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100

He is the father of liberalism, wrote the Rights of Man, all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property  

Who is John Locke?

100

A heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

What is the Steam Engine?

100

This country was the first industrialised nation.

What is England?

100

This event triggered the Enlightenment. 

What is the Scientific Revolution?

100

Earth is the center of the universe

What is Geocentric Theory?

200

Famous for reconceiving the social contract

Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?

200

The machine used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun from a corresponding set of rovings. By turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once.

What is the Spinning Jenny?

200

This country would engage in a 7 year conflict against England for their independence.

What is the United States?

200

This Event triggered the American Revolution.

What is the Enlightenment?

200

The Sun is the center of the Universe?

What is Heliocentric Theory?

300

He wrote that the main purpose of government is to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual. 

Who is Baron de Montesquieu?

300

A machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.

What is the Cotton Gin?

300

This nation was inspired by the American Revolution to overthrow their own monarchy and establish a Republic. 

What is France?

300

This event triggered the Haitian Revolution

What is the French Revolution?

300

Kings gained their authority from God and ruled with absolute power. 

What is Absolute Monarchy?

400

An English writer and a passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women. She called for the betterment of women's status through such political change as the radical reform of national educational systems.

Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?

400
It was the first electrical telecommunications system and the most widely used of a number of early messaging systems called "these", that were devised to communicate text messages more rapidly than by physical transportation.


What is the Telegram or telegraph system?

400

This Nation was inspired by France's Revolution and revolted against France for their own independence. 

What is Haiti?

400

This event triggered most of Europe to revolt against their own kings and nobles. 

What is the French Revolution?

400

Individuals have consented to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority in exchange for protection of their remaining rights or maintenance of the social order.

What is Social Contract theory?

500

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

500

This works by diverting water from a river or pond to a water wheel, usually along a channel or pipe. The water's force drives or pushes the blades of the wheel (or turbine) which then turns or rotates an axle that drives whatever machinery is attached to it.

What is the water wheel (mill)?

500

With the Ottomans capturing this city, they closed off Europe from Asian goods during this siege in 1453. This city is nicknamed, "The Doorway to the East"

What is Constantinople/Istanbul?

500

This event triggered the Age of Exploration for Europe. 

What is the Siege of Constantinople of 1453?

500

When thing go up, always thing go down

What is Gravity?

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