Colonization
What are three reasons for European colonization?
Glory, Spread Christianity, Resources, Trade Routes, the "Three Gs"
Where did the Industrial revolution begin?
The United Kingdom
Who paid taxes before the French Revolution?
The Third Estate (The Common People)
What are the four causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
The Pope set boundaries between which empires?
What was a negative effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Pollution, Dangerous Factories
Name two causes of the French Revolution.
High taxes, France's loss in the Seven Years War, The American Revolution, Drought, Famine
Who were the Central Powers and Triple Entente?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
France, Russia, the UK
Who is credited as starting the Age of Exploration?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Where did people move during the Industrial Revolution?
Cities
What is the Reign of Terror?
Period of the 1790s where thousands of French were executed by the guillotine for threatening France's new "democracy"
What is known as the "powderkeg" that sparked WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Dutch East India Trading Company is associated with which nation?
The Netherlands
What happened to farms during the Industrial Revolution?
People moved away from farms to go work in the factories
Who became First Consul of France in 1799?
Napoleon
What country pulled out of the war in 1917? Why?
Russia- the Russian Revolution
Which European Nation had an impact on the cultures and governments of North America and Australia?
The United Kingdom
Why did people leave their farms to go work in factories?
Higher pay, less uncertainty
What was the consequence of Nationalism?
European nations fight each other
What country joined WWI in 1917? Whose side did they join?
The USA- joined the Triple Entente (UK and France)