ANCIENT GREECE & ROME
PHILOSOPHERS
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
FRENCH REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
100
Which city-state was a warrior society?
Sparta
100
Who believed the people are basically good?
John Locke
100
How many original US colonies were there?
13
100
Who was the last Queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
100
What were the buildings called that the new machines of the Industrial Revolution were housed in?
Factories
200
Which city-state was the birth place of Democracy?
Athens
200
Who believed that people are cruel, greedy & selfish?
Hobbes
200
Who wrote the American Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
200
Who was the last King of France?
King Louis XVI
200
What was the fuel source of the Industrial Revolution?
Coal
300
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Julius Caesar
300
Who wrote the Encyclopedia?
Diderot
300
Who led the American colonial army during the American Revolution?
George Washington
300
What was the name of the device that was invented to remove a person's head?
Guillotine
300
What were roads built by private investors (who then charged a fee to use them)?
Turnpike
400
People accused of a crime in ancient Rome were considered _________ until proven ___________.
INNOCENT until proven GUILTY
400
The idea that all power of a government comes from its people is called ______________.
Popular Sovereignty
400
Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
King George III
400
Who helped push France into the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
400
Who were investors who started their own businesses called?
Entrepreneurs
500
Roman society was polytheistic, or believed in ____________.
many Gods
500
Who believed that all people have freedom of expression/speech?
Voltaire
500
One of the slogans that helped encourage colonists to fight for freedom was "No ________ without _________"
No TAXATION without REPRESENTATION
500
Who came to power & named himself Emperor of the French? (toward the end of the Revolution)
Napoleon
500
What was the invention called that removed the seed from cotton?
The Cotton Gin