1. SOL TEST INFO YOU MUST KNOW!!!

2. Who was the inventor of the Printing Press?

3. Johannes Gutenberg

4. Why was the printing press so important?

5. It spread ideas of Reformation and Renaissance

6. What event started the French Revolution?

7. The Storming of Bastille (prison)

8. World Religion locations c. 1500 --Judaism --Christianity --Islam --Buddhism --Hinduism

9. --Judaism—Middle East and Europe --Christianity—Middle East and Europe --Islam—parts of Asia, Africa, Southern Europe --Buddhism—East/Southeast Asia --Hinduism—India

10. What was the original location of the Ottoman Empire?

11. Asia Minor

12. How many continents was the Ottoman Empire on? List them.

13. Three: Asia, Europe (southeast—Balkans), Africa (north in Sahara) Europe Africa Asia

14. What is monotheism? List religions that believe in it:

15. Belief in one God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam

16. Explain mercantilism:

17. Colonies benefit mother country(give raw materials to mother) Helps mother be “self-sufficient”

18. List four things Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is known for:

19. Secret police (KGB) • Five Year Plans (industrialization) • Collectivization • Great Purge (genocide)

20. What did the Franco-Prussian War (1870) lead to?

21. Creation of the German state (Germany) Each color represents a small German state that joins a united Germany Prussia was the largest German state

22. Who was Otto von Bismarck?

23. Nationalist Prussian leader—unified Germany through three wars (Franco-Prussian War)

24. Who united Italy?

25. Count Cavour—North • Guiseppe Garibaldi—joins South to North • Papal States last to join

26. What was the League of Nations? Why did it fail?

27. --cooperative Organization --prevent future wars --U.S. doesn’t join—no military

28. What were the two sides fighting in the Chinese Civil War?

29. --Mao Tse-Tung (communist) --Chiang Kai-Shek (nationalist)

30. What was the outcome of the Chinese Civil War?

31. Mao wins Shek flees to Taiwan

32. Name the two countries created by Chinese Civil War:

33. Communist China (Mao) Nationalist China (Taiwan—Shek) Communist China Taiwan—Nationalist China

34. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

35. Soviets put nukes in Cuba—almost causes World War III

36. Containment: Theory of deterrence:

37. U.S. policy— stop spread of communism Idea—having nukes stops others from nuking you.