Enlightenment
Rights that belong to all humans from birth (life, liberty, property) are called what?
Natural rights
Before the French Revolution what form of government was in power?
Absolute Monarchy
the movement of the people to cities
Urbanization
The domination by one country of the political, economic, cultural life of another country or region
imperialism
What event triggered alliances and was the spark that started WWI?
the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Which Enlightenment philosopher felt that people needed an absolute monarch to maintain order?
Thomas Hobbes
The Tennis Court Oath is where which estate declared themselves to be the National Assembly?
3rd estate
Which invention revolutionized the cotton industry by making it easier to separate seeds from the fibers?
The cotton gin.
Great Britain got the people of China addicted to what product?
Opium
What two events brought the US into WWI
The sinking of the Lusitania and The Zimmerman Telegram
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that all people had natural rights and that the power of government should be with the people?
John Locke
The guillotine was the tool of execution during a time known as..?
Reign of terror
True or False: The industrial revolution began in Ireland
False!
14 nations met here to "set rules" for colonizing Africa
berlin conference
The treaty that ended WWI was called what?
The Treaty of Versailles
Which city was known as the center of Enlightenment?
Paris, France
Bastille Day is known as the turning point of the revolution because?
A mob raided a prison. They killed the warden, stole the weapons and released the prisoners.
Before factories clothing was often produced at home, what did we call this movement?
The cottage industry
Europeans believed in an idea called _____________ that argued that Whites were the most evolved and superior race
Social Darwinism/White Man's Burden
What ended Russia's involvement in World War I?
Russian Revolution
Which two documents in American History were influenced by the Enlightenment?
Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
This author wrote about the Industrial Revolution time period in his novels?
Charles Dickens
Cecil Rhodes made his money off of what two products and where?
Diamonds and Gold
South Africa
Why was World War I more destructive and deadly than earlier wars?
modern weapons