Which Century?
Chronological Order
Political Leaders
Power to the People
Potpourri
100
Feudalism
9th-15th
100

A) Karl Marx publishes the Communist Manifesto

B) Jerusalem is declared a holy city in Judaism

C) Athens develops a democracy

B, C, A
100

He was nicknamed El Libertador for his opposition to Spanish rule in South America. 

Simon Bolivar
100

This city-state is often labeled as one of the first (or the first) democracy. 

Athens
100

Jerusalem is considered a holy city to these major religious faiths (name at least two). 

Judaism, Christianity, Islam
200
The storming of the Bastille
18th
200

A) Reign of Terror

B) first labor unions form in the US

C) Thomas Hobbes publishes work on social contract theory

C, A, B
200

This former slave went on to become a general and leader of a revolution in the late 18th-early 19th centuries. 

Toussaint Louverture
200

In this communist thinker’s theory, the proletariat is the class of laborers exploited by wealthier classes in a capitalist society. 

Karl Marx
200

Under feudalism, the Pope and monarchs reigned atop a strict hierarchy; these people were on the bottom. 

Peasants
300
The assassination of Julius Caesar
1st
300

A) First labor unions form in the US

B) women gain the right to vote in the United States

C) Karl Marx publishes the Communist Manifesto

C, A, B
300

Lenin lead the first ever party of this political movement to power in the early 20th century. 

Communism
300

This two-word term associated with social contract theory designates rule by the people, or rule by the consent of the governed. 

Popular Sovereignty 
300

Thomas Hobbes used social contract theory to justify rule by a monarch; this English philosopher thought a social contract meant a ruler needed to preserve certain rights of citizens. 

John Locke
400
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto
19th
400

A) Athens develops democracy

B) Aristotle is born

C) Julius Caesar is assassinated 

A, B, C
400

Pericles was an influential and long-lasting ruler of this type of government in the 5th century BC. 

Democracy
400

In the late 19th century, Samuel Gompers founded a federation of these. 

Labor Unions
400

He used the terms ethos, pathos, and logos to label rhetorical devices in persuasive speech. 

Aristotle
500
Thomas Hobbes publishes Leviathan, in which he discusses social contract theory
17th
500

A) Haiti Declares Independence

B) Storming of the Bastille

C) Reign of Terror

B, C, A 
500

The rule of Julius Caesar marks a turning point from the Roman republic to the Roman this. 

Empire
500

In the mid-19th century, the Seneca Falls Convention was the first convention in the US advocating for this. 

Women’s Suffrage/ Women’s Rights
500

Simon Bolivar was involved in gaining independence from Spanish rule in these countries (name at least 2). 

Bolivia, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru
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