Enlightenment
In what book by Adam Smith, written in 1776, does he advocate for a “laissez-faire” approach to government decisions about economics?
The Wealth of Nations
The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 is a symbol of which revolution?
The French Revolution
What is the term used to describe the control of a specific business that eliminates all competition in the market?
Monopoly
In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Britain
What was the name of the meeting in 1884 of European powers to regulate and divide up Africa among themselves?
The Berlin Conference
This philosopher argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was directed at the colonial rule of which European nation?
Britain
What is the name of the 1848 political writing drafted by Karl Marx that called for the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a socialist society?
The Communist Manifesto
What was the name of the Japanese period of rapid modernization and industrialization that began in the late 19th century?
The Meiji Restoration
This ideology claimed Europeans were racially superior and justified imperial expansion.
Social Darwinism
This Enlightenment idea says government gets its power from the people.
popular sovereignty
Adopted by the National Assembly on August 26, 1789, this foundational French document proclaimed that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
What is the name of the New York City street that was home to the city's first stock exchange (New York Stock Exchange) which began in 1792?
Wall Street
This new social group of factory workers emerged during industrialization.
proletariat or working class
Which European power established the Congo Free State in 1885 as a private colony of King Leopold II?
Belgium
What is the belief that knowledge arises from what a person observes through experience (and experiments)?
Empiricism
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution who led the slave rebellion against French colonial rule in 1791?
Toussaint Louverture
This economic idea argues that governments should interfere as little as possible in the economy.
laissez-faire
Who was the Scottish inventor who improved the design of the steam engine and is often credited with being one of the fathers of the Industrial Revolution?
James Watt
Which South American country was colonized by the Portuguese and became an independent empire in 1822?
Brazil
Who was the Swiss philosopher who wrote “The Social Contract” and argued that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who was the Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in the liberation of several South American countries from Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century?
Simon Bolivar
What raw material saw an increase in production in the Americas following the British ban of finished products using the same raw material in India in 1721?
Cotton
What was the name of the period of Chinese history from 1861 to 1895 during which the Qing Dynasty attempted to modernize and industrialize China?
The Self-Strengthening Movement
After the Boer Wars ended with a British victory, what self-governing dominion of the British Empire was established there in 1910?
The Union of South Africa