Scientific Revolution
Theory that the Sun is the center of the universe.
Heliocentric
This revolution began in Great Britain due to its coal and iron resources.
The Industrial Revolution
The "Scramble" for this continent saw Europeans competing for resources.
Africa
This 1914 assassination was the immediate spark of WWI.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
The policy of giving in to Hitler's demands to avoid war.
Appeasement
Intellectual movement using reason and science to improve society.
Enlightenment
The movement of people from rural farms to rapidly growing cities.
Urbanization
Modernization and industrialization of Japan starting in 1868.
Meiji Restoration
This 1917 revolution created the world’s first communist state.
Russian Revolution
This 1944 event was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
D-Day
Montesquieu’s idea to divide government into three branches.
Seperation of Powers
Economic theory where the government stays out of the market.
Laissez-Faire
Movement where loyalty is to a common culture rather than a king.
Nationalism
This treaty ended WWI but left Germany bitter and seeking revenge.
Treaty of Versailles
Political movement of extreme nationalism and loyalty to a dictator.
Fascism
He challenged the Church with his "95 Theses" and started the Reformation.
Martin Luther
Theory that a nation’s power depends on exporting more than importing.
Mercantilism
The 19th-century policy of extending a nation's authority over other lands.
Imperialism
This 1917 intercepted note proposed a German-Mexican alliance.
Zimmerman Telegram
This military strategy applied to WWII involves a nation's entire resources.
Total War
The concept that a Monarch's power comes directly from God.
Divine Right
The 19th-century process of moving from Handmade to Machine-made.
Industrialization
This meeting of European leaders "carved up" Africa with no African input.
Berlin Conference
This clause of the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to take full blame.
War-Guilt Clause
This Totalitarian leader rose to power in Italy in the 1920s.
Mussolini