Western Christendom, Medieval Society and the Crusades (600 – 1400 CE)
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The Birth of Western Christendom
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Medieval Culture and Feudalism
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The Crusades and Holy War
Eastern Christendom and Islam (600 – 1200 CE)
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Byzantine Civilization and Early Russia
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Rise of Islam in the Near East
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The Mongols
South and East Asia in the Middle Ages (600 – 1200 CE)
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India and South Asia in the Middle Ages
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China, Monarchy and Confucianism
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Japan, Buddhism and Military Aristocracies
Early Developments in Africa (1000 – 1400 CE)
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State formation in Southern Africa
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Trade and Development of East Africa
Developments in the Americas and Oceania (1000 – 1400 CE)
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Early American Civilizations
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Early Oceania Civilizations
Imperialism and Globalization (1400 – 1800 CE)
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Trans-Atlantic Trade
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European Empires
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Asian Empires
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Exploitation and Slavery
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New Ideas: Religion, Tradition, and Trade
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Fighting for Freedom
The 19th Century (1800 – 1900 CE)
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19th Century Wars, Conflicts, and Revolution
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The Industrial Revolution and Urban Life
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Slavery’s Legacy
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Asia on the World Stage
The 20th Century (1900 CE – 2000 CE)
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20th Century Europe
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20th Century Africa
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20th Century Asia and East Asia
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20th Century Americas
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20th Century Wars, Conflicts, and Revolution
Uncategorized Questions
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What did organizations and countries do to help Haiti after the 2010 earthquake?
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Why did the Holocaust happen?
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How was Arabia transformed by the rise of Islam?
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Why were the French confident that they would win the war against the Vietminh?
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What does the term "New World" refer to?
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Why did Japan become imperialistic?
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Why did the Boxer Rebellion fail?
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Which area was one of the first to experience conversion to Islam outside of the caliphates?
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What grievous event occurred in Tenochtitlán in 1500?
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How was the Abbasid Caliphate broken up after 945?
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Who helped Ethiopia fight off Italian imperialism and how did he do it?
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What is a mosaic, and where were mosaics found in the Byzantine Empire?
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Why is the Middle East referred to as the crossroads of the world?
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What are three major obstacles to peace between Israel and Palestine?
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Question #91d30
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What was the name of the non-aggression pact signed by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany?
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How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?
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Who opposed the Munich Agreement?
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What was the Pax Sinica?
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Why did the Germans want to control the Russian Caucasus?
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Which policy led to more economic opportunities for the average individual in the U.S.S.R?
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Who was in the triple Entente?
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What nation was created to give surviving Holocaust victims a place to settle?
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Of the methods of warfare developed in World War I, which did traditional officers consider unfair and barbaric?
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How did nationalism help cause World War I?
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What happened in Chernobyl, Ukraine?
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Who was Cesar Chavez?
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What did Jesus emphasize in his early teachings?
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Which oldest known North America culture were entirely nomadic hunters of large animals?
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Why did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia in 1914?
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What was significant about the first settlers of India?
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What events from 1905-1917 caused Czar Nicholas ll to step down in Russia?
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What role did Victor Emmanuel II play in Italian Unification?
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Why was Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated? How did Austria-Hungary react?
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How did British rule lead to growing Indian nationalism?
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Why did China not trade with outsiders until 1402?
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What are similarities between Jim Crow laws and Apartheid?
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Who provided aid to the Vietminh during the French Indochina War?
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What event occurred after Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam's independence?
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Who assisted Chinese rebels in overthrowing the Ming dynasty and installing the Qing dynasty?
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Why did the Chinese stop the voyages of Zheng He?
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After World War II, Germany and Berlin were partitioned and divided between which four countries?
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Who popularized the term "iron curtain"?
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Do you think WWI was avoidable?
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What strong leaders worked to unify Japan in the late 1500's?
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Which battle turned the tide of World War II in favor of the Allies?
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Who was Kublai Khan?
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Who was Genghis Khan?
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What term refers to the type of government that has a king, queen, or emperor who has total authority?
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How does a city-state operate?
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Do you think the positive effects of imperialism outweighed the negative impact? Why or why not?
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Which city of Alexander's empire was in Egypt?
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What was the intended final stage of Chiang Kai-shek's reform program?
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Why did it seem that communism was no longer a threat to China after the Long March?
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Which country did Hitler and Stalin immediately invade, take over, and divide up?
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Where and when was the social and political system of feudalism used?
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What were the negative and positive aspects of Columbian Exchange?
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In what year did Russia leave World War l?
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Whose influence on government reflected the poor leadership of the czar and the corruption of the Russian court during World War I?
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What were the things that delayed political unification in Japan?
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What Song China inventions can be used to help ships navigate?
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What liberated the Philippines from Japanese occupation?
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What was the historical context in China that contributed to its limited industrialization?
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Who ran Mexico for decades as a dictator?
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What was the common reason behind the Boxer and Taiping rebellions?
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How did Haiti become independent?
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What kind of colony was Saint Dominique?
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What factors contributed to Japan's decision to occupy French Indochina? How did the United States respond?
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After World War II, who controlled North Korea? South Korea?
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What groups did Nazis deem unfit to belong to belong to the Aryan "master race"?
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What aspect of the Ottoman Empire appealed most to world powers?
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What was the Tet offensive?
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How were the governments of Mussolini, Stalin, and Hitler similar?
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What problems did trenches cause for the soldiers?
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What did the African National Congress begin in June 1952?
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How did the Russo-Japanese war come to an end?
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What land trade route stretched from Eastern China to the Mediterranean Sea and Europe, carrying goods such as silk, horses, spices, and ideas between Europea and Asia?
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Where did the people of India and Bangladesh rely on to get water decades ago? What was the issue with this?
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How were the economies of Latin American colonies and European countries connected by trade?
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In 1937, the Japanese launched a second Sino-Japanese War against which country?
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In the Soviet Union, what were gulags?
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What ancient empire influenced Russia the most?
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From which empire did Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia gain independence?
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What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to an end?
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In what way was Siam different from other countries of Southeast Asia?
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What steps did Prince Shotoku take to reform Japan?
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Why was the Yamato clan important?
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How was early Japanese society organized and ruled?
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Why do you think the Japanese were willing to accept the difficulty of writing with Chinese characters?
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How was Japanese culture influenced by the mainland of Asia?
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How did West Africa's geography help the region to develop a strong trans-Saharan trade system?
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Why did the Sardinians participate in the Crimean War?
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Who issued the "Grito de Dolores"?
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What were the five main countries that focused on colonization and New World exploration?
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Question #cecd7
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Was the Renault FT-17 light tank actively used in combat during WWI? If yes, in what battle(s)?
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What was Japan's policy toward European trade during the 1500s?
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When you think about the Renaissance in Italy or about other times and places in the past, do you think the world today is better than those ages? Would you describe the people of those times as "half awake" or "childish"?
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Why were African slaves needed to work on econiendas?
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Why are Nelson Mandela and F.W. deKlerk important people in the history of South Africa?