Enlightenment
Believed in Natural Rights, governments should protect natural rights. People should be able to overthrow failing/oppressive governments.
John Locke
This revolution focused on advancing the standard of living of humans through technological advancements.
Industrial Revolution
The Open Door Policy called for…
China is to end its isolationist ways and open up to trade with the Western world.
Who was the last ruler of Russia before the revolution forced him to step down?
Tsar Nicholas II
Germany, on Nov. 11th, 1918, signed _________________, indicating they will no longer be fighting.
An Armistice
Adam Smith founded this economic system
Capitalism
India desired independence from this European Power in the mid 1900s.
Britan
What was a major effect of the Russo-Japanese War?
Japan emerged as a major world power.
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party during the revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Which of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points were implemented in society
League of Nations
This Enlightenment thinker was very much against the Catholic Church.
Voltaire
The Cotton Gin was created during the Industrial Revolution, which led to an increase in slavery in America. Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Why did Britain begin trading opium with China?
To fix a trade imbalance caused by high demand for Chinese goods.
What government ideals align best with the Bolsheviks?
Capitalism
Absolutism
Socialism
Utilitarianism
Socialism
This WWI fighting style would lead to roughly 40 million people dying throughout the war.
Trench Warfare
Who believed people are naturally cruel, if not controlled, will naturally be selfish. Believed in the social contract.
Hobbs
The Communist Manifesto outlined that...
Class struggle is inevitable; workers will win
What BEST explains why China lost the Opium Wars against Britain?
Britain used industrial technology and modern weapons.
What slogan did the Bolsheviks use to gain support from the Russian people?
Peace, Land, and Bread
Name the 4 long term causes of WWI
Alliances, Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism
Did the Enlightenment influence the revolutions that took place in South America during the 1800s?
NO
Latin American Revolutions throughout the 1800s were inspired by these two Revolutions.
French + American Revolutions
What was the primary cause of the First Sino-Japanese War?
Disputes over control of the Korean Peninsula.
Russia’s involvement in which war helped cause unrest that led to revolution?
WWI
The event that signified the beginning of World War I was
The assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand.