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nation-state - correct answer ✅A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality Theocracy - correct answer ✅a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. Dynastic Cycle - correct answer ✅the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties (think China) chronology - correct answer ✅A history arranged by time Periodization - correct answer ✅Historical Thinking Skill: Explain ways historical events and processes can be organized into discrete, different, and definable historical periods. Evaluate whether a particular event or date could or could not be a turning point between different, definable historical periods, used in particular historical evidence.
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Historical Research Method - correct answer ✅Systematic approach for understanding the past through collection, organization, and critical appraisal of facts Alamanac - correct answer ✅quick facts on many topics, summary of one year's notable events, as well as clanedars, astronomical info., anniversaries, and geographical statistics information technology - correct answer ✅Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information & support the information-processing needs of an organization. Bibliographies - correct answer ✅a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix.
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secondary source - correct answer ✅Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event Neolithic Revolution - correct answer ✅(10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization. 500 BCE - correct answer ✅Beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism Ancient Greece - correct answer ✅A civilization that lasted from the 8th/6th century BCE to 600 AD. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine Era. Because of conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Hellenistic civilization flourished from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Classical Greek culture, especially philosophy, had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean Basin and Europe,
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for which Classical Greek is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of modern Western culture. Ancient Rome - correct answer ✅A civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BCE. During its 12 centuries of existence Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to a classical republic and then to an increasingly autocratic empire. Through conquest and assimilation it came to dominate Southern and Western Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and parts of Northern and Eastern Europe. Ancient Roman society has contributed to modern government, law, politics, engineering, art, literature, and society. It achieved impressive technological and architectural feats, such as the construction of an extensive system of aqueducts and roads, as well as large monuments, palaces, and public facilities. Islamic Civilization - correct answer ✅Golden Age: -Preserved Greco-Roman culture -Algebra, medicine, architecture
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Scientific Revolution - correct answer ✅A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs. European Enlightenment - correct answer ✅European intellectual movement of the eighteenth century that applied the lessons of the Scientific Revolution to human affairs and was noted for its commitment to open- mindedness and inquiry and the belief that knowledge could transform human society. English Revolution - correct answer ✅A civil war that broke out between those who supported Parliament and thse that supported the King. Parliament won and set up a commonwealth. a 17th century event, beheaded a king and led to a constitutional monarch and a bill of rights French Revolution - correct answer ✅The revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the
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absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799. American Revolution - correct answer ✅This political revolution began with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power between government and the people and protect the rights of citizens in a democracy. Industrialization - correct answer ✅The development of industries for the machine production of goods. Imperialism - correct answer ✅A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. World War I - correct answer ✅(1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States
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France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States. WWII Causes - correct answer ✅Great Depression, government instability, rise of dictators (fascist leaders), treaty of Versailles, failure of the league of nations, appeasement (giving into demands of an aggressor), invasion of Poland WWII effects - correct answer ✅cities across Europe and Asia are demolished and people are scattered throughout the Western part of the world. people are homeless or are in a new country and millions are dead Treaty of Paris: established the United Nations international peacekeeping organization to replace the League of Nations. Russia and USA are top dogs Decolonization of Africa - correct answer ✅Many of the African nation have only had independence for a short amount of time (after WW2)
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withdrawal of European nations from Africa that occurred between 1955 and 1965; 35 new countries were established Decolonization in India - correct answer ✅GB negotiation w/Indian National Congress, realization colony would need to be split into Muslim/Hindu countires to avoid conflict. Mahatma Ghandi objected because of possible war. Cold War - correct answer ✅A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. Cold War Causes - correct answer ✅Between the United States and the Soviet Union, (political and economical) period after the Second World War marked by rivalry and tension between the two nuclear superpowers, the United States and the communist government of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ended when the Soviet government collapsed in 1991.
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Ohio River Valley - correct answer ✅controversial land that led to the French and Indian War; British win war and claim this land; region where British fur traders went; rich soil for farming Articles of Confederation - correct answer ✅1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781- (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) too weak, it was just a loose alliance of states Jacksonian Era - correct answer ✅One of the most colorful periods in the history of American politics, this era was a time during which sectional differences (states' rights, protective tariffs, and national bank) disrupted America's spirit of unity. American Industrialization - correct answer ✅Industrial growth in the U.S. mushroomed after the Civil War as railroads, factories, and cities all grew across the west 1865-1920. Unskilled labors worked in terrible conditions for very little pay while owners earned millions. Most development
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occurred in the Northeast and Midwest regions; the South still recovering from Reconstruction. War of 1812 - correct answer ✅A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France. Civil War (1861-1865) - correct answer ✅deadliest war in American history; conflict between north (union) and south (confederacy); 11 southern slave states wanted to secede from Union Civil War Causes - correct answer ✅the prohibition of slavery between the north and the south along with the Fugitive Slave Act, Election of 1860, etc. Civil War Effects - correct answer ✅Reconstruction -Lincoln is assassinated, Andrew Johnson becomes President -Conflict between President Johnson and Radical Republicans
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Progressive Era - correct answer ✅1890 - 1920, Progressives tended to be women, middle class, and live in urban areas. Progressives sought to use government influence to solve societal problems. time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically U.S. Expansionism - correct answer ✅The U.S. wanting to build an empire and prove themselves especially during the Spanish American war; took control of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines Taking control of another nation's territory through political, economic, or military means; similar to imperialism as practiced in the 1890s. Great Depression - correct answer ✅the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s Great Depression causes - correct answer ✅1)United State's stock market crash of 1929.
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2)Big drop in the world's economy. 3)Overproduction of goods from World War I. 4)Decrease in the need for raw materials from non industrialized nations>>>LEAD TO millions of people losing their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world. People were homeless, Relied on government to eat. New Deal - correct answer ✅the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression. Social Dislocation - correct answer ✅When people do not feel part of their community. This may be due to changes happening in the community like industrialization. Happened during Great Depression postwar economic boom - correct answer ✅Ended the Great Depression
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geographic themes - correct answer ✅Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Region geographic location - correct answer ✅the actual location of the place/address Geographic Place - correct answer ✅Theme of geography that gives locations and regions dimension or vision. Human Environment Interaction - correct answer ✅The geographic theme that explores how people use, adapt to, and modify the environment geographic movement - correct answer ✅the movement of people, products, and ideas from one part of the world to another
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geographic region - correct answer ✅a location based on locational and environmental circumstances as well as cultural properties. Six Essential Elements of Geography - correct answer ✅1. The World in Spatial Terms
- Places and Regions
- Physical Systems
- Human Systems
- Environment and Society
- The Uses of Geography habitat - correct answer ✅the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. Ecology - correct answer ✅Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
