Age of Exploration
What was 1 positive result of the AoE?
Exchange of goods, technology, and ideas which advanced society
This device was invented to be a more humane form of execution
Guillotine
The IR began in THIS country
England
Many European countries trying to quickly obtain land and resources in Africa was known as the:
Scramble for Africa
This event is considered to be the event that sparked the powder keg in the Balkans and began WWI
Assassination of FF
The joining of separate parts into one
Unification
People vote for representatives
democracy
What was 1 negative result of the AoE?
Slavery, abuse, diseases, destruction of culture, genocide
Give one reason the French revolution started
- Starvation
- Estate system
- Bad leadership
Give an example of a negative effect of the IR
Rapid urbanization
Dangerous working conditions
Pollution
Deforestation
Child labor
Disease and unsanitary conditions
This "meeting" of European nations in Germany where the dividing of land in Africa was called the _______ _________
Berlin Conference
Give an example of a new technology that was used to make WWI one of the deadliest wars in history
poison gas
flamethrowers
machine guns
planes
tanks
grenades
submarines
Being native to a particular region
Indigenous
ruled by a king or queen
monarchy
This exchange of goods between the new and old world became known as the ________ _________ named after the infamous Italian explorer. Was he good or bad? hmmm
Columbian exchange
This "Sun King" ordered the building of the famous palace at Versailles.
Louis XIV
Give an example of a positive effect of the IR
Growth of the middle class
Cheaper products
Faster production
Improvement in transportation and communication infrastructure
This vocab word means looking at the world through the perspective of your own culture with a view of superiority
Ethnocentrism
Give one of the two main reasons the US entered the war
Sinking of the USS Luisitania
The right to vote
Suffrage
ruled by one person through fear and military power. Examples: Kim Jong Un and Hitler.
Dictatorship
Explain briefly what the AoE was
Europeans exploring new lands. Searching for a sea route to Asia but discovering new places. Then exploiting / conquering those places.
The slave nation of this country had a revolution led by Toussaint L'Overture
Haiti
Communism / Socialism
Keep their independence
The Eastern Front of Germany in WWI
Russia
To take advantage of a weaker group
Exploitation
anarchy
In the AoE the "old world" refers to which part of the world?
Europe / Africa / Asia
The French revolution was influenced by the successful revolution of THIS country
America
Which industry experienced the earliest and most significant mechanization during the Industrial Revolution?
What was a major motivation for European imperialism in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
Economic interests and resources
The Western Front of Germany in WWI
France
To give up power
Abdicate
Ruled by a few
Oligarchy