5 Terms
Contributors in World history
World history
Model Parliament
History; World history
(1295) English Parliament where bishops and abbots, peers, two knights from each shire, and two representatives from each town all met in modern format for the first time.
Computer Revolution
History; World history
During the 1980s personal computers began to appear in many homes across the world. By the late 1990s, computers had become a staple in most industrialised countrys homes.
Spanish-American War
History; World history
(1898) A war between the United States and Spain over the control of Cuba. The United States won this war and gained independence for Cuba, and control of the Philippines.
Solidarity
History; World history
An independent Polish labour Union which fought against communism in Poland in the 1980s. Most notable for helping to end communism in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe.
Vaccine
History; World history
A prevention treatment containing weakened microbes of the kind of disease one is guarding against. It is administered to stimulate the immune system against that disease.
Kuomintang
History; World history
Nationalist Party in China led by Jiang Jieshi, which began a war against the Communist Party led by Mao Zedong. Both fought for control of China, with Mao and the Communists ultimately winning in ...
Treaty of Portsmouth
History; World history
(1905) The treaty that ended the Sino-Japanese War. It granted Japan Chinese port city trading rights, control of Manchuria, the annexation of the island of Sakhalin, and Korea became its ...
