Revolutions
The writings of philosophers like Locke and Voltaire helped to inspire...
The French and Latin American Revolutions
One consequence of the Industrial Revolution was urbanization, which is
The growth of cities
The drug that caused conflict between Britain and China
Opium
Germany
What's my favorite color?
Purple
What was 1 cause of the French Revolution?
Possible answers include: The estates system (unfair taxation, unfair land ownership), poverty, absolute monarchy, Enlightenment ideas
This was one of the most important technological innovations of the Industrial Revolution, which was used to power ships, trains, and factories
The Steam Engine
A meeting where European countries discussed their plans for colonizing Africa
The Berlin Conference
A lot of fighting in World War I was done...
in trenches, using new technologies like machine guns, by young men
Britain
What event started the French Revolution?
The Storming of the Bastille
What was 1 problem in British cities during the Industrial Revolution?
Water and air pollution, disease, poverty, bad working conditions in factories
Most colonial economies were extractive. What does this mean?
They were focused only on taking natural resources out of a country
Name at least 2 of the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Where did I go to grad school?
Syracuse University
Who led France during the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
Investigations into the conditions of children working in factories discovered...
that they worked in really bad conditions, didn't get many breaks, worked long hours, were punished harshly, were often injured by machines, had no access to education, etc.
What imperial conflict ended with the Treaty of Nanjing?
The Opium Wars
Name at least 3 of the 5 causes of World War I that we have discussed in this class.
Militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, assassination
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Russia
In Spain, Napoleon ___________, which made Spain's Latin American colonies angry
Took over, specifically by replacing the Spanish King with his brother Joseph
What was the machine called that automatically spun thread into fabric?
The Spinning Jenny
Rudyard Kipling's poem about how white people had the responsibility to "civilize" the world through imperialism was called...
"The White Man's Burden"
What historical atrocity took place in modern-day Turkey during World War I?
The Armenian Genocide
What are my cats' names?
Merry and Pippin