Thinking
This fast, automatic thinking system relies on intuition.
What is System 1?
This philosophy focuses on the greatest good for the greatest number.
What is utilitarianism?
These are Locke’s three natural rights.
What are life, liberty, and property?
This event divided Africa among European powers without African input.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This type of cloth was produced in India and worn as a show of resistance to the British/foreign goods.
What is khadi?
This bias leads people to favor information that supports their existing beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
This philosophy emphasizes individual freedom and minimal government.
What is libertarianism?
This thinker argued for separation of powers to limit government power by dividing it.
Who is Montesquieu?
What is the name of the main character in Things Fall Apart and his son?
Who is Okonkwo and Nwoye?
This was Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
What is satyagraha?
Preferring simpler stories over complexity is known as this bias.
What is narrative bias?
This ethical system focuses on character and moral habits.
What is virtue ethics?
These two philosophers believed in pluralism and tolerance.
Who are Voltaire and Hume?
This crop is a man's crop, "the king of crops."
What are yams?
This campaign was Mao’s strategic retreat that helped him gain support.
What is the Long March?
Replacing a difficult question with an easier one is known as this cognitive shortcut.
What is downshifting (or substitution)?
This philosopher argued that people should be treated as ends, not means.
Who is Kant?
This concept refers to the idea that government power comes from agreement of the people.
What is consent of the governed/social contract?
This type of language portrayed Africa as uncivilized to justify control.
What is colonial discourse?
This failed economic program led to widespread famine in China.
What is The Great Leap Forward?
The uncomfortable feeling when your actions don't match your beliefs is called this.
What is cognitive dissonance?
This Enlightenment thinker believed punishment should be proportional and deter crime.
Who is Beccaria?
This natural disaster challenged Enlightenment optimism about reason.
What is the Lisbon Earthquake?
European powers justified imperialism with these four “C’s.”
What are Christianity, commerce, country, and civilization?
This group of young people was mobilized to enforce revolutionary ideas during The Cultural Revolution.
Who are the Red Guards?