Human Geography
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
What is Immigration?
Rights that people are born with, and that cannot be taken away by any government or person.
What are Natural Rights?
A war fought from 1775 to 1783 between the _______ and 13 of its North American colonies.
Who are the British?
She was the Queen of France during the turbulent years leading up to the French Revolution, known for her extravagant lifestyle and perceived disconnect with the suffering of the common people.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
What is a Treaty?
The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
What is Emigration?
An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. (Montesquieu)
What is Separation of Powers?
A global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763, primarily between Great Britain and France.
What is the Seven Year's War?
The three social classes that made up French society before the revolution of 1789
What are the Estates?
The beliefs, customs, arts, and social institution's of a particular group or society.
What is a Culture?
The movement of people who are compelled to leave their homes due to force, threats, or coercion.
Who are Forced Migrants?
A form of government where a single ruler has complete power over the state
What is Absolute Monarchy?
In 1770, British soldiers shot and killed five colonists in Boston, which intensified anti-British feelings.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This Estate was frustrated with the Estates-General because despite making up the vast majority of the French population, they were still outvoted by the First and Second Estates due to the voting system.
Who is the Third Estate?
The process by which a group or individual adopts the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group
What is cultural assimilation?
The act of leaving one's country to seek protection from persecution or human rights violations in another country.
What is Seeking Asylum?
This philosopher believed in the concept of natural rights, including life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
A political slogan that expresses the idea that people should not be taxed without having a say in the government that imposes the tax.
What is Taxation without Representation?
A period of around a year during the French Revolution during which many people were executed for supposedly opposing the Revolution.
What is the Reign of Terror?
This refers to the act of a Native American tribe formally giving up or transferring their land rights to a colonial or federal government, usually through means of a treaty.
What is Cede or Cession?
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Who is a Refugee?
An implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
What is the Social Contract?
A British policy of relaxed enforcement of parliamentary laws on the American colonies in the 1600s and 1700s.
What is Salutary Neglect?
The Great ________ of Paris on July 13, 1788 was a severe _______ that contributed to the French Revolution. (Why did it contribute to the revolution for bonus points!) (100)
What is a hailstorm?
This refers to the inherent right of Native American tribes to govern themselves, meaning they have the authority to make decisions about their own affairs, land, and people.
What is Native American Sovereignty?