History and Civilization Flashcards
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Hindu god of creation
Brahma
Who led the Apaches in their efforts to resist Army attempts to force them onto a barren reservation in the American Southwest?
Geronimo
______ was an American philosophical movement that contended that organized religion and political parties were detrimental to individualism, and that people should be self-reliant.
Transcendentalism
Ptolemy I started the
Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt - Ancient Greek State with Alexandria as capital, lasted until conquered by Rome after Actium
Which two rivers formed the European frontier of the Roman Empire?
Rhine and Danube
Code of the Japanese warrior class, the samurai
Bushido
Reagan officials ______ and _____ were blocked from contributing funds to the _______, so they sold weapons to ____ to raise cash.
Oliver North and John Poindexter
Nicaraguan Contras
Iran
Posited supply and demand
David Ricardo
The most popular of the Wild West shows was led by _____ _____.
Buffalo Bill Cody
political liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia between January and August, 1968.
Prague Spring
______ used the telescope to conduct systematic observations of the heavens and confirmed ______ model.
Galileo
heliocentric
In the Pacific Theater of WWII, General _____ used a strategy known as _____ _____, which bypassed heavily defended Japanese positions and attacked weaker ones.
Douglas MacArthur
island-hopping
Negotiations to end the Vietnam War, occurring primarily between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese diplomat _____, took place in which city?
Lê Ðức Thọ
Paris
In 1922, Great Britain granted Ireland _____ status, making the island the equivalent of Canada, New Zealand, or Australia.
dominion
In 1942, the United States achieved two naval victories which proved crucial to victory against Japan. What were they?
The Battle of the Coral Sea & Battle of the Midway
Who seized power of the Mexican government in 1834?
Santa Anna
1947 act passed by Republican Congress to outlaw closed shop and require right-to-work.
Taft-Hartley Act
_____ refers to the removal of the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, France in 1305. The next seven Popes would sit in Avignon, where the French King could dominate the Church. Damaged church’s prestige.
The Babylonian Captivity
maverick carmaker who built only 51 of the cars named for him
Preston Tucker
In 1952, _____ ran for President against _____.
Republican Eisenhower against Dem Adlai Stevenson
_____were Enlightenment thinkers and writers who were dedicated to discovering social problems and positing resolutions by the implementation of natural law.
Philosophes
1848 Italian revolutions, ____ declared a republic.
Mazzini
Who led American troops in the South during the War of 1812?
Andrew Jackson
____ was currency printed by a bank (today’s bills are printed by the federal government).
scrip