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Tough Luck, Buddy!
Turn the lights on!
Lazy Fair
Viva la Revolucion!
Grab-bag
100
The time when the Third Estate rose up against Louis XVI
What is the French Revolution
100
A period of time when when reason and individualism became more important than traditional authority.
What is the Enlightenment.
100
An economic system where the government has no influence.
What is laissez-faire?
100
This man, referred to as the George Washington of South America, led the revolt against Spain in Colombia.
Who is Simon Bolivar
100
Spanish-born elites who were opposed by revolutionaries in the Latin American Revolutions
Who are the peninsulares
200
A time when reason and logic were used to discover principles of the natural world.
What is the Scientific Revolution
200
A period of time that marked the change from an agricultural economy to a economy based on the production of manufactured goods.
What is the Industrial Revolution.
200
An economic system where the economy is planned and directed by the government.
What is socialism?
200
This Argentinian led the revolution against Spain. An ally of Bolivar's.
Who is Jose de San Martin
200
The political idea that the powers of government ought to be split among different branches.
What is the separation of powers
300
A period of Irish history when the potato crops failed and millions died from disease and starvation.
What is the Great Famine
300
The development of advanced techniques in agriculture that made farms more productive.
What is the Agricultural Revolution
300
An economic system where a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
What is Capitalism?
300
The leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouveture
300
A document, artifact, recording, or other source of information that was created during the time under study.
What is a primary source.
400
A meeting of nations that resulted in the dividing of Africa into territories ruled and exploited by European countries.
What is the Berlin Conference of 1884
400
The population shift from rural/country areas to cities, and the way society adapts to this change.
What is urbanization?
400
The middle class.
What is Bourgeoisie.
400
The Prime Minister of Prussia and the man responsible for the unification Germany in the 1860s and 70s
Who is Otto von Bismarck
400
the political or social system of France prior to the revolution of 1789
What is the old or Ancien Regime
500
A philosopher who believed that governments ought to be govern based on the consent of their people.
Who is John Locke?
500
This philosopher believed that human were essentially good and that society corrupts their natural morals.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau
500
Spaniards born in the colonies, these people were well educated and led the revolution against Spain in the 1800s.
Who are the Creoles?
500
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the man who led the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France
What is Maximilien Robespierre
500
The King of France when the French Revolution began.
Who is Louis XVI