Enlightenment & French Revolution
This Enlightenment philosopher came up with the theory of natural rights and argued people had 3: life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
This invention was the most popular way to power machines (e.g. trains; garment machines) during the early days of the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
This continent is where most of the imperializing countries (e.g. France; Germany) come from.
What is Europe?
This country was forced to take full responsibility for World War I and pay billions of dollars in reparations after signing the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Who is Germany?
This is the term used to describe the background information of a historical event.
What is historical context/circumstances?
This is the year that the French Revolution started.
What is 1789?
This country became the first to undergo an industrial revolution due to its geographic location near and over key resources (e.g. coal; rivers).
Who is Great Britain?
The need for ______________________ to continue the expansion of the Industrial Revolution became one of the main causes for the start of imperialism.
What are natural resources/raw materials?
This new form of warfare involved digging large, interconnected holes into the ground to avoid enemy fire.
What is trench warfare?
This term is used to describe why an author/artist created their writing/artwork/
What is purpose?
This time period, led by Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins, was characterized by paranoia, false accusations against innocent victims, and the deaths of >17,000 within a 14-month span with the Guillotine being the most popular form of execution.
What was the Reign of Terror?
This group/organization was created by workers during the Industrial Revolution due to the harsh, unclean, and overbearing working conditions of the 19th century.
What are labor unions?
This meeting from 1884-1885 divided up Africa among several European nations to peacefully distribute Africa's natural resources.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This Soviet leader took power in 1928 after the death of Vladimir Lenin and a fierce political dispute with his rival, Leon Trotsky.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This term refers to problems that humans have had to deal with for thousands of years with varying degrees of success.
This French leader ruled from 1799-1815 and declared himself Emperor by 1804.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
This economic and political theory, created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, suggested that the best way to solve the problems of industrialized society was to have equal ownership and wealth among the population.
What is Communism?
This drug led to two separate wars between the Chinese and the British over Britain's involvement in China's territory.
(*1 PT FOR EACH*) The acronym MAIN is used to help memorize the 4 long-term causes of WWI.
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
What is point of view?
This French Enlightenment philosopher argued that a government should be divided into 3 separate bodies: the legislative (makes the laws), executive (enforces the laws), and judicial (interprets the laws).
Who was the Baron de Montesquieu?
This Haitian general became one of the most prominent leaders of the Haitian Revolution.
This revolt took place in India in 1857 and was one of the first actions of resistance towards Imperialism.
What was the Sepoy Mutiny/Rebellion?
This human atrocity occurred in Ukraine as a result of the policy of collectivization implemented by Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union from 1932-1933.
What was the Holodomer?
This term is used to describe how someone might favor/dislike another side/perspective whether knowingly or not.
What is bias?