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Military general who became the emperor of France towards the tail end of the revolution
Who is Napoleon?
100
Most important natual resource needed for Britain to industrialize
What is coal?
100
Desire of people of similar ethnicities to have their own independent nation
What is nationalism?
100
Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution
Who is Lenin?
100
Queen during the French Revolution
Who is Marie Antoinette?
200
Symbol of the French Revolution - protesters gathered outside an ancient prison and demanded weapons
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
200
Cause of the population explosion in England
What is declining death rates?
200
A position in which neither side can make any advances
What is stalemate?
200
Russian monk who gained great influence with the czarina
Who is Rasputin?
200
Period in which any political opponents to the French Rev. were executed
What is the Reign of Terror?
300
King of France during the Revolution
Who is Louis XVI?
300
Crowded apartment buildings where the urban poor lived
What are tenements?
300
Ethnic group targeted by the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Armenians?
300
Issued by Nicholas II in response to the Revolution of 1905
What is the October Manifesto?
300
Mutiny of Indian soldiers after British soldiers enforced a new policy of a greasing rifle cartridges with animal fat
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
400
12 member committee formed to protect France from external & internal threats
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
400
Darwin's theory that species adapt to their environment to ensure their survival
What is the theory of evolution?
400
Peace agreement made following WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
Czar who abolished serfdom and was eventually assassinated by members of the People's Will
Who is Alexander II?
400
Scientific process of heating a liquid to kill any disease-carrying microbe, thereby allowing it to stay fresh longer
What is Pasteurization?
500
Meeting called by King Louis for the gathering of all 3 Estates - first time this meeting had been called in over 175 years
What is the Estates General?
500
His steam engine was an improvement of Newcomen's version and became the key power source of the Industrial Revolution
Who is James Watt?
500
Agreement between Britain & France about how to divide territory in the Middle East between the two of them
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
500
Marx's term for owners
What is the bourgeoisie?
500
The level of wealth, comfort, material goods, and necessities available to people
What is standard of living?