Japan
Who had more power in Japan, the emperor or the shogun?
The shogun
What type of government did the philosophers of the Enlightenment oppose?
Absolute Monarchy
Under the Old Regime, which estate was forced to pay all of the taxes in France while the nobles and church paid nothing?
The Third Estate
A strong country will conquer a weaker country to get rich off of the weaker country's natural _________.
Resources
What nationalist leader tried to drive the British out of India during the 1900s?
Mahatma Gandhi
What was the name of the shogunate that ruled over Japan from the 1600s to the 1800s? They isolated the country while forcing the nobles to live in their palace in Edo.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Which Enlightenment thinker opposed rule by kings because they deprived people of their "natural rights?"
John Locke
France's King Louis XIV built the __________ in which he forced all of the country's nobles to live so he could control them. (It was built with the people's tax money)
Palace of Versailles
Another term for "natural resources" is:
raw materials
Gandhi used nonviolent protests to fight the British. Another term for "nonviolence" is:
civil disobedience
What was the name of the time period that started in the late 1800s when Japan began to modernize/westernize?
Which of the following is not a "natural right?"
a. Freedom of speech
b. freedom of religon
c. freedom to execute your political enemies
c. freedom to execute your enemies
What method of execution was used on King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette?
Beheading by guillotine
When a strong country produces goods (ex. clothing) and forces its colony to buy those goods, the colony is known as a ________________________.
Market
Gandhi told the Indian people to __________________ goods made in Britain. For example, he made his own clothes instead of buying British-made clothing.
boycott
True of False: During World War II, Japan and Germany were enemies.
False
The right to vote
The time period after the French Revolution was known as the _______________ because France’s new government (the National Assembly) executed thousands of political enemies.
Reign of Terror
During the 1800s _________________________ helped the people of South America win their independence from Spain.
Simon Bolivar
During the ____________ March, Gandhi and his followers feared attacks from the British army as they walked to the ocean.
Salt
What did America do to Japan on August 6 and August 9, 1945?
Dropped atomic bombs
Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote about women's rights, including the right to vote?
Mary Wollstonecraft
The belief that people give up some of their natural rights to follow laws to prevent chaos is known as:
a. the social contract
b. the law of Louis XIV
a. the social contract
Who fought to liberate his people from French rule, eventually leading to the formation of the independent nation of Haiti in 1804?
Toussaint L'Overture
In 1947 India gained its independence. Jawarhal __________________________ became India's first prime minister.
Nehru