Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Rome developed this system of government, where citizens elected representatives.
What is a republic?
This nickname for the era highlights the focus on logic, science, and intellectual progress during the Enlightenment.
What is the Age of Reason?
Britain imposed taxes on its American colonies for this reason.
What is to pay off war debts from war?
This period was marked by mass executions and political purges during the French Revolution.
What is the Reign of Terror?
Poor conditions in these led to the rise of organized labor movements.
What are factories?
This type of government, created by Ancient Athens, is considered the foundation of modern Western government.
What is a direct democracy?
This philosopher’s concept of separating powers into branches influences modern governments.
Who is Montesquieu?
This event resulted in the limitation of the English king’s power and expanded Parliament’s authority.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
This leader rose to power after the French Revolution, implementing reforms and expanding territory.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This mode of transportation expanded rapidly, fueling industrial growth.
What are railroads?
These legal principles from Ancient Rome became foundational to European law. (hint: the answer involves a number)
What are codified laws, such as the Twelve Tables?
This Enlightenment thinker developed ideas about natural rights and argued for life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This intellectual movement shaped the Declaration of Independence with its emphasis on liberty.
What is the Enlightenment?
These were key reasons for the outbreak of the French Revolution, including economic disparity. (You must guess 2/3 potential answers.)
What are debt, taxation, and inequality?
These resources gave Britain a significant advantage during the Industrial Revolution. (You must guess 2/3 potential answers.)
What are coal, rivers (water), and iron?
This Roman institution advised consuls and influenced legislation, playing a key role in governance.
What is the Roman Senate?
This term describes monarchs who implemented Enlightenment ideas while maintaining absolute power.
What is enlightened absolutism?
The French Revolution inspired this global revolution that abolished slavery and won independence.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This document proclaimed rights like liberty and equality during the French Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This invention revolutionized factories and transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
This practice in Ancient Rome allowed citizens to accuse someone of a crime before a group of their peers, a concept later adapted in European and modern legal systems.
What is trial by jury?
Rousseau described this as the collective agreement of citizens for the common good.
What is the “general will”?
This document, signed during the Glorious Revolution, officially limited the power of the monarchy.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This meeting of European leaders sought to restore the balance of power after Napoleon’s defeat.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
This economic system emerged during the Industrial Revolution, based on private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?