REVIEW 1
During the Enlightenment, Montesquieu wrote about the idea that a government's legislative power should not be joined with it's executive and judicial powers.
What is separation of powers?
This continent was colonized by the British, Dutch, French and Spanish during the early 1800s, and if it weren't for the actions of men like San Martin, it may still be European controlled.
What is South America/Latin America?
This man believed that all men are born free and equal in rights, and that these rights are life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
What is Blood and Iron?
Because of its location, access to natural resources and ports for trade, this country became the center of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s.
What is England?
This historical event was motivated by the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire that spread throughout it's country during the Age of Enlightenment.
What is the French Revolution?
Otto von Bismarck of Germany, and Mazzini, Garibaldi and Cavour of Italy, all played big roles in _________ movements throughout their countries.
What is nationalism?
This historical figure, also called El Libertador, helped fight for independence in countries such as Venezuela in the 1800s.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
This was the idea of stronger, industrialized European nations colonizing Africa for its natural resources.
What is imperialism?
In "The White Man's Burden", Rudyard Kipling wrote about this belief that resulted in an increase in imperialism throughout Africa in the 1800s.
What is the belief that European nations should civilize the people they colonized and controlled?
This was a negative result of the industrialization of England in the early 1800s. It is still an issue we face today in our cities.
What is overpopulation and pollution?
This was the period of Japanese history when the country modernized and westernized it's society in order to turn into a major international power.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This innovation is the reason why the Industrial Revolution was able to become so successful throughout Europe. Without this machine, factories would have never been able to produce as much as they did.
What is the steam engine?
This post-French Revolution document stated that a government should make laws to protect it's citizens' rights, not take them away.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This type of World War I warfare wore-out soldiers over weeks and even months, as they would often sit and wait for long periods of time for the next attack in tight spaces with little food and water.
What is trench warfare?
This class of French citizens represented around 98% of the entire population, and was taxed heavily by the upper class nobility.
What is the Third Estate?
This Latin American revolutionary figure was a Haitian general and best-known as the leader of the Haitian Revolution vs the French.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
This German philosopher was the mind behind the Communist Manifesto. He believed that in order to stop capitalism, the working class "proletariat" had to rebel against wealthy factory owners.
Who is Karl Marx?
This is the name of Karl Marx's book that spread the idea that capitalism was bad and it worked to "enslaved" the working class.
What is the Communist Manifesto?
This is the political and religious theory that absolute monarchs derive their right to rule directly from the will of God.
What is divine right?
What is the Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion?
This historical figure is associated with the Reign of Terror in France that followed the revolution to overthrow the absolute monarch Louis XVI.
Who is Robespierre?
This historical individual is best known for opening Japan to American and European influences after Japan refused to interconnect.
Who is Matthew Perry?
This is the name of the social class system introduced throughout Latin America by Spanish imperialism. It divided indigenous society into different social classes, such as peninsulares, creoles, and mestizos.
What is the encomienda system?
This is the name of the meeting of European nations in 1884 when they decided how they were going to change (for the worse) the political boundaries of Africa. They "scrambled" to get the best locations with the best resources.
What is the Berlin Conference?