Enlightenment
Enlightenment thinker who most influenced the Declaration of Independence with their beliefs about natural rights
Who was John Locke?
Document that secured rights and privileges for all people of France
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
The Industrial Revolution started in this country because of suitable geographical and political needs
Great Britain
This meeting of European powers divided up Africa into colonies
Berlin Conference
Franz Ferdinand
He believed that absolute monarchy was the best form of government because it maintained law and order
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
Both of these European countries ended up unifying as a result of nationalism
Germany or Italy
The movement of people from rural areas to cities
Urbanization
Period of time in Japan where they modernized and westernized in order to compete on the world stage
Meiji Restoration
This kind of warfare was new to WWI and often resulted in stalemates
Trench Warfare
Separation of religious aspects from the government
What was Secularism?
The three class system in France that led to inequality and starvation
Estate System
Capitalism
Belief that the "superior/stronger" countries have the right to dominate the "weaker/inferior" ones
Social Darwinism
This treaty ended WWI, but left Germany in ruins and setting up the tension that would lead to WWII
Treaty of Versailles
An agreement that people have with their government to give up some rights in exchange for protection and security
What is a Social Contract?
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Toussaint Louverture
Economic system theorized by Karl Marx that the means of production should be shared amongst everyone rather than controlled by wealthy elites
Communism
When a country exerts control over a region through indirect or economic means
Sphere of Influence
The four long term causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
When a ruler maintains power through the approval and support of the people
What is Consent of the governed?
The smallest, but most powerful group of people in the Latin American colonies. People who were born in Spain.
Peninsulares
This French phrase translates to: leave alone. And is used to reference economic systems with limited government involvement
Laissez Faire
This treaty ended the Opium Wars and resulted in unequal trade agreements between China and Britain
Treaty of Nanking
This revolution in Russia resulted in Russia transforming into the communist Soviet Union and withdrawing from WWI
Bolshevik Revolution