French Revolution
These were the names of the estates in France.
1st Estate, 2nd Estate, 3rd Estate
These individuals were working in factories they did not need to be paid a lot of money and they were tiny.
Children/ Child Labor
This was two conflicts fought between China’s Qing dynasty and Western powers (primarily Great Britain) over trade imbalances and the illegal smuggling of opium into China.
Opium War
This assassination of this individual is what started World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This was a metaphorical boundary separating the Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe from the democratic nations of the West.
Iron Curtain
This individual in1799, the popular general took over the government in a coup d’etat, and named himself first consul. In 1804 he crowned himself Emperor.
The burning of coal and other fossil fuels for power generation and industrial processes released large amounts of smoke was a leading effect in the Industrial Revolution.
Pollution
To prevent fighting, 14 European nations met and these nations established rules for dividing Africa, known as the Partition of Africa
Berlin Conference
The central powers are made up of these countries.
Austria-Hungary, Germany and Ottoman Empire
This provided economic aid to rebuild European nations to prevent the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
Reign of Terror
In 1844 a fungus within this vegetable rapidly spreads across the Americas, reaches Ireland in the summer of 1845. People eating these vegetables would get horrible stomach cramps and could even die.
This man was responsible for the death of 5-15 million Congolese individuals through the system of the "Rubber Quota"
King Leopold II
This was known as the area between the trench lines. It was heavily defended by machine guns and riflemen on both sides.
"No Mans Land"
These were conflicts where major powers support opposing sides without direct involvement, exemplified by the Korean and Vietnam Wars
Proxy Wars
These individuals issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man, reformed the legal system, wrote a constitution and abolished special treatment of the nobles and clergy.
National Assembly
This was the uprising of textile workers during the industrial revolution who were against unfair labor practices and they were anti-industrialists.
Ludite Movement
This is known as an area of exclusive trading rights in which only one nation can sell their goods to the native population.
Spheres of Influence
This peace agreement was designed to punish Germany for World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
This was a doctrine that posits that full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
Mutually Assured Destruction
This was the conference between ambassadors from the major powers in Europe. Its purpose was to redraw the continents’ political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
Congress of Vienna
This means "hands off". Idea is to let the economy, owners of business and industry, set working conditions.
Laissez Faire
This was signed at the end of the first Opium War and was the first of many unequal treaties that the Chinese were forced to sign with imperialist nations.
Treaty of Nanjing
This empire was broken up along ethnic lines into the nations of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria and Hungary
Austria-Hungarian Empire
A period of relaxed tensions and improved relations between the US and USSR, particularly during the 1970s.
Detente