Enlightenment & French Revolution
The philosophy that states that we are all born with certain rights: life, liberty, and property
What is the Natural Rights Theory?
The name of the revolution in farming that led to the Industrial Revolution
What was the agricultural revolution?
A region controlled by a larger empire, usually far away
What is colonialism?
Wanting a country to be the best and most powerful
What is nationalism?
The Soviet Union was the first type of this system
What is communism?
The idea that there should be three branches of government- one that makes laws, one that enforces laws, and one that interprets laws.
What is Separation of Powers?
Working conditions in these were generally dangerous.
What are factories?
the basic material from which a product is made
What are raw materials?
Two of these formed in Europe prior to WWI and opposed each other.
What are alliances?
He promised Peace, Land, and Bread and led the Bolshevik Revolution
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
The idea that the government is based on an agreement between the government and the governed (citizens).
What is Social Contract?
What are urban areas?
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
What is Social Darwinism?
A type of chemical weapon used during WWI
What is mustard gas?
the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs without critically thinking about it
What is indoctrination?
The name of the group that paid all of the taxes in France prior to the French Revolution
What is the third estate?
The economic system based on pursuing your own self-interest and competition.
What is capitalism?
The name of the conference when countries decided how to divide Africa.
What was the Berlin Conference?
The name of the person who was assassinated right before WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The name of the process in which Stalin seized land from farmers and turned them into large government-run farms
What is collectivization?
The name of the document that declared that France should have a democracy
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen?
an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests
What is a labor union?
The name of the time period in South Africa with extreme segregation and oppression of Native Africans.
What was the Apartheid?
The name of the treaty that ended World War I
The Treaty of Versailles
Stalin's plan to industrialize Russia
What are Five Year plans?