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World History exam 2
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12/10/2007

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where and how was the military acadmey established in China?
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Guangzhou with the soviet union
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who wrote Chaina's destiny?
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chinag
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who was named commander in chief of GMD's National Revolutionary Army when China  started to disslove?
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Chiang
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what percentage of the enrollments in chinese colleges were women between 1925-1937
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9%
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why did students and others portest against the peace agreements in May 4, 1919
Definition
Students and tohers protested because when China went to Paris to sign the treaty, they weren't allowed to sign it
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in what year did the communist give up going against China?
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1934
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Gandi attempted to hold hindus and Muslims together in a (Blank) egalitarian India
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secular
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what year did Mao die?
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1976
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what was the largest city in 1890
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london
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what was the central problem of industrializing cities in the early 19th century
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crowding
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when and where was the first women's rights convention in the USA held?

 

Definition
seneca Falls, NY 1848
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what were the major goals of the womens movement?
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property rights access to education, access to jobs, fair pay, rights in divorce and child custody
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what were considered the most respectable jobs for women in the 19th century?
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teaching and nursing
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describe nationalism
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loyalty to one's country, creates a common identity among people who have never met and probably never will
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by the begginning of WWI, what proportion of the globe was under control of Europeans and their descendents
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4/5

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identify 3 of the major countries under british control in 1914
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Australia, india, south africa
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which prime minister was the key to unifying germany by the end of the 19th century
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otto von Bismarck
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what is zionism?
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a movement recreate the jewish homeland
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what were the three most common goods traded among the upper classes from 1100-1500
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silks, gold, and spices
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briefly explain how a free market economy works
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traders seek personal profit by buying goods at a lower price and selling them at a higher price. prices vary in terms of supply in demand
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do all societites regulate trade?
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yes in order to serve non economic goals of society
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when did european traders establish a permanent connection between eastern and western hemishperes?
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1500
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what was genhis khan's mission?
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to reunite mongols
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what is the title of marco polos book?
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travels
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when did europe show signs of economic revival during gthe Middle Ages?
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1000
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what were the Bourgeoisie?
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urban middle class business communities
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when did traders achieve an independent political stauts?
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1300s
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who intiated a three year circumnaigation?
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Magellan
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what year did asian migrations take place?
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1300-1750
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what year did the turks take gallipoli
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1353
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what year was the battle of Kosovo and what did they gain control of because of the victory?
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1389, and the ottomans controlled serbia
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during the 17th century how did the turks try to run the inhabitants out of their homelan?
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settled them on bad land then taxed them to poverty
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what were the followers of Shaykh Safi al Din call themselves?
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safavids
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why did their army begin to unravel and fall apart?
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the safavid army was failing because the administration was falling apart
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what year did Genghis khan conquer China? and what dynasties did he take down in the porcess?
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1211 he took down the Qin and Song
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what crops helped improve the health of the rural workers, and why did these crops grow so well.
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sweet potatoes and peanuts
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why did north america attract so many immigrants?
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because of taxes in europe
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what event began the french revolution?
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king Louis XVI decided to ask for funds from the general estates
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what is the american bill of rights and what does it issue?
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first ten amendments to the constituion ans they issue freedom of religion, prees, assembly, the right to have weapons or guns protection of unusal punishment
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what is the napoleon code?
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keeps in order the equality of classes and adminstration of justice
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the 3rd estate claimed power until what?
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until a new constitution was grafted and the swore on the tennis court oath
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what is a political revolution?
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hwne some people are removed from office and replaced and it changes the fundamental basis
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what was the begiining of science eing institutionalized?
Definition
when the royal society of london was founded
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what were the adminstrative reforms of a revolution that napoleon brought to the countries he conquered? what were the countries he did not conquer?
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equality of rights, religious toleration, free trade, systematic administration

 

- didnt conquer portugal and great britian

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what are the three major political revolutions and their years?
Definition

glorious revolution 1688

american revolution 1776

french revolution 1789

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what was napoleon's great mistake?

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tried to conquer Brtain and Russia was their ally
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how many of Napoleon's troops died in the battle with russia? what did they die from?
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400,000 died from starvation battle, and exposure to the cold

100,000 were captured

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what is an enclosure act? when did they take place?

 

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late 1700s when laws that converted public lands help in common into parcelsof land to be sold to private owners 
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who invented the cotton gin? when? why is it important?
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1793- Eli Whitney- clean 50 pounds of cotton when it was only suppose to do one
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what is a captain of industry?
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people specializing in certain things

Andrew Carnegie, JP morgan

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what were two waves of demographythat followed the industrial revolution?
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death rates gell as people ate better

personal hygiene

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3 things Marx said that contributed to social- cultural tension
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coping with rapid changes, dominance of husband over wife, and economic competetion
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3 things tomas edison invented and the most important one
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light bulbs, fuses, and sockets

private lab

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US civil war had 2 big effects?
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restored political union and a victory of free labor
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what two innovations made it easier to convert iron ore and create and abundance of it?
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bessemer steel converter ans SIemens martin open heart method of production
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what is neocolonialism?
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foreign economic control leads to foreign political control
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what is a garden city? whose idea was it?

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Ebenzer Howard's book

garden city towns planned town combining work, agriculture, surrounded by a rural belt

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what is supply in demand?
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when prices go down the demand for it is high, and when the prices are high demand for it is low
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what principles did the western european governments follow?
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merchantilism
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who wanted to through over Montezume II
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Cortes
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what was the capital of Brazil?
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Salvador
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why was it easy for Brazil to conquer Portugal?
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no foreign power
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what did the friar do that Martin luther disliked?
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a friar selling indulgences which offered exemption from punishment for their sins
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what was the Spanish Inquition?
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torturing peopl and killed men and women that did not follow the Catholic faith
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when was d-day?
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june 1944
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who led the facist party?
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benito mussolini
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according to hitler what race was at the top of the hierarchy and which ones were at the bottom?
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germans at the top

jews, homos, and handicapped at the bottom

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define fascist:
Definition
extreme nationalism the power of state over an individuak, the supremacy of a leader over the party and nation
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when was china's communist revolution?
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1949
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what is monoculture?
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the growing of a single commerical crop and selling it
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what ia ANC? when was it formed?
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african national congress and formed in 1913
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whats in the horn of africa?
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ethiopia, enitrea, tigre, ogden, somalia
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WHAT IS THE GOLD COAST? why is it important?
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first black african country to win independence and chose new name Ghana
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when was slave trade outlawed?
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early 1800s
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who did the europeans put in to administrate their lands?
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a governor, a council of advisors, law courts, police forces, army installations, and hospitals 
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what choice did France give her colonies?
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complete independence or limited autonomy
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what was the last remaining independent african country? what happened to her?
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ethiopia

italy invavded

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what did lenin propose?
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he organized the takeover of the government, rail way stations, power plants, and the foood distribution center
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whta is bloody sunday?
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troops fired and killed several hundred workers that were on strike
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who released Sputnik into orbit and when?
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1957 under Khrushchev
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what three ways Japan used to import technology?
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agreements with foreign firms and established branches, negotiated licenses it use technology, and reproducing it
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what was the rape of nanjing?
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japanese troops raped and murdered the chinese - 20,000 cases of rape
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what event started the pacific war?
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clash between chinese and japanese began at the marco polo bridge
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what is a duma?
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a parliament that represents peasants and landlords
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describe what stalin did in agriculture production?
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lowed prices for agriculture production, raised prices for agriculture tools and amterials, and collectivized agriculture
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what kindd of policy did Alexander II have?
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a liberal policy, freed serfs, instituted a self goverment, reformed the legal system
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what did Emperor Meji do?
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he had a rapid restoration of gov., administration, economy, finances
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all of the greeks philosophical speculations were based on what assumption?

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athropmorphic illusion - seeing man in the universe where there is no man, only matter
Term
einstein wrote a series of four papers
Definition

1st browian motion

2nd siputre about the composition of light

3rd theory pof relativity

4th theory of realtivity where gravitation is not a force but curved field in a space time continuim

Term
what was the manhattan project
Definition
nuclear bombs were made during WWII
Term

what is the form of DNA?

Definition
double helix structure
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who is credited as the founder of genetics?
Definition
gregor mendel
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who managed to describe the first structure of DNA?
Definition
james D. watson and francis Crick
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what two assumptions invilved the big bang theory?
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einstien theory of relativity

cosmological principles

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what does Heinsenberg's uncertainity principle state?
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both position and velocity state of an object and object cant be measured at eactly the same time 
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describe Godel's proof
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within a logical system: contradictions that may be discovered and error may lurk

no matter how hard we try our effort to know fully gets in the wat

Term
who was the first person to step on the moon?
Definition
neil armstrong
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who is considered the founder of modern technology?
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alan turning
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who discovered penicilin?
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alexander flemming
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what is the green rebellion?
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enviromentalists came from awareness of loneliness and fragility and supported everything that  is good for the earth
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what is responsible for the green house effect?
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CO2
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what terrible desease was cured by 1980?
Definition
small pox
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what do Quantum physics, heinsburg's principle, anad Godel's proof tell us about the nature of human knowledge?
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human knowledge will never be precise or absolutley exact about anything
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what was the ost important mechanical inverntionof the eighteenth century?
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the factory
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define industrial revolution
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when machines and factories were used

coal

new steel

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why is this period tie referred to as the age of reason?
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man was a reasonable creation, the world was resonable, the creation of a reasonable creator
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locke's secondtreatise on civil government involved three great ideas?
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property, governmnet, and revolution
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why did locke feel that revolution was justified?
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when the governor has become a tyrant
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what three right are inalienable to jeffereson?
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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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name two reaons why america won the war against britain
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france helped them

knew hhow to fight better under the cold bitter weather

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explain madison's view of property
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man has a righ to property and man equally be aid to have property in his right
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who was robespierre?
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was a leader and hepled create the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
Term
when did the battle of waterloo take place, and what was the outcome?
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1813 and france won

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what did toqueville believe?
Definition
that everything was created equal
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who wrote don giovani?
Definition
Mozart
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name three discovireis that improved life in the 19th century?
Definition

new source of energy- oil

new devices of communication- telephone

new means of confronting of comforting- electric light

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define peasants:
Definition

majority of the pepole living on land, made little money

Term
what were the lords expectations before 19th century
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dont lose land and pass it on to sons
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why was money important to kings before the 19th century
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because of his high expenses
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who wrote the wealth of nations? when?
Definition
adam smith - 1776
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what were the two elements of marxism?
Definition

theory of history

practical proggram for revolutionaries

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what did hegel propose?
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all change is brought by force
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who led the revolution of russia in 1917?
Definition
V. I. Lenin
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what was the problem posed by steam power?
Definition
plant might blow up
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why was the colt.45 called the equailizer?
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leveling the playing field
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who shoed that electrocal, magnetic, and optical phenomenoa were all united in a single univeral force, electromagngetism?
Definition
maxwell
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emancipation proclamation? when?
Definition
lincolcn 1863
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who wrote the communist manifesto?
Definition
karl marx
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who is credited with discovering the uncousiness?
Definition
sigmund freud
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name the four economic zones found in the world 1914?
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industrial labor, agriculture population
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what is colonialism

Definition
arrangements made and fought by the europeans
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what war destroyed the high civilization in Europe had known before 1914?
Definition
WWI
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name two reasons why 1914 war started 

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germany was annoyed and ferdinand was assassinated
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what were the first democratic governmenents established?
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greek city states
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define democracy using lincoln's 3 princples.
Definition

gov. of the ppl

gov by the ppl

gov. for pppl

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describe communism
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tempoary totalarianism is put in place

brutal tyranny

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define tottalrism?
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power and national honor
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who is founder of the national socialism in germany?
Definition
hitler
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why does theocracy fail?
Definition
people want more freedom and religion is contradictary
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when did the war between Iraq and Iran start and end?
Definition
1979
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describe willike' state of society characterized by?
Definition

a world organized by peace to promote freedom and justice

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