The Enlightenment
This philosopher came up with the idea of "natural rights" with the main three being "life, liberty, and property."
Who is John Locke?
This revolution began in 1789 and was primarily caused by the Estates System, the Bread Riots, and the Storming of the Bastille.
This natural resource was used to power the factories and trains of the Industrial Revolution.
What is coal?
This was one of the primary reasons European countries colonized/imperialized nations to fuel industrialization.
What are natural resources/raw materials?
This philosopher believed that absolute monarchy was the best form of government and wrote a book called The Leviathan.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This individual led the Haitian Revolution and helped create the first independent government in Haiti.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
This economic system, founded by Adam Smith in 1776, argued that there should be free markets, private ownership, and that there should be no government intervention in the economy.
What is capitalism?
This European empire took over countries such as Ireland, India, and parts of China.
What is the British Empire?
This was the name of the alliance system between Britain, France, and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente?
Most enlightenment philosophers believed that this would be the best form of government.
What is democracy?
This individual led the Latin American revolutions and wanted to set up a Pan-American nation.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
This invention was often used in textile factories and sewed pieces of cloth together near instantaneously.
What was the Spinning Jenny?
This conflict occurred in China from 1842-45 as a result of British intervention and importation of a drug.
What are the Opium Wars?
This peace agreement, signed in June 1919, ended the First World War and placed all of the blame and debt of the war on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This philosopher argued that the government and the people should form a "social contract" which would follow the "General Will" of the people.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rosseau?
This period in France referred to the tyrannical rule of Maximilien Robespierre and the rule of the Jacobins from 1792-93.
What was the Reign of Terror?
This economic system, founded by Karl Marx, argued that wealth should be equally distributed and that factories should be pubicly owned.
What is Communism?
This term refers to the idea that white men felt obligated to educate, Christianize, and "civilize" people of color in Africa.
What is "White Man's Burden?"
These are the four long-term causes of the First World War.
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
Baron de Montesquieu, an Enlightenment French philosopher, believed in this concept which said that there should be three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.
What is the separation of powers?
This Communist Party, located in Russia, overthrew the government, took control in October 1917, and established the Soviet Union (USSR).
Who were the Bolsheviks?
This process refers to the transition of a country's population from rural areas into cities.
What is urbanization?
This African country was the only one taken by the Belgian king Leopold II and experienced several human atrocities.
What is the Congo?
This was the name of the Austro-Hungarian heir who was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist which shortly led to the First World War.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?