Neolithic Revolution

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Neolithic Revolution

• About 10,000 years ago
• People changed from nomadic hunting gathering
  to growing food
• Cause people learned how to grow food
  domesticate animals
• EffectPermanent homes villages
  in River Valleys, Social
  classes emerged

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The Crusades

• 1096-1291
• Christians waged series
  of holy wars against Muslims
  for control of the Holy Land
• CausesSeljuk Turks took control of Jerusalem.
  Pope calls on Christians of Europe to recapture
  Holy Land
• Effects Cultural diffusion, Europe exposed to
  new ideas products, increased Trade,
  Persecution of Christians, Muslims, Jews

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The Renaissance

• 1400s
• Rebirth of classical culture
  learning beginning in Italian
  City- States
• CauseWealthy Italian City-States, monarchs,
  artisans, Greek Roman
  influence,Population rebound, Humanism,
  Secularism, Printing Press
• EffectsGolden age of Arts, Literature,
  Science, authority of the church questioned,
  DaVinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare,etc.

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Age of Exploration

• Late 1400s
• European monarchs competed
  for new trade routes lands
• Causes Search for new trade routes,advanced
  technology, missionaries, desire for new products
• Effects Cultural diffusion,New world,
  colonization, Columbian exchange, rivalries
• Columbus, Magellan, Da GAma

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The Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance through 1700s
• Rejection of traditional authority
  in favor of direct observation
• Causes Curiosity inspired by renaissance
  exploration
• EffectsScientific method,use of Human Reasoning,
  questioning previous thought, advances in
  medicine, mathematics, astronomy, Law of
  Gravity, Enlightenment
• Copernicus, Galileo, Newton

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The Reformation

• 1517
• Challenging the Churchs authority leads to
  division
• Cause Martin Luthers 95 Theses protesting the
  sale of indulgences
• Effects Ended Religious unity in Europe,
  formation of Protestantism, religious wars
  between Catholics protestants,
  Counterreformation, religious persecution, rise
  of royal power

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The Enlightenment

• 1700s
• Intellectual movement also known as the Age of
  Reason
• Causes Scientific Revolution (Reasoning),
  Applied Scientific to understand people improve
  society
• Effects Inspired a belief in personal freedom
  equality,Challenged long held beliefs,Laid the
  foundations for modern governments,Inspired
  Revolutions,Reforms of society,Nationalism

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French Revolution

• 1789-1799
• Revolution overthrows
  the Old Regime (Estates)
• Causes Inequality among classes,unfair tax
  system,Bankrupt government, enlightenment ideas,
  weak ruler
• EffectsDecline in French Power,Spread of
  Enlightenment ideas,Growth of Nationalism,Spread
  of Democratic ideas,Revolutions in Europe Latin
  America

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The Industrial Revolution

• Began in the 1750s in England
  (natural Resources)
• Means of production shifted from hand tools to
  complex machine, Innovations in power( End of
  domestic system)
• Cause Agrarian Revolution, Population Explosion,
  Energy Revolution
• Effects- Mass production,Urbanization,
  imperialism,Socialism, rise of capitalism, Trade
  Unions, reform laws,New class structure, upset
  balance of power

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WWI

• 1914-1919 Allies vs.
  Central Powers
• Causes MANIA
• EffectsNew Technology/ Mass Death
  destruction/famine
• Huge War debts/reparations
• End of major empires
• Treaty of Versailles leads to WWII

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Russian Revolution

• 1917
• Change from Czarist Rule to democracy to
  Communism
• Cause Economic differences, Tsarist rule,
  Pogroms, Russification Russo -Japanese War ,WWI
• Effects Czar abdicates, Provisional government,
  Lenin Peace, Bread , Land Leads to communist
  government, Czar executed, NEP, Civil War, Stalin

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WWII

• 1939-1945
• Axis Powers vs. Allied Powers
• Causes Harshness of Treaty of Versailles,Rise of
  Dictators, Failure of League of Nations
  Appeasement, Nazi Japanese Aggression,
• Effects Defeat of Dictatorships, decline of
  colonialism,Atomic bomb, Holocaust,The UN, Rise
  of Superpowers the Cold War

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The Cold War

• 1945-1991
• Years of Tension/competition
  US vs., USSR,No direct Confrontation
• Causes-Differing political Economic
  ideologies, Soviet domination of Europe
• Effects-Vietnam, Korea, Cuba,Space, Berlin Wall
  Arms Race, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Collapse of
  Communism the USSR

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The Green Revolution

• After 1940
• Aimed _at_ developing better food production in
  developing countries
• Cause World Hunger malnutrition, population
  increasing quicker than food supply
• Effect New high yield crops fertilizers,
  Advances continue

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Technology Revolution

• Late 20th Century
• Continuous progress in science technology
• Cause- Scientific advancement
• Effect Computer Revolution, Automation, advances
  in medicine, Transportation, communication,
  Space exploration

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