SOCS

Mesolithic- period between Paleolithic and Neolitihic

Sumerian- first civilization developed in Mesopotamia

Hatshepsut- first woman pharaoh of Egypt

Kemet- former name of Egypt

Julius Caesar- Dictator of Life

Punic War- battle between Rome and Carthage

Pax Romana- the 200 years peace and prosperity of Rome

Latin- official language of Rome

Peloponnesian War- battle fought between Athens and Sparta

Ares- god of war

Zeus- father of the gods

Athena- goddess of wisdom

Neptune- god of the sea

Venus- goddess of love and beauty

Augustus Caesar- first roman emperor

Excommunication- punishment of heretic

- act of banishing church member

Crusade- military expedition to regain the Holy Land

Chivalry- warrior's code of conduct

Polytheism- worship of many gods

Patriarchal- type of family where the father is head

Government- the governing body of a nation, state, or community

Democracy- a system of government in which power is vested in people, who rule

either directly or through freely elected representatives

Monotheism- worship of one god

Gobi Desert- world's coldest desert

Sahara Desert- world's largest desert

Mt.Everest- world's highest mountain

Monarchy- a form of government governed by either king or queen

Parliament- the lawmaking body of England

Magna Carta- the first document to limit the power of a king of England

Leonardo da Vinci- "the Renaissance man"

Michelangelo- considered as the most inspired man

Francisco Petrarch- "Father of Humanism"

Martin Luther- "Father of Protestantism"

Act of Supremacy- an act which made the king of England head of the Church in
England

Vulgate- latin translation of the Bible

Indulgences- pardons given to church members

Simony- selling of church offices

Navigation Act- requires colonial merchant to shop goods only on colonial vessels

Stamped Act- taxed a variety of items from newspapers

Jamestown- first English settlement established in the New World

Treaty of Versailles- a treaty that ended the World War I

League of Nations- an organization formed after WW1

Gavrilo Princip- he assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Black Hand- a serbian nationalist organization

Francis Ferdinand- the one who was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip

Germany- declared war on Russia in August 1, 1914

Triple Entente- an alliance between Russia, France, and Britain

Europe- battleground of WW2

Nationalism- a feeling of love for one's country and its people

Genocide- mass extermination of a specific group of people, race, or culture

Anschluss- propaganda used by Nazi Germany for unionist campaign

Einsatzgruppen- a special task force that aims to capture all European Jews

Conscription- a method of drafting or compulsory recruitement of soldiers

Disarmament- an act of dismantling and minimizing stockpiles of weaponry

Militarism- an act of government to increase its military capability in the threat of

war

Fascism- a form of political system where there is absolute state control over the
people

**WORLD WAR 2 STARTED WHEN GERMANY INVADED POLAND

(September 1, 1939- September 2, 1945)

Axis Powers

 Germany
 Italy
  Japan

Allied Powers

 Great Britain
 France
 Soviet Union
 United States

LEADERS:

Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany

Benito Mussolini Italy
Hirohito Japan
Winston Churchchill Britain

Joseph Stalin Russian Leader

Franklin Roosevelt US President

Pan Africanism- movement for a unified Africa expanded in the continent

Sun Yat Sen- Kuomintang Party; led the revolutions against the imperial
government

Great Depression- a severe worldwide economic depression

- highest unemployment warsening inflation

Totalitarianism- a form of government that uses absolute control over

sociopolitical

Politburo- the decision making committee of the Communist Party

Rhineland- a demilitarized zone after WW1

Nazism- a set of political belief by the Nazi Party

Mein Kampf- Adolf Hitler's autobiographical work

Manchuria(Manchukuo)- a region of China

- first territory that Japan invaded

September 28, 1939- Poland was completely divided

Moscow- Soviet capital city

December 7, 1941- Japan attackd Pearl Harbor

The Graud Alliance

 Soviet Union
 United States
 Britain

Douglas MacArthur- leader of the American forces

May 7, 1945- Germant proclaimed defeat, officially ended the WW2

Harry Truman- the one who commanded to throw the bomb at the Pacific

August 6, 1945- truman lauched the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima

September 2, 1945- McArthur accepted the surrender of the Japanese

April 9, 1942- fall of Bataan Death March

May 6, 1942- fall of Corregidor

Dictatorship- a political system where a single ruler has absolute power

Communism- a classless economic system that promotes absolute equality among

people

Socialism- an economic system that advocates for social equality

Constitution- a document that lays the foundation for the laws of the land and the
rights of its people