The Enlightenment
This period saw an increased emphasis on science and reason, and a decreased importance on the Church.
What is the Enlightenment?
When your rights as a human have been infringed upon, John Locke says it is your obligation as a citizen to do this.
What is overthrowing the government? (Start a revolution)
People shifted from mainly an agricultural, to an urban way of life in this era of history.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Europeans divided up Africa amongst themselves, with no say from the very African's whos lands were being plundered, during the historical era known as this.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
There are this many continents on planet earth.
What is 7?
Prior to the Enlightenment, most of Europe was ruled by kings, who supposedly gained their right to rule from God, in a system known as this.
What is an Absolute Monarch?
This country was directly inspired by Enlightenment thinkers to stage their own revolution, which in turn directly inspired the French Revolution.
What is the United States of America?
This new type of engine revolutionized not just transportation, but manufacturing as well.
What is the steam engine?
Great Britain sought to balance trade with China using this addictive drug, causing China to fall into a period known as the Age of Humiliation.
What is Opium?
These two nations competed for colonies, until the Pope forced them to play nice and split the world in half between the two in what became known as the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Spain and Portugal
This document, foundational to the creation of the United States of America, was directly inspired by the Enlightenment.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This man led successful uprisings against Spanish colonizers in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and of course, Bolivia.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
This term refers to the process by which rural villages are transformed into modern cities.
What is Urbanization?
The Meiji Restoration helped modernize this nation.
What is Japan?
Martial artists from China rose up to fight against European imperialism in a rebellion known as this.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This man believed human beings were born with Natural Rights, among those; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Who is John Locke?
Toussaint L'Overature led a successful slave rebellion in this country.
What is Haiti?
Although the Industrial Revolution greatly advanced technology and urbanization, it also saw an explosion of this particular type of disease.
What is Cancer?
The Berlin Conference was a major event where European nations decided to do this.
What is dividing Africa amongst themselves?
This nation was one of the most brutal in its colonization of Africa in the Congo, at one point cutting off so many workers hands in punishment, they could be used as an unofficial currency.
What is Belgium?
This name is given to these three groups; the wealthy landowners, the clergy (The Church), and everyone else, that had an equal say in how France was run. Though usually everyone else was outvoted 2-1 by the landowners and the clergy.
What is the Estates General? (Or Three Estates)
The idea that citizens exchange some individual freedoms for social protection (for example laws) is an important part of this idea first presented by John Locke.
What is the Social Contract?
Rapid urbanization and the creation of factories led to a massive demand for this, which in turn influenced the coming Age of Imperialism to meet these needs.
This is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
What is Capitalism?
These two African nations were never successfully colonized. (I will accept 1 of the 2)
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?