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Each of the following historical events offers support for those historians who argue that the events of 1979 played a greater role in altering the history of global politics than those of 1968, except: - The rise of "identity politics." - The election of Margaret Thatcher in Britain. - The Iranian Revolution. - The Soviet-Afghan War. - The visit of the leader of the Chinese communist party, Deng Xiaoping, to the United States. - Answer The Rise of "Identity Politics" beca...

Popular Sovereignty - Answer the idea that the power of the state resides in the people globalization - Answer the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. Napoleon Bonaparte - Answer General who rose to power in a post-Revolutionary coup d'état, eventually proclaiming himself emperor of France. He placed security and order ahead of social reform and created a civil legal code. _______ expa...

Congress of Vienna - Answer Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon Metternich - Answer Austrian foreign minister who promoted conservatism and Concert of Europe Congress System - Answer The members of the Quadruple Alliance agreed to meet periodically to discuss their common interests and to consider appropriate measures for the maintenance of peace in Europe. This agreement was the beginning of the European...

Who withdrew Russia from the Great War? - Answer Lenin The Influenza pandemic of 1918 had the most devastating effect on ____ soldiers. - Answer German The deaths of ____ during the Great War have been described by some people as a genocide. - Answer Armenians What were the twin pillars of Otto von Bismarck's foreign policy? - Answer isolation of France and prevention of war in the Balkans Which revolutionary group in Russia wanted a Western-style parliamentary governm...

Tabula Rogeriana - Answer Mediterranean world map from 12th century CE- upside down BCE/CE - Answer Before Common Era/Common Era History v. the past - Answer History is our scientific and humanistic attempt to record, analyze, and make sense of the past. It changes all the time. The past does not change. What happened, and why, are what they are. Primary sources - Answer Historical documents (official records, diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers), artifacts, recordings- ...

The Great Depression - Answer Created an economic catastrophe, making people open to political changes, reform, and reconstruction So basically, there were three options during the great depression - Answer 1. Communism 2. Social Democracy 3. Fascism What are the differences between Fascism, Communism, and Social Democracy? (Also, know the primary examples of countries representing each political system in the 1930s and during World War II.) - Answer Communism - • when the ...

primary sources - Answer sources (documents, artifacts) produced at or near the event or era under investigation secondary sources - Answer sources produced after the event or era. usually produced by historians "Old Regime" - Answer demography of pre-modern everyday life old beliefs/ old way specifically how the French ran things try to leave it with the French revolution The biological old regime - Answer - limited diets - equilibrium between population and food re...

Ming Dynasty - Answer Bounce Back () 20 million people, civil service exams, centralization Civil Service Exams - Answer Everyone takes them as many times as they want to see what they do in life Forbidden City - Answer Capital City of Beijing at center, has layers higher people can go closer and closer to the center. Administrative heart of the Ming, Emperor is at the center The Middle Kingdom - Answer the idea of China as the center/heart of the world Silver - Answer ...

BC - Answer Before Christ AD - Answer "Year of Our Lord" CE - Answer Common Era BCE - Answer Before Common Era Van Sertima - Answer Had the theories of transatlantic contact before 1492 Cuneiform - Answer First form of writing developed in Sumeria, impressed on clay with a reed City-State - Answer Large and independent city Monotheistic - Answer Religion with only one god Abrahamic Religions - Answer Judaism, Christianity, Islam Christi...

Christianity - Answer -foundations lay in a direct confrontation with Roman imperial rule: the trial of Jesus -arose in Judea -took shape in a richly pluralistic world -found guilty of sedition and sentenced to crucifixion -Paul of Tarsus wrote of Jesus as "the Anointed One" -preached about Jesus to communities that also adopted the name for Jesus -only decades later did letters written by the people who had heard the word of Jesus from Paul become known as the Gospels -appeal...