History Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 14 – Islam * Islam – literal meaning = submission * Five Pillars 1. Shahada – the Creed 2. Salat – Prayer – Pray 5 times daily facing Mecca 3. Sawn – Fasting – during Ramadan 4. Haji – Pilgrimage – travel to Mecca at least once in lifetime 5. Zakat – Almsgiving – giving money to religion * Allah – one true god * Haji – Pilgrimage to the holy cities of Arabia * Hijra – The “flight” of Muhammad when he had to flee
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1954 Stalin dies Khrushchev replaces him as first secretary -In effort to gain political status Khrushchev delivers a speech which denounces Stalin 1955 Warsaw pact created to counter NATO -Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ East Germany‚ Hungary‚ Poland‚ Romania 1962 Cuban missile crisis between U.S and USSR almost leads to a nuclear war. -results in Khrushchev removing his missiles from Cuba (start of his downfall) 1964 Brezhnev sparks the downfall of Khrushchev to become first secretary
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will have Paris for lunch‚ and St. Petersburg for dinner.” It only took a few months for both sides to discover that this war would not be fought and won quickly or cheaply.” It was the long term impact of the industrial revolution that separated WWI from any other previous war. A century of industrialization meant that Germans‚ French‚ and the British could keep their men armed‚ clothed‚ fed and free from lethal epidemics on the fronts all year long. Military
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AP US History Ch 30-31 The American Pageant Test Study Guide Consider the 5 Ws when thinking about history: Who‚ What‚ When‚ Where‚ & Why/How is it important? Ch 30 Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad‚ 1912-1916 [12th edition] (Ch 29 in 13th edition) Before election as President in 1912‚ Woodrow Wilson had been – (progressive reform) state governor of NJ (Son of a Presbyterian minister & president of Princeton University) As Gov of New Jersey(Democrat)‚ Woodrow Wilson
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are partly to blame. It was Austria Hungary that was mostly to blame. Austria Hungary started World War I by using war to distract form internal problems‚ delivering a harsh ultimatum and expecting an answer in three days‚ and declaring war after all of the demands in the ultimatum were not met. Austria Hungary was having many problems internally. The empire was trying to take hold of all of the Balkan Peninsula and for many years before World War I‚ Austria Hungary was at high tensions with their
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This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses‚ see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). "WW1" and "WWI" redirect here. For the album by White Whale‚ see WWI (album). World War I | Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistiblesinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; aVickers machine gun crew with gas masks‚ and German Albatros D.III biplanes
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Due to the tactics of trench warfare‚ opposing sides were both on the defensive‚ which inevitably resulted in stalemates (Barron‚ “Entering WWI”). No side would prevail‚ but fighting would continue‚ creating more injuries and deaths (Barron‚ “Entering WWI”). In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a soldier named Tjaden asked‚ “what exactly is the war for?"‚ and so Katczinsky‚ another soldier‚ explained that "[t]here must be some people to whom the war
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November 11‚ 1918. It involved all the world’s great powers‚ which were known as the Allies and Central Powers. The countries in the Allies were United Kingdom‚ France and Russia and with the Central Powers were Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. The artist that I chose to portray WWI is Natalia Goncharova. The war was crucial in Natalia’s expression of art because she lived with the constant worry that her beloved Larinov would lose his life while in service. Majority of her paintings art form are
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consequences of the 1908 Bosnian crisis Austria-Hungary after 1878 Treaty of Berlin was allowed to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina. Certain events happened to make Austria-Hungary feel threatened that she would no longer be able to ‘rule’ Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 1908 Bosnian crisis happened due the fact that Austria-Hungary wanted to and did annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the annexation‚ many problems were made‚ some were solved others weren’t. Austria-Hungary feeling threatened caused the Bosnian
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should not be ignored and this essay is going to prove that it provoked the First World War undoubtedly. In the late 19th century‚Austria-Hungary was a multi-racial empire which was declining because of the unification of Germany and Italy.On the other hand‚ Serbia was a growing power in the Balkans which kept a good relationship with Russia.However‚both Austria-Hungary and Serbia wanted to gain the control of the Balkans because of her remarkable geographical location.The Balkans consisted of different
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