1. Global History: Regents Review
Key Figures: Buzz Words

2. ABSOLUTE RULERS 1.
Louis XIV, Akbar the Great, Elizabeth I, Philip II, Genghis Khan, Qin, King John I, Suleiman the Magnificent, Peter the Great
Key Ideas:
Divine Right, no freedom
Sun King, Palace of Versailles - Louis
Religious Toleration – Akbar (India)
Mongol leader/superior military skills – Genghis
Great Wall – Qin (legalist)
Ottoman Empire, “law giver” – Suleiman
Westernized Russia - Peter

3. Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII
PROTESTANT REFORMERS 2.
Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII
Key Ideas:
Connected to Humanism
Challenged the church
Indulgences – Luther
Predestination, theocracy – Calvin
Act of Supremacy, divorce, Anglican – Henry VIII

4. Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Keppler3.
Scientists:
Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Keppler
Key Ideas:
Connection to Humanism; Use of reason
Heliocentric theory (sun-centered)
Critics of the church

5. Explorers: 4.
Zheng He, Columbus, Magellan, Vasco de Gama, Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, Mansa Musa (hajj)
Key Ideas:
Cultural Exchanges; East meets West
Trade Increases (demand increases)
Curiosity sparked
Colonization of the Americas

6. Medici, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Machiavelli, Gutenberg
“RENAISSANCE MEN” 5.
Medici, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Machiavelli, Gutenberg
Key Ideas:
Humanism/Individualism
Patron of the Arts - Medici
Printing Press - Gutenberg
“end justifies means;” better to be feared than loved” – Machiavelli (ruthless)

7. Conquerors: 6.
Genghis Khan, Alexander-the-Great, Caesar, Cortes, Pizarro, Caesar, Suleiman the Magnificent, Napoleon
Ruthless
Superior military skills
Empires; cultural diffusion
Power-hungry; ambitious
Cortes/Pizarro (Ameicas)

8. Established Democracies:7.
King John I, William & Mary, Pericles Roman Republic
Magna Carta; Limited Monarchy (King John)
Glorious Revolution; English Bill of Rights (W & M)
Direct-Democracy (Pericles)
Senate; Law of the 12 Tables (Roman)

9. Latin American Revolutionaries:8.
Latin American Revolutionaries:
Bolivar, San Martin, L’ouverture, Hidalgo
Key Ideas:
Inspired by the Enlightenment; John Locke
Freedom from Spanish rule
Nationalists; get out the foreign powers!

10. Italian & German Nationalists:9.
Italian & German Nationalists:
Mazzini, Cavor, Garibaldi Otto Von Bismarck
Key Ideas:
Unification movements
Love of land, culture, traditions
“Blood and Iron” & Realpolitik - Bismarck

11. African Revolutionaries:
10.
Kenyatta, Mandela, DeKlerk, Nkrumah
Key Ideas:
Post WWII/Freedom from European powers; Berlin Conference
Ethnic Rivalries
Apartheid (segregation); political participation for all

12. Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu
11.
Enlightenment:
Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu
Key Ideas:
Natural Rights
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Inspired revolutions (U.S., France, Latin America)

13. Economists: Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus Key Ideas:
12.
Economists:
Karl Marx, Adam Smith,
Thomas Malthus
Key Ideas:
Founder of Communism, Communist Manifesto, public ownership, equality – Marx
Founder of Capitalism, Wealth of Nations, private ownership, profit motive – Smith
Population/Disaster will reduce the population

14. Totalitarian Regimes (“Bad Guys”):
13.
Hitler, Pol Pot, Mussolini, Stalin, Lenin, Mao ZeDong, Deng Xiaopeng, Khomeini, Robespierre
Key Ideas:
Genocide; human rights abuses (Hitler, Pot)
Promised prosperity post WWI (Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini)
Islamic Fundamentalism (Khomeini)
Tiananmen Square (Deng)
French Revolutionary; Reign of Terror, guillotine (Robespierre)

15. Communists:
14.
Lenin, Stalin, Castro, Pol Pot, Mao ZeDong, Deng Xiaopeng, Ho Chi Minh,
Key Ideas:
Peasant Support (land, equality), public ownership; ideas of Marx
Bolshevik Revolution; peace, land, bread - Lenin
New Economic Policy – Lenin
Five Year Plan, Collectivization - Stalin
Khmer Rouge/genocide (killing fields) – Pol Pot
Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution – Mao
Four Modernizations – Deng
Vietnam - Minh

16. Ataturk, Gorbachev, Mandela, Meiji, Gandhi, Truman, King John I
“Good Guys:”
15.
Ataturk, Gorbachev, Mandela, Meiji, Gandhi, Truman, King John I
Key Ideas:
Secular Democratic/Western – Ataturk, Meiji
Glasnost (“openess”), Perestroika – Gorbachev
Apartheid – Mandela
Civil Disobedience – Gandhi
Containment – Truman
Magna Carta/limited monarchy, England – John I