History A Z

Glossary of Terms, People and Events

Aborigines

Native people of Australia

Adolf Hitler

Leader of Nazi Germany

Began the Holocaust

Age of Exploration

Time period where Europeans began to explore

the world to find trade routes and territory

Anglophones

People who speak English and follow an English

culture

Assimilate

Become similar to things around you

Atahualpa

Last leader of the Incas

Aztecs

Native civilization in central Mexico; conquered

by Spain

Berlin Wall

Wall that divided East and West Berlin during

the Cold War

British Empire

Empire on which the sun never sets

Christopher Columbus

Discovered the New World; wanted to reach

India

Cold War

Period of tension between the Soviet Union and

United States

Columbian Exchange

Exchange of goods, products, resources, and

people between the Old World and New World

Conquistador

Spanish soldier sent to conquer land

Dream Time

Aborigines religion; gods live in nature

Fidel Castro

Leader of Cuban Revolution

Francisco Pizarro

Conquistador who conquered Incas

Francophones

People who speak French and follow French

culture

Franz Ferdinand

Archduke who was assassinated to start World

War I

French and Indian War

War fought between England and France over

land in North America; England won

Hernan Cortes

Conquistador who conquered Aztecs

Holocaust

Mass murder of millions of Jewish people

Incas

Civilization found on west coast of South

America; conquered by Spain

Indigenous

Native to a certain area

James Cook

Colonized east coast of Australia for Britain

John Cabot

Colonized land in Canada for Britain

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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism;

causes of World War I

Miguel Hidalgo

Father of Mexican Independence

Montezuma II

Last leader of the Aztecs

New France

French territory in North America

Penal Colony

Colony for prisoners

Prince Henry the

Navigator

Started a school of Navigation; from Portugal

Quebec

Province in Canada; wants to be independent

Russian Revolution

Revolution against Russian government;

overthrew Czar; began Soviet Union

Samuel de Champlain

Colonized Quebec for France

Separatists

Want to be independent

Simon Bolivar

The Liberator; helped give countries like

Venezuela in South America

Soviet Union

Communist country; formally Russia

Tenochtitlan

Capital city of Aztecs; now Mexico City

Toussaint LOuverture

Helped lead a rebellion in Haiti against France

Treaty of Versailles

Document that ended World War I; gave

complete blame to Germany

Tsar Nicholas II

Last leader of Russia before Russian Revolution;

overthrown and killed

Vladimir Lenin

Leader of the Russian Revolution; first leader of

the Soviet Union

World War I

The Great War: 1914-1918

World War II

War 1939-1945

Zapatistas

Native Mexicans who fought against Mexican

government for equal rights