Napoleon’s disastrous campaign in this European state occurred in 1812
What is Russia
This was the population of (Western) Africa in 1500
What is 11 million
This British business company took control of India by the end of the 1700s.
What is the East India Company (later known as the British East India Company)
Members of the Third Estate took an on June 20, 1789 at this type of sports facility
What is a tennis court
This classical composer, who wrote “Eroica” was known for his symphonies, began to lose his hearing during his twenties.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven
In 1813, these three European states defeated Napoleon at the “Battle of the Nations”
What are Russia, Prussia, and Austria
Alliances were formed between African families through marriage and this dowry
What is bridlewealth
By the end of 1800s one in ten Chinese people were addicted to this British-made drug
What is opium
On July 14 1789, a crowed “stormed” this state prison in Paris, to release prisoners who had not been tried for crimes
What is the Bastille
This “theory” of state development suggests that some countries are developing (or underdeveloped) nations today because they failed to move from traditional societies to modern societies
What is modernization
In 1814, Napoleon abdicated the throne and was exiled to this small Mediterranean island
What is Elba
By the beginning of the 1700s, this was the primary export from Africa
Who are slaves
In Engelbert Kaempfer 1727 book “The History of Japan”, he writes about the practices and taboos around this member of Japanese society
What is/who is the emperor
This "Declaration", made by the French National Assembly, was influenced by the American Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (p. 182)
This war, arguably the first that was "global" in nature, resulted in the defeat of New France to the British in 1759
What is the Seven Years War
On June 18, 1815, the Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) defeated Napoleon at this battle in Belgium
What is the Battle of Waterloo
This was the number of Africans taken by sea during the slave trade era according
What is 9.5 million
This ancient and delicate Chinese product was copied and produced in factories in both France & England, often copying and reworking Chinese themes & designs
What is porcelain
800 According to your textbook, this method of execution became the enduring symbol of the French Revolution
What is the guillotine
This “theory” of state development argues that nations deliberately create poverty and dependency in other countries in order to fuel and support their own growth.
What is Dependency Theory
Your textbook states that Napoleon's death in 1821 was due to this substance. (though more recent research has challenged this conclusion)
What is arsenic (in the wallpaper of his house)
These were the three ways by which Africans could become slaves.
pawnship (to settle a debt - self or family); through the judicial process (after betraying family, being cut to off and sold); capture in war
The name of this religion can be translated as “to surrender to the will of God”, and was the basis of the Ottoman Empire.
What is Islam
This rousing song became the national anthem of France
What is La Marseillaise
In the 18th Century, this drink replaced breakfast beer as Britain’s favourite beverage
What is tea