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9th Grade World History
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9th Grade World History
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1. (1789-1799) Revolution that overthrew the French monarchy, ended hereditary privilege, and made France more democratic. It was accompanied by violence and war.

2. (1988-Present) Terrorist organization formed by Osama bin Laden.

3. A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods helped fund the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies.

4. (1989) Chinese students were fired on by tanks while leading peaceful demonstration for greater personal freedom and democracy.

5. Harder and more durable than copper alone. The term Bronze Age is applied to the era when bronze was the primary metal for tools and weapons.

6. Fell in 476 A.D. when it was overrun by invading barbarian tribes. Its fall was followed by a period of great turmoil in Europe.

7. System of government in which all 'citizens' have equal political and legal rights, privileges, and protections, as in the Greek city-state of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.

8. King of Macedonia in northern Greece. Between 334 and 323 B.C. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.

9. The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven.

10. A nomadic group of Turkish people from central Asia who emerged as the rulers of the Islamic world in the 13th century. They conquered Constantinople in 1453 A.D., renaming it Istanbul. It ruled lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe until 1923.

11. (1769-1821) General during the French Revolution, who seized power in 1799, declared himself emperor in 1804, and conquered much of Europe.

12. (1095 - 1204) Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation.

13. Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.

14. An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.

15. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation

16. (1910-1997) A Catholic nun who devoted her life to helping poor and homeless people in India, who were living on the streets. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

17. From Latin Caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (1462 - 1505 A.D.).

18. (15th-16th centuries) A rebirth of European culture that began in Italian city-states, with a spirit of questioning, a rediscovery of classical learning,and improvements in art and architecture.

19. The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between ca. 8000 and 2000 B.C.E.

20. (1920-2005) In 1978, this Pole became the first non-Italian Pope in 400 years. He helped end Communism in Eastern Europe.

21. A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.

22. 33rd President of the United States. Led the U.S. to victory in WWII making the ultimate decision to use atomic weapons for the first time. Shaped U.S. foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union after the war.

23. (1879-1933) Jewish physicist who discovered that time and space were relative. He fled Nazi Germany and recommended development of an atomic bomb.

24. Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.

25. (1893-1976) Chinese Communist leader who drove the Nationalist Chinese out of China in 1949. He instituted brutal measures to achieve Communist control of China, including the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.