Age of Reason/Discovery
Name the 3 G's of Exploration
Gold, God, Glory
Name the three estates
First (Clergy), Second (Nobles), Third (Commoners)
Which country had the first Industrial Revolution?
England
Name the natural resources European imperialist countries were searching for
What was the official start of WWI
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
What did the English Bill of Rights accomplish?
Created a constitutional monarchy in England.
Name of the event where peasants protested and stormed the streets killing nobles, clergy
The Great Fear
Name some issues that come from rapid Urbanization
Overcrowding, increased rent prices, harmful to the environment, child labor, disease
Describe the White Man's Burden.
Racist belief that the Europeans had a moral duty to introduce the benefits of their society to the rest of the world
Germany invading Poland
First European country to explore the Atlantic in search of a sea route
Portugal
Describe the Reign of Terror
Period of the French Revolution wherein a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place
Steam engines allowed manufacturers to move away from what?
Definition of imperialism
Establishing control over foreign lands and foreign peoples; the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
Why did the US join WWII?
Pearl Harbor
What is the theory that a state's power depends on its wealth?
Mercantilism
Battle of Waterloo
Name the government types that arose from the Industrial Revolution
Socialism, communism, capitalism
How did Industrialization cause Imperialism?
Created the desire for Europe to expand and the power to take and profitably maintain many colonies overseas.
WWII: Name members of the Allies & Axis
Allies: Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, & the United States
Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy
Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico
Hernan Cortes
Which group was excluded the MOST from Napoleonic Code?
Women
What factors made the Industrial Revolution possible?
The development and acceptance of new labor-saving devices
A population increase, leading to an increase in workers
A revolution in agriculture made it possible to produce a greater quantity and quality of food supplies.
How did propaganda play a role in Imperialism?
TBD
MAIN: Describe each cause of World War I
Militarism - policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war (or discourage an enemy from picking a fight)
Alliances - agreements between nations to aid and protect each other
Imperialism - establishing control over foreign lands and foreign peoples; the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
Nationalism - Pride or devotion to one’s country