Revolutions
What was the first black country to gain their independence?
Haiti
Who argued that people are born with natural rights such as life, liberty and property.
John Locke
What is the name of the event where European leaders met to discussion the division of Africa
Berlin Conference.
What invention made transportation on water easier?
The steam engine.
What saying is now left behind in 2025.
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What event is considered the start of the French Revolution?
The storming of the Bastille.
Which enlightenment thinker wrote about the separation of powers.
Baron de montesequie.
Which European leader claimed to improve the Congo but made it worse
King Leopold the II
What economic system emphasized private ownership and competition?
Capitalism
What was the arms race.
A competition between the United States and Russia to compete for stronger military weapons
What is social class that paid the most taxes in France before the revolution
Third Estate
Which thinker wrote about freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
What were some of the effects of the treaty of Nanjing?
China gave up Hong Kong to Britain, China had to pay Britain money, China opened its ports up for trade.
What ideology was born out of the unfair working conditions, and low wages of the Industrial Revolution
Communism
what surprise attack brought the United States into ww2
Pearl Harbor
What is the name of the document that declared rights such as liberty, equality and fraternity.
The declaration of the rights of man and citizens.
What is the name of the idea that the government gets its power from the consent of the governed
Popular sovereignty.
Why did the Boer war begin?
Discovery of new diamond and gold mines led to conflicts between the British and the Dutch
What was the event that made the Industrial Revolution possible.
The agricultural revolution
What event sparked World War 1
The assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
What is the name of the revolutionary leader who became emperor of France
Napoleon Bonaparte
What is the Social contract
Individuals in a society willingly exchange personal freedoms for collective security from a government and protection of their remaining rights
What was the Mejii Restoration?
Japanese policy that ended isolation and led to rapid industrialization.
What is the bourgeoise and the Proletariat.
The bourgeoise are the owners of the means of productions(employers) and proletariat are the members of the working class.
What event marked the beginning of world war 2
Germany's invasion in Poland.