The Renaissance occurred roughly from

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements is called

What invention made information more available?

The Renaissance paved the way for the

The movement for religious reform that led to the founding of Christian churches that did not accept the authority of the Pope is called

What is a pardon that releases a person from punishments due for a sin?

What document did Luther post on the door of the Church at Whittenberg?

Which invention helped spread ideas critical of the Church and helped to spread Martin Luther's ideas?

What was the name given to those who supported Luther?

Which set of laws took away the Pope's power in England and made Henry VIII the head of the English Church.

A government controlled by religious leaders is called a

What did Europeans seek to Asia so they didn't have to pay the high prices of Italian merchants?

The compass, astrolabe and carvel were new technologies that made ____________ possible.

Which explorer tried to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean to Asia?

Lands that are controlled by another nation are called

Which explorer's men where the first to circumnavigate (sail around) the world?

A grant of of land made by Spain to a settle in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as force labor is called

Which of the following was not a advantage Cortez used to conquer the Aztecs?

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Which group settled in Plymouth, MA seeking religious freedom?

What was the war fought between England and France over land in North America?

The British began to tax colonists to pay for the war. This became a long term cause of the

What was the medieval view of the universe, where scholars believed the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe.

The study of the natural world that began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs was the

What was the idea that the earth and the other planes revolved around the sun?

Name the scientist who discovered the Law of Gravity.

What was the intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of the individual to solve problems?

According to John Locke, a governments power came from

Who believed a government's power should be separated between different branches so one branch doesn't become too powerful?

What war caused the British to heavily tax it's colonies?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 and featured three branches of government based on the ideas of

The document that guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, freedom of religion was the

French society was divided into three

The First and Second Estates paid little or no

Ninety seven percent of the population was made up of the

The greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the mid 1700s is the

City building and the people moving to cities is called

One effect of the Industrial Revolution was the creation of a new social class made up of skilled ,workers, professionals, business people and wealthy farmers. This social class is called the

A group of employees in common jobs who ban together in an attempt to secure better working conditions, less hours, and better pay is called a

What is the economic policy of letting owners set working conditions without government interference?

What is the economic system in which factors of production are privately owned and money is invested in business ventures to make a profit?

The policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically or socially is called

One major cause of Imperialism was the

The European belief that they were better than other peoples is called

All of the following are Positive effects of Imperialism except

All of the following are Negative Effects of Imperialism except

Which war was fought to stop England from importing opium?

Who were the Sepoys?

What was the result of the Sepoy Mutiny?

The policy of a country glorying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war is called

What is an agreement between two or more nations to give each other help if needed?

What is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation?

European countries fiercely competing for colonies in Africa and Asia is called

Who was the Austrian Arch-duke that was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist which was the immediate cause of the war?

What is one-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support for the war?

What was President Woodrow Wilson's plan for achieving a just and lasting peace?

The form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield is called

In January 1917 Germany announced it will sink, without warning, any ship in the waters around Britain. This is called

Which choice(s) were valid reasons for the United States to enter World War I?

One-sided information designed to persuade, to keep up morale and support the war is called

The agreement to stop the fighting during World War I on 11 November 1918 at 11:00 am later called Veterans Day was the

President Wilson's plan for achieving a just and lasting peace was call the

Allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live is called

Article 231, the war guilt clause, place sole responsibility for starting the war on

Because of Article 231, Germany had to pay

After World War I the _________________ left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the German people.

The severe economic depression that followed the collapse of the U. S. stock market in 1929 was called

What eventually ended the Great Depression?

World War II began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of

Political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, denial of individual rights and a dictatorial one-party rule is called

The systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups considered inferior by the Nazis is called

The systematic killing of an entire group or race of people is called

After World War II, which two countries emerged as the world's two superpowers

What was the international peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world?

Which important principle was established as a result of the Nuremberg Trials?

The state of diplomatic hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II is called

What was the United States's foreign policy to stop the spread of communism?

What was the defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European nations, the United States and Canada?

What was the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over soviet missile sited being placed in Cuba?

What was the policy of reducing or lessening the Cold War tensions between United States and the Soviet Union during the presidency of Richard Nixon?

What was the soviet policy of openness allowing more freedom of speech, press, religion and the free flow of ideas and information introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev?

What was the restructuring of the soviet economy permitting more local decision making and some free market economics (capitalism) began by Mikhail Gorbachev?

Who was the Indian leader who launched a nonviolent campaign of non-cooperation with the British?

Who was the conservative Islamic group that took control of Afghanistan after the USSR withdrew its troops?

The South Africa policy of complete legal separation of the races was called:

Who was the leader of the African National Congress who was imprisoned for protesting racist policies and later won the President of Africa?

Which person became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and was inspired by the nonviolent protests of Gandhi.