Ancient
Name 3 famous Greek Philosophers
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
What was the Black Death?
Bubonic Plague
What is the Heliocentric Theory?
Earth revolves around the sun.
Define Absolute Monarchy
King or Queen holds total power. Usually justified by Divine Right of Kings- power given by God.
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?
Great Britain's Natural Resources (mainly core and iron)
Agricultural Revolution
Natural Rivers providing: water power and transport.
What was the Socratic Method?
Method of teaching where teacher continues to ask questions.
Major Impact of Gutenberg's Printing Press.
Mass production of books and journals.
Who was Copernicus?
Created the Heliocentric theory
Paved the way for Scientific Revolution
Result of English Revolution
Went from a absolute monarch to a limited/constitutional monarchy (king shares power with another governing body (congress, parliament, senate, etc)
Define urbanization.
What is a republic?
Government where power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
Who began the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
Define Rationalism
Reason is the source of knowledge.
Who is known as "El Libertador"?
Simon Bolivar- leader of South America Revolutions: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
Republic- elected representatives by the people/
Monarch- Sovereign head of state; usually inherited.
Who was Henry VIII?
Began the English Reformation by leaving the Catholic Church so he could divorce his wife.
Define Laissez Faire
Government should not be involved in economic affairs.
What prison fortress did the 3rd estate storm in 1789.
Bastille
Define Imperialism
Stronger nations taking control of weaker nations for : power, $, natural resources, etc.
Name the 3 figures in the First Triumvirate.
Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey
Name 4 Gunpowder empires
Ottoman, Persia, Moghul, and Russia
Who was Montesquieu?
Enlightenment thinker.
Responsible for the idea of "Separation of Powers"
What was the Congress of Vienna and what did it accomplish?
1814, re-draw the European map after French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
Goals- Balance power among Europe and re-instate monarchs.
What conference did European Powers attend to divide up Africa during the Scramble for Africa?
Berlin Conference