The Agricultural Revolution
This is the process of growing crops and raising animals for food, which began during the Agricultural Revolution.
What is farming?
This invention by James Watt made factories more efficient by powering machines with steam.
This prison's storming on July 14, 1789, is often seen as the start of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
Mao Zedong was the leader of this political party in China.
What is the Communist Party of China?
This measure combines life expectancy, education, and income to rank countries by development.
What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?
Before the Agricultural Revolution, most humans got their food this way
What is hunting and gathering?
This industry was the first to be transformed by machines like the spinning jenny and power loom.
This queen, married to King Louis XVI, was unpopular for her extravagant spending and was executed by guillotine.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
This economic plan, launched in 1958, aimed to rapidly increase China’s industrial and agricultural production.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
The Happy Planet Index measures well-being by combining life expectancy, life satisfaction, and this.
What is ecological footprint?
This practice involves choosing the best plants or animals to breed in order to improve future generations.
What is selective breeding?
This social class grew rapidly in Britain as factory owners and businessmen gained wealth.
What is the middle class?
This was the period of mass executions led by Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.
What is the Reign of Terror?
During this political campaign (1966–1976), Mao encouraged youth to challenge authority and revive communist ideology.
What is the Cultural Revolution
This shows how evenly income is shared across a population, where 0 means perfect equality and 1 means total inequality.
What is the Gini coefficient?
One major change during the Agricultural Revolution was that people began to live in these kinds of communities.
What are permanent settlements?
The Factory Act of 1833 aimed to improve working conditions for this group.
Who are children?
This event forced King Louis XVI to accept the National Assembly's authority in 1789.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Mao’s death in 1976 ended an era, leading to reforms by this leader who opened China to the global economy.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
This term describes development projects that aim to protect the environment while improving living standards.
What is sustainable development?
The Agricultural Revolution’s technological and farming innovations contributed to this major social change, involving people moving from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
Friedrich Engels wrote about the poor living conditions of workers in this British city, where he lived.
What is Manchester?
These two political groups—one moderate and the other radical—fought for control during the Revolution.
Who were the Girondins and Jacobins?
This political rival was purged during the Cultural Revolution, symbolizing the chaotic power struggles of the time.
Who is Liu Shaoqi?
This imaginary line divides the world into richer countries in the North and poorer countries in the South.
What is the Brandt Line?