from an established church. Sect
Ch 14 The Beginnings of Our Global Age
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A coastal city of East Africa that was an important trade center. (Mombasa)
The new dynasty that ruled China after the decline of the Ming dynasty. (Qing)
An island chain once called the Spice Islands. (Moluccas)
An island off the coast of India seized by the Portuguese in 1510. (Goa)
A ruler of Kongo who tried to halt the slave trade in his lands. (Affonso I)
United his people by claiming that they shared spiritual bonds. (Osei Tutu)
Formed by a group of wealthy merchants, it had full sovereign powers. (Dutch East India
Company)
8. A Portuguese trading post in Ming China. (Macao)
Chapter 15 Europe/Americas Study Guide
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The trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas Middle Passage
An Aztec emperor Montezuma
People who take financial risk to make profits Entrepreneurs
The Spanish who vanquished the Americas conquistadors
A system used to force Native Americans to labor under brutal conditions encomiendas
Those who ruled Spain’s colonies in the name of the Spanish monarchs viceroys
An economic policy based on a nation exporting more goods than it imports mercantilism
An explorer who fought and subdued the Aztecs Hernan Cortes
Claimed much of present-day eastern Canada for France Jacques Cartier
Pirates who operated with the approval of European governments privateers
CH 17: Enlightenment & American Revolution Study Guide
1. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence. (Thomas Jefferson)
2. Helped spread Enlightenment ideas by compiling articles by leading thinkers into a 28-volume
work. (Diderot)
3. Informal social gathering where Enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas. ( salon)
4. Argued that the forces of supply and demand in a free market can regulate business activity. (
Adam Smith )
5. His government made policies that helped bring about the American Revolution. (George III)
6. Proposed the idea of separation of powers in government. (Montesquieu)
7. Principle that all government power comes from the people. (popular sovereignty)
8. Light and delicate artistic style popular during the reign of Louis XV. (rococo)
Ch. 18 The French Revolution and Napoleon study guide (answers)
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Method for carrying out executions during the Reign of Terror (guillotine)
The old order in which France was divided into three social classes (ancient regime)
One of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror (Robespierre)
Head of the French National Guard who fought alongside George Washington (Marquis de
Lafayette)
War tactic involving hit-and-run raids ( guerrilla warfare)
Group of laws that reflected Enlightenment principles (Napoleonic Code)
Popular vote by ballot (plebiscite)
War tactic in which Napoleon closed European ports to British goods ( Continental System)
French middle class (bourgeoisie)
Executed for demanding equal rights for French women (Olympe de Gouges)
Chapter 19: The Industrial Revolution study guide
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Improved the steam engine in the late 1700s. James Watt
An apartment building for the working class. tenement
A drug that prevents pain during surgery, patented by a dentist. anesthetic
A private toll road. turnpike
A business organization in areas such as shipping, mining, or factories. enterprise
The movement of people to cities. urbanization
The working class. proletariat
British philosopher and economist who advocated utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham
Utopian socialist who set up a model community in New Lanark, Scotland. Robert Owen
Those who manage and assume the financial risk of new business. entrepreneurs
Chapter 20: Revolutions in Europe and Latin America study guide
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People who favor extreme change. radicals
Seized power in France using a plebiscite to win public approval. Napoleon III
A system of thought and belief. ideology
A period in which economic activity slows. recession
Latin Americans of African and European heritage. mulattoes
Self-rule. autonomy
Spanish-born Latin Americans of the highest social class. peninsulares
France’s “citizen king” Louis Philippe
Latin Americans of Native American and European heritage. mestizos
A journalist who led a nationalist push for reform in Hungary. Louis Kossuth
Ch 21: Life in the Industrial Age study guide
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Temperance movement – advocated limiting or banning the use of alcoholic beverages.
Urban renewal – rebuilding poor areas of a city.
Alfred Nobel – invented dynamite.
Claude Monet – impressionist painter.
Louis Pasteur – established link between microbes and disease.
Ludwig van Beethoven – romantic composer.
Guglielmo Marconi – invented the radio.
Women’s suffrage – women seeking right to vote.
Stock – shares of ownership in a corporation.
Standard of living – a measure of quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society.
CH 22 Nationalism Triumphs in Europe study guide (answers)
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Social welfare-government programs to help certain groups of citizens
Pogrom-violent mob attack against Jews
Francis Joseph-inherited the Hapsburg throne at age 18
Kaiser-title of William I of Germany
Duma-elected national legislature in Russia
Zemstvo-local, elected assembly in Russia
Emigration-an important safety valve that relieved social tensions in Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi-leader of the Red Shirts
Ferenc Deak-helped create the Dual Monarchy
Anarchist-a person who wants to abolish all government
CH 24 The New Imperialism study guide (answers)
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Sun Yixian-president of the new Chinese republic after the fall of the Qing dynasty
Usman dan Fodio-leader who sparked an Islamic revival across West Africa in the early 1800s
Trade deficit-economic situation that occurs when a nation imports more than it exports
Purdah-Indian tradition of isolating women in separate quarters
Guang Xu-emperor who launched the Hundred Days of reform in China
Balance of trade-the difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports
Trade surplus-economic situation that occurs when a nation exports more than it imports
Protectorate-colony administered by local rulers with European advisors
Ram Mohun Roy-promoted Indian cultural pride and is often called the founder of Indian
nationalism
10. Shaka-leader of the powerful Zulu kingdom in the early 1800s
Chapter 26 Study Guide
1. A British colonel who helped Arab nationalists free their nations from the Ottoman empire. T.E.
Lawrence
2. Large gas-filled balloons used by Germany to drop bombs. Zeppelins
3. A growing class of factory and railroad workers, miners, and urban wage earners. proletariat
4. The policy of taking neither side in a conflict. neutrality
5. Glorification of the military. militarism
6. Payments for war damage. reparations
7. A list of terms issued by President Wilson to end World War I and prevent future wars. Fourteen
Points
8. The channeling of all of a nation’s resources into the war effort. Total war
9. The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause. propaganda
10. A strait connecting the Black Sea with the Mediterranean. Dardanelles
Chapter 29: World War II and Its Aftermath study guide
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Location of first US atomic bombing Hiroshima
Opposition to all war pacifism
Site of major Russian victory over German troops Stalingrad
Hitler’s plan for the union of Austria and Germany Anschluss
“Lightning War” blitzkrieg
Intended to prevent US involvement in a European war Neutrality Acts
Site of Allied war strategy meeting Yalta
Giving in to an aggressor’s demands to maintain peace appeasement
German city in which Allies held war crimes trials Nuremberg
Allowed the US president to aid to American allies Lend-Lease Act
CH30: The Cold War study guide
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A relaxation of tensions détente.
Brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
The Soviet leader after Stalin Nikita Khrushchev.
Led the Cuban Revolution in 1959 Fidel Castro.
Seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror during the SALT talks anti-ballistic missiles.
Nation with a market economy but greater government regulation and higher taxes welfare
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Communist ruler of North Vietnam after 1954 Ho Chi Minh.
American-supported ruler of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem.
Nations that are stronger than other powerful nations superpowers.
The belief that one communist victory would lead to many others domino theory.
Chapter 31: New Nations Emerge study guide (ANSWERS)
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Nonalignment – political and diplomatic independence from Cold War powers.
Coup d’état – the forcible overthrow of a government.
Jomo Kenyatta – led the independence movement in Kenya.
Autocratic – describes a government with unlimited power.
Theocracy – a government ruled by religious leaders.
Anwar Sadat – first Arab leader to make peace with Israel.
Kibbutz – a collective farm.
Indira Gandhi – elected prime minister of India after Nehru’s death.
Hejab – headscarves and loose-fitting garments worn by some Muslim women.
Corazon Aquino – came to power in the Philippines during the “people power” revolution.
CH32: Regional Conflicts study guide
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Nelson Mandela-the first South African president elected after the end of apartheid.
Slobodan Milosevic-Serbian president who oppressed ethnic Albanians.
Hutus-the majority group in Rwanda.
Chechnya-a former part of the Soviet republic.
Militia-an armed group of citizen soldiers.
Desmond Tutu-an Anglican bishop who won the Nobel Peace Prize for leadership against
apartheid.
Intifada-a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.
Kosovo-a province of Serbia where ethnic differences led to armed conflict and a declaration of
independence.
Tutsis-a minority group in Rwanda.
F. W. de Klerk-the South African president who lifted the ban on the African National Congress.
CH 33: The Developing World Study Guide (answers)
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Wangari Maathai-started the Green Belt Movement in Kenya.
Contras-Nicaraguan guerrillas backed by the United States.
Literacy-the ability to read and write.
Juan Peron-a president of Argentina who enjoyed great support from workers.
Dalits-people of the lowest caste in India.
Sandinistas-socialist rebels that ousted Nicaragua’s ruling Somoza family.
Deng Xiaoping-a leader who introduced economic reforms in China.
Development-the process of building a stronger economy and higher living standards.
Mother Teresa-founded the Missionaries of Charity to care for poor in Kolkata, India.
Fundamentalists-people who support the basic values of their faith.
CH 34: The World Today study guide (answers)
1. Globalization-the process by which national economies, politics, and societies become
integrated with those of other nations.
2. Genetics-the study of genes and heredity.
3. Euro-the common currency for most of Western Europe.
4. First artificial satellite-Sputnik.
5. Protectionism-use of tariffs and other restrictions to reduce competition.
6. Epidemic-a rapidly spreading disease.
7. Terrorism-use of violence to achieve political goals.
8. Outsourcing-sending work to the developing world to save money.
9. Genetic engineering-the manipulation of genetic material to produce specific results.
10. Deforestation-the results of cutting down trees without replacing them.