Enlightenment and Revolutions
John Locke believed that if the government doesn't protect these three natural rights, you have the right to overthrow your government.
What are life, liberty, and property?
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? WHY did it begin there?
Great Britain/England
England had natural resources like coal, iron, and natural waterways
The United States used this weapon on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The U.S. is the only country to ever use this weapon against others.
What is the atomic bomb (nuclear weapons)
What is decolonization?
Becoming independent of a former colonizer
Which former President was recently convicted of 34 felonies for falsifying business records?
Donald Trump
Name one example of an absolute monarch.
Who is:
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Peter the Great
This Conference, which took place in Germany, was a meeting of European powers where they laid the ground rules for the partition of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This fascist leader of Italy, who came to power during the interwar period, had complete control over his people.
Who is Mussolini?
Kwame Nkrumah was a famous Pan-Africanist. Which country did he lead?
Ghana
Ukraine hopes to join this military alliance to help defend itself against Russia (hint: this military alliance was first formed during the Cold War)
NATO
The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution was led by which man?
Who is Maximilian Robespierre?
Which country colonized Rwanda?
x2 Bonus: What was the name of their King?
Belgium
Bonus: King Leopold II
What years was WWII? (must be exact)
1939-1945
This word means to split apart or divide. This process for India and Pakistan was violent, and resulted in 1 million deaths.
Name 2 enduring issues that could be applied to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. (can't say conflict)
Human Rights Abuse
Conflict over Religion
Dehumanization
Lack of Resources/Food/Water
Genocide
Explain in one or more sentences HOW Enlightenment ideas led to Revolutions.
Something like:
The Enlightenment changed the way people thought about their relationship with their government. People's beliefs in their right to life, liberty, and property, encouraged them to overthrow any government that didn't protect those rights.
Which two sides fought in the Opium Wars, and which side won?
China and Britain; Britain won
This military operation opened up a second front in France, and helped turn the tide for the Allied Powers in WWII.
What is D-Day or the Invasion of Normandy
What is civil disobedience?
Not following laws you think are unjust or unfair
The Soviet Union collapsed under this leader.
x2 Bonus: Name TWO policies that he implemented that led to the collapse
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev.
Bonus: Glasnost and Perestroika
This Latin American Revolutionary leader known as "The Liberator" wanted to unify all of South America.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
Explain in one or more sentences HOW the Industrial Revolution led to imperialism.
European nations sought more natural resources to power their industrialized economies.
His assassination by Serbian nationalists sparked WWI.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This leader of China, who took power after Mao Zedong, introduced elements of capitalism into China's economy.
What is Deng Xiaoping?
This group took power in Cambodia in the 1970's and implemented a horrific Communist regime led by Pol Pot.
Who are the Khmer Rouge?