Political Philosophy
This refers to the separation of church and state.
What is Secularism?
He created an empire out of France, and nearly conquered Europe in the name of the Revolution.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The Industrial Revolution started in this country
What is Great Britain?
This term broadly refers to viewing Jewish people as a hostile race that presents a threat to the nation.
What is Anti-Semitism?
This period of the French Revolution was marked by mass-executions of anyone deemed an enemy of the Revolution
What is the Reign of Terror?
This broad economic philosophy holds that the workers, not bosses should own the means of production.
What is Socialism?
The first Tsar of Russia, he oversaw the destruction of the Boyar's power with his secret police.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
This term refers to a product or good made for resell by retailers instead of the direct need of the consumer.
What is a Commodity?
This mistreatment of Charles Darwin's work argues that wealthy, successful people are biologically superior to the poor
What is Social Darwinism?
This French Constitution included guarantees of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to know what the government was doing with your money.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This political and economic philosophy by Karl Marx, argues that the workers should rise up and seize the government in order to destroy capitalism.
What is Communism?
This philosopher argued a perfect society was one where the king had absolute authority, and the people had none.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This term refers to simple, repetitive work that requires little specialized training that nets lower wages.
What is unskilled labor?
This quack science argued that humans should strive to breed more superior, meaning white wealthy European children, and should discourage those who were "unfit" from breeding.
What is Eugenics?
Napoleon instituted this in order to attempt to starve the British into submission by blocking all trade from their island.
What is the Continental System?
This by-product of the Enlightenment holds that science, and rational thinking will eventually solve all problems.
What is Progressivism?
The inventor of Realpolitik, his deeds include starting two wars and assassinating a king to unify Germany.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This fundamental change in how people moved was brought about by inventions like the locomotive and the steam ship.
What is the Transportation Revolution?
This pseudo-science argues that one can make predictions about personality and behavior based on the shape and contours of the skull.
What is Phrenology?
Napoleon Bonaparte suffered his final defeat at this.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
This radical political philosophy calls for the destruction of capitalism and liberal states that support it.
What is Anarchism/Anarchy?
European powers created these in the 19th Century to carve up China without actually conquering its government.
What are Spheres of Influence?
This refers to a government policy of leaving markets to their own devices, rather than attempting to control economies through taxes and regulation.
What is laissez faire?
This system, which ended in 1994, divided South African society into permanent castes based on race
What is Apartheid?
This bloody conflict led to the birth of the term "guerilla warfare."
What is the Peninsular War?