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| Who published "The Communist Manifeston" in 1848? |
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| Who drew on the ideas that John Locke put forth in "Two Treatises of the Government" when he wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
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| __ is a Hindu custom in which the wife of a deceased man is expected to join him in death by throwing herself in his funeral fire. |
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| What is the step by step process of discovery that involves the formation and testion of hypothisis? |
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| Napoleon's final defeat was at the __ ? |
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| How did Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias seek a route to Asia in 1460? |
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| rounded the southern tip of Africa |
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| Whose assassination sparked WW1? |
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| Who were the members of the Triple Entente? |
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| England, France, and Russia |
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| Who were the members of the Triple Alliance? |
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| Germany, Austrea-Hungary, and Italy |
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| U.S. President Woodrow Wilson |
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| The U.S. annexed what eventual U.S. state3 in 1898? |
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| What future president was named Governor of the Phillipines following the Fillipino rebillion against U.S. rule? |
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| Muhammad Ali, not the boxer, is known as the father of this African country? |
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| Christian missionaries arriving in New Zealand encountered which tribe? |
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| the digging of trenches and fighting in between |
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| The five causes of WW1 are Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, __ , and Assassination? |
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| Who is known as the Father of Communism? |
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| Who is the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and used its profits to found the Nobel Peace Prize? |
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| Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Italy |
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| In 1858, England established colonial rule in India known as the __. |
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| What war began in 1839 after China banned the Opium trade? |
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| __ could move goods swiftly and cheaply over land as the Industrial Revolution progressed. |
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| What were the places where writers, artists and philosophers and other intellectuals of the time gathered to exchange and promote their ideas called? |
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| What was the United States' purchase price of the Phillipines following the Spanish-American War? |
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| Battle of Belleau Wood and Battle of the Argonne Forest |
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| give women the right to vote and vote by secret ballot |
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| The __ between Germany and Russia allowed Germany to send all its troops to the Western Front in WW1. |
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| __ was an explorer and missionary who criss-crossed Africa for 30 years trying to end the slave trade and open up the interior of Africa to trade. |
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| The motives for imperialism are Military and political, __, Social DArwinism and Humantiarian and Religious(MESH). |
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| The five pillars of Islam are: 1)confession to Allah; 2) Fast during Ramadan; 3)Give to charity 4) Travel to Mecca/Media and 5)__. |
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| Fillipinos thought the U.S. would recognize its independence in return for their help, but instead, when the Spanish-American War ended, the U.S. bought the Phillipines for__. |
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| __ was a secret message sent from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the U.S. in the event that the U.S. declared war on Germany. |
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| At 11am on November 11th, 1918; Germanyagreed to an __ ending WW1. |
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| Who was the leader of the Aztecs that faced Cortez? |
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| What is the name for an early form of chemistry that was used for healing people? |
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| England originally used Australiaas a __ colony. |
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| The industiral working class included? |
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| Factory workers, miners, and servants |
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| What is rules discovered by reason that govern forces such as gravity and magnesium? |
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| England originally sent __ to Australia. |
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| Which two major civilizations provided motivation for the inspiration of the Renaissance? |
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