Exploration
These simple tools that represent the real world made exploration much easier
What is a Map
This idea empowered absolutists with the claim that they were ordained by God to lead
What is Divine Right
This revolution in the way we see the world began with some thinkers like Nicolaus Copernicus questioning the center of the Universe
What is the Scientific Revolution
James Watt improved this device allowing for faster transportation and manufacture of Goods.
What is the Steam engine
The assassination of this man in Sarajevo is widely blamed for the out break of war in August 1914
Who is Franz Ferdinand
This group of Spanish militants included Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro.
What are the Conquistadors
This Russian Monarch sought to westernize his nation, implementing new technologies, policies, and even a tax on beards
Who is Peter the Great
This system divided French society into 3 levels
What is the Estate System or the Ancien Regime
This device created by Eli Whitney increased the American south's demand for slave laborers
What is the Cotton Gin
These 2 alliance groups clashed across Europe during the "War to end all Wars"
What are the Central Powers and the Triple Entente
This simple acronym lists the influences of Exploration and imperialism
What are the 3 G's
This Prussian monarch was well known for his military victories against Hapsburgs and Russians, as well as his softening of his fathers policies
Who was Frederick the Great
This period of European thought wanted to apply scientific reason and logic to social and political topics and ideas
This system coming from old fashioned guilds protected workers rights and wages.
What is a Union
These weapons first unveiled in 1915 were extremely deadly and made famous at places like Ypres and Osowiec fortress
What are chemical Weapons
This trade route between the Americas, Europe and Africa was responsible for immense growth in colonization and imperial wealth
What is the Triangle Trade
This absolutist was considered to be the embodiment of the concept building Versailles and once saying "L'Etat cest moi" or "I am the State"
Who is Louis XIV
This infamous Paris Prison was stormed on July 14,1789 marking the beginning of open rebellion in France against the King.
What is the Bastille
These 2 men cowrote the Communist Manifesto arguing for a revolution against the existing capitalist system.
Who are Marx and Engels
This war ending document signed in a French Palace included legal blame for the war going to Germany
What is the treaty of Versailles
What is the Middle Passage
This king was toppled by Oliver Cromwell replacing an absolute monarch for an absolute Protector
This General turned Emperor seized control from the national assembly and went on a European rampage eventually having to be defeated twice before he was done.
Who was Napoleon
This term for a form of unrestricted capitalism translates from French as to "leave alone" or "let lay".
What is Laissez Faire
This poem by Wilfred Owen contains a line that gave our in class RPG its name
What is "Dulce et Decorum Est"