World History Class

There are 70 questions on the test (matching, modified true and false, short answer etc) and there are 70 statements on this sheet. Everything on this sheet will be on the test. Nothing that is on the test is not on this sheet. To know this sheet is to know the test. Happy memorization!

Albert Einstein developed the theories of relativity p. 401

Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote “Gulag Archipelago” p. 432

Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India p. 371

Archduke Ferdinand’s death caused the beginning of WWI p. 513

Armistice Day is now celebrated as Veteran’s Day in the United States p. 410

The Battle of Jutland forced the German fleet to withdraw from WWI p.417

The Big Four at the Versailles Peace Conference were: England, France, the US, and Italy p. 434

Bolshevik Revolution began on November 25, 1917 p. 300

Bourgeoisie refers to the middle class p. 364

The British North America Act made Canada a self-governing commonwealth p. 364

Carlos Finlay theorized that a mosquito carries yellow fever p. 401

Catherine the Great was the “enlightened despot” of Russia p. 321

Charles I succeeded James I as ruler of England p. 321

Cheka was the name of Lenin’s secret police p. 335

Count von Zinzendorf established the Moravian settlement of Herrnhut p.323

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776 p. 338

David Livingstone was a missionary to Africa p. 371

Denis Diderot was the editor of the Encyclopedia p. 305

The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo p. 316

The Dutch farmers known as “Boers” colonized South Africa p. 373

Eddie Rickenbacker was an American “ace” pilot p. 411

Elements of Stalin’s Five year plan include: collectivization of agriculture, build-up of state controlled industry, centralized control of the economy p. 437

Ernest Rutherford was the “Father of Nuclear Science” p. 401

Ferdinand Foch was the French Field Marshal p. 412

Ferdinand Zeppelin designed the dirigible p. 402

Florence Nightingale created the modern nursing profession p. 366

The French Revolution began in 1789 p. 383

Friedrich Engels was Marx’s friend and co-author of the Communist Manifesto p. 425

The Gallipoli Campaign was the largest British offensive in the East during WWI p. 409-410

George Bernard Shaw founded the Fabian Society p. 378

George Washington Carver was a famous American agricultural scientist p. 401

George Whitefield was a famous Great Awakening evangelist p. 328

G.W.F. Hegel introduced dialectical reasoning p. 384

Henry Ford invented the assembly-line process p. 402

Immanuel Kant taught the philosophy of idealism p. 384

Ivan the Terrible was the first Russian czar p. 428-429

Jean Baptiste Colbert was the French minister of finance p. 301

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the “Father of French Romanticism” p. 304-305

Jethro Tull invented the seed drill p. 344

Jonathan Edwards preached “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” p. 323

John Locke was the English philosopher who promoted empiricism p. 330

John J Pershing was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force p. 412

KDKA was the first radio station p. 403

Lord Nelson was the world’s greatest naval hero p. 313

Louis XV said “After me the deluge” p. 305

Louis XVI was executed during the French Revolution p. 306

Louis Pasteur developed the germ theory of disease p. 352

Marie Louise was Napoleon’s second wife p. 313

Maximilien Robespierre was responsible for the French Reign of Terror p. 390

Max Planck developed the quantum theory of matter and energy p. 401

Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo p. 316

Nikolai Lenin formed the Soviet Union in 1922 p. 434

Paul von Hindenberg was the supreme commander of all Central Powers forces p. 408

Quebec was the first permanent French settlement in North America p. 301

Queen Victoria was Britain’s longest reigning monarch p.359

Robert Fulton invented the first practical steamship p. 349

Robert Peel founded the London police force p.359

Samuel de Champlain was called the Father of New France p. 301

Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule p. 347

The Sepoy Rebellion was the uprising of native Indian soldiers against the British East India Company p. 370

Sir Humphry Davy invented the miner’s safety lamp p. 347

The Spanish-American War gave the US control of Cuba and the Philippines p. 354

T.E. Lawrence led the Arab revolts against the Turks in the Arabian Peninsula p. 409

The Triple Entente was formed by France, Great Britain, and Russia p. 404

Walter Reed and William Gorgas were two American army doctors who worked to eliminate yellow fever p. 402

The War of Spanish Succession was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht p. 303

Wilber Wright made the first successful airplane flight p. 402

William III came to the English throne by the Glorious Revolution p. 325

William Gladstone was the prime minister known as “The Grand Old Man” p. 362

Woodrow Wilson was the President of the US during WWI p. 418