Global History Basics
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1. Line of latitude which divided North and South Korea.

2. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos

3. Military ruler of feudal Japan.

4. (1773-1859) Chancellor of the Astro-Hungarian Empire between 1821 and 1848. He was the most powerful political figure in Europe between 1814 and 1848. He was driven from power in the Revolutions of 1848.

5. A domed temple in Rome that was completed in 27 BCE - and still stands today.

6. Theory of motion and energy developed by Albert Einstein in the 20th century.

7. A government owned farms where peasants work on a quota system.

8. The restoration of the Emperor Meiji to power in Japan - overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868.

9. Writing system that uses drawings of objects.

10. The science dealing with the structure - composition - properties - and reactive characteristics of substances.

11. Land that is able to support the growing of crops.

12. (1847-1922) American inventor of the telephone.

13. (1822-1895) French scientist who discovered the link between germs and disease. He also showed that killing germs - often prevented the spread of certain diseases.

14. (?-232 BCE) King of the Maurya dynasty. He ruled nearly the entire subcontinent of India. He also was instrumental in the spread of Buddhism after his conversion.

15. Term given to lands in present day Israel that is significant to Judaism - Christianity - and Islam.

16. Italians City-States which were the center of the rebirth of European trade and culture at the end of the Middle Ages.

17. Symbol used to illlustrate the natural harmony that exists in the world. Everything must have an opposing force that allows the harmonious universe to exist.

18. The restoration of the Emperor Meiji to power in Japan - overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868.

19. Fluted column used in many of their buildings - and copied throughout the world today.

20. A system of thought devoted to the examination of ideas such as truth - existence - reality - causality - religion - and freedom

21. Name of German National Socialist Party - which gained control of Germany in 1933 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.

22. To exclude a Christian from receiving the Sacraments.

23. (1943- ) Polish labor union leader - Nobel laureate - and President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. He was instrumental in the collapse of communism in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe through the work of the labor union Solidarity.