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This enlightenment thinker said that people are born with three natural rights (life, liberty, and property), and its the job of the government to protect those rights.
John Locke
This is a god given right to rule, typically used by absolute monarchs as an excuse to have power over total power in government.
Divine Right
This event caused many Irish immigrants to flee Ireland to and head to America for freedom and opportunities.
Irish Potato Famine.
Why don't some couples go to the gym?
Because some relationships just don't work out.
This treaty signed at the end of World War I significantly punished Germany (making it shrink its military, accept responsibility for war, and pay for damages, etc.).
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
These organizations became more common during the Industrial Revolution as they advocated for worker's rights, better working conditions and better pay.
Labor Unions.
This leader of Belgium was very interested in imperializing the Congo in Africa for its resources like rubber. He had his soldiers kill and torture native Congolese people.
King Leopold II.
What did the sushi say to the bee?
Wasabi.
This period in Japanese history was known for the modernization, industrialization, and westernization of Japanese society. This really started after Japan opened up its ports and overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Meiji Restoration
Simon Bolivar
What were three new military technologies used in combat of World War I?
Tanks, airplanes, machine guns, chemical warfare, submarines, etc.
Why do you always see teen girls in odd-numbered groups?
This organization was created after World War I and was made up of countries from around the world to prevent another global conflict from breaking out.
League of Nations.
This poem said that white, Europeans have an obligation or duty to "civilize" less developed nations around the world. It was really a racist excuse to justify imperialism.
White Man's Burden.
This event saw a group of Chinese rebels target and kill Christian missionaries and westerners in China during the age of imperialism in China.
Boxer Rebellion
This Muslim empire ruled over India for centuries until it was weakened by debt and nepotism, and ultimately falling to the British imperialists taking over the region.
Mughal Empire