Enlightenment & French Revolution
Which of the estates was the poorest?
Third Estate
What is the definition of Imperialism?
Which movement was a cause of the Industrial Revolution?
A. French Revolution
B. Haitian Revolution
C. Enlightenment
D. Agricultural Revolution
D. Agricultural Revolution
What type of government was challenged during the Enlightenment?
A. Democracy
B. Absolute Monarchs
C. Communism
D. Theocracy
B. Absolute Monarchs
Which continent did the majority of the imperializing?
Europe
A. Coal
B. Oil
C. Solar Power
D. Copper
A. Coal
Robespierre
What was the purpose of the Berlin conference?
European powers met to divide up the continent of Africa.
How did the Industrial Revolution led to communism?
There was inequality amongst factory workers and owners.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
The document identifies the natural rights that its writers believed were granted to all people in France.
Why did the Opium wars start between Britain and China?
Britain was selling opium to China- China's farmers were becoming addicted and China requested Britain stop. Britain refused.
Positives
- faster production of goods
- more machines
- cheaper production
- more jobs
- women worked in factories
Negatives
- Air pollution
- Inequality
- children working
- dangerous working conditions
- long hours
Thomas Hobbes (an enlightenment thinker) believed in the idea of a "social contract". What is the social contract?
Social Contract: belief that people should hand over their rights to a strong leader in exchange for law and order
What was the purpose of the British East India Company?
Britain had exclusive rights to trade with India or Britain controlled all of the trade in India.
Industrial Revolution increased the need for raw materials in Europe, which led Europeans to imperialize countries in Africa and Asia.