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Which Enlightenment thinker wrote about women’s rights and education?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed government should be based on:
The will of the people through a social contract
Which African kingdoms grew wealthy through trade, including the slave trade, in the 1700s?
Ashanti, Benin, Dahomey
John Locke’s major contribution to political thought was the idea that:
Government must protect natural rights of life, liberty, and property
Montesquieu argued for:
Separation of powers to prevent tyranny
William Wilberforce is most closely associated with:
Ending slavery in Britain
Catherine the Great is called an enlightened despot because she:
Used Enlightenment ideas while maintaining absolute power
Versailles (France) and Edo (Japan) were similar because:
They were built to control nobles and centralize power
Which event showed Enlightenment ideas inspiring action?
French Revolution
Who led enslaved people in the Haitian Revolution?
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Simon Bolivar is most associated with:
Independence movements in Latin America
Nationalism in the 1800s contributed to:
The unification of Italy and Germany
The Tokugawa Shogunate centralized power in Japan by:
Forcing daimyo to live in Edo for part of the year
The decline of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires was caused in part by:
Nationalist movements within their borders
The Ottoman Empire used the millet system to:
Organize religious communities with self-rule
The Mughal Empire under Akbar the Great is best known for:
Promoting religious tolerance and cultural blending
European maritime empires disrupted regional trade networks by:
Creating colonies and dominating sea routes
What is the definition of an absolute monarch ?
Ultimate authority is in the hands one one person (king or dictator)
What is the definition of nationalism?
Pride/ devotion in one's nation
Give the order of the events we have learned in class. (Example : Absolute monarchs to _______ to _________ to __________)
Absolute monarchs
Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
Revolutions (French, Haitian, Latin American)
Define the heliocentric theory.
having or representing the sun as the center of the universe
Define the geocentric theory
having or representing the earth as the center of the universe
What is Nicolaus Copernicus known for ?
The introduction of the heliocentric theory
What is Galileo Galilei known for?
Making major improvements to the telescope.
What is Isaac Newton known for ?
Introducing a new understanding to the physical work.