This Renaissance philosophy focused on human potential and achievement
What is humanism?
This acronym was used as justification/motivation for European powers to colonize within the New World
What is God, Gold and Glory?
This Enlightenment philosopher believed all humans were entitled to their inalienable rights of "life, liberty and property"
Who was John Locke?
This social class grew rapidly during industrialization and owned businesses and factories
What is the bourgeoisie? (Middle Class)
This event triggered the start of World War I in 1914
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
These were pardons sold by the Catholic Church that reduced punishment for sins
What are indulgences?
This agreement divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal in 1494
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This French King was known as "The Sun King"
Who was Louis XIV?
This economic thinker wrote The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels
Who was Karl Marx?
This clause of the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to pay full reparations of WWI
What is the war guilt clause?
This French Protestant group was known for challenging Catholic authority
Who were the Huguenots?
This economic model between Mother countries & colonies focused on colonies exporting more than they import
What is mercantilism?
This idea argued that government power comes from an agreement with the people
What is a social contract?
European powers mainly wanted colonies in order to gain these two things
What are raw materials and markets?
This policy allowed Hitler to expand without immediate opposition (ex: Munich Agreement)
What is appeasement?
This Catholic group founded by Ignatius of Loyola focused on education and missionary work
Who were the Jesuits?
This cash crop became extremely profitable in the Caribbean and led to plantation slavery
What is sugar?
This event occurred when members of the Third Estate vowed not to disband until France had a new constitution
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
This 1857 rebellion in India challenged British rule due to Britain's ethnocentric practices
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
This 1947 U.S. plan gave aid to rebuild Western Europe after the devastation of WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
This meeting of Catholic leaders launched reforms known as the Counter-Reformation
What is the Council of Trent?
Written by Bartolome De Las Casas and addressed to the King & Queen of Spain to convince them of the atrocities committed towards Natives in the New World
What is A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies?
This event led to the public execution of the first European monarch in world history - King Charles I
What was the English Civil War?
At this 1884–1885 meeting, European nations divided Africa among themselves without African leaders being present
What is the Berlin Conference?
This 1945 meeting discussed postwar Europe and Germany’s future.
What is the Yalta Conference?