Who's That?
English philosophe who originally coined the phrase "Life, liberty, and property" that Thomas Jefferson plagiarized into "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Name the philosophe:
John Locke
Where did the practice of sati happen?
What does it involve?
Must answer both questions!
In India; the widow would voluntarily or be required to be burned alive upon the husband's death
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels coauthored what document describing socialist ideals and class struggles?
The Communist Manifesto
True or false:
Romanticism embraced the Age of Enlightenment ideals and industrialization:
False; desired a return to natural surroundings and the "way things used to be"
What was the "sepoy rebellion" about?
Indian soldiers fighting for the British were told to load the cartridges in their rifles with provided beef or hog fat, which was against Muslim and Hindu religious belief practices. A rebellion broke out over this practice with the British brutally crushing the rioters. The British East India Company (EIC) was disbanded and this altered British/Indian relations.
This French leader rebuilt Paris, the banks and industry, and made the nation the envy of Europe:
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis-Philipe
Napoleon III
Provide details about the First and Second "Opium Wars".
1) Who was pushing the opium on whom?
2) Where was the opium produced?
England forced China to become drug addicts. The English had Indians grow the poppies and they forced it upon the Chinese to get payment back in the form of silver they had originally traded goods to China with.
Collective consciousness, ethnicity, language, & civic traditions all combined in the 19th century in one word known as:
Nationalism
True or false:
The Meiji Restoration in Japan of the 1860s meant that the samurai would remain the protectors of the emperor and modernization was underway.
False; While modernity was on the way (forced on Japan), the samurai were no longer the protectors, but the Parliament would be the ruling body.
Define the weapon the British in particular used to subdue many nations in Africa:
The Maxim gun
Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations in 1776, and described the "invisible hand" of the market was:
Adam Smith
Thomas Wilberforce
James Oglethorpe
Adam Smith
Where was the "partition of Africa" meeting held in 1884?
Berlin, Germany
"Realpolitik" was a German word that meant what, defined specifically by Otto von Bismarck?
Realities of the world and war. His "blood and iron" speech meant the time for political talk was over!!
True or false: The Boxers were African fighters who thought they were impervious to European firearms and bullets.
False; They were Chinese martial artists, and they died fighting the Europeans and Americans
Define the Boer War:
Two separate wars fought between the British and Dutch settlers in South Africa for control, independence, and resources (specifically gold and diamonds).
King Leopold II of Belgium is known for what action?
His brutal actions in the Congo of Africa, which provided great wealth for Belgium with ivory and rubber, at the expense of Africans who lost hands or their lives.
Which nations were involved in the "Great Game"?
England, India and Russia
Give a definition between the difference of
1) Indirect rule by a nation, and
2) Direct rule by a nation
AND provide an example of a nation ruled by another!
1) Direct rule - where soldiers/leaders are on-site controlling a nation
2) Indirect rule - where representatives of a nation rule on behalf of a nation
England in India, Africa, China, etc.
True or false: The DeBeers brothers of Dutch background, were the first to have diamonds discovered on their land in South Africa:
True
What did Herbert Spencer mean with the term "social Darwinism"?
Applying the concept of “survival of the fittest” to human societies, often used historically to justify social inequality, imperialism, and racism.
What was the English businessman Cecil Rhodes best known for doing?
He founded the British South Africa Company and became fabulously wealthy in the diamond trade in South Africa.
Where did events under the name the "Great Game" take place?
Central Asia, specifically Afghanistan
Define what happened in the "sepoy rebellion":
Indian soldiers fighting for the British were told to load the cartridges in their rifles with provided beef or hog fat, which was against Muslim and Hindu religious belief practices. A rebellion broke out over this practice with the British brutally crushing the rioters. The British East India Company (EIC) was disbanded and this altered British/Indian relations.
True or false:
France colonized most of North and West Africa in the 1880s:
True
Give a working definition of "Kulturkampf":
Originally, between the Catholic Church in Germany and the Prussian government (Otto von Bismarck). It is commonly known as any conflict (political, ideological, or social) between the secular government and the religious authorities of a society.