Revolutions
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, persuaded many American colonists to fight for independence.
What is Common Sense?
One of the five core values of the Enlightenment.
What are happiness, freedom, nature, reason, or progress?
Karl Marx believed that workers would eventually rebel against factory workers and establish a system of public ownership known by this name.
What is Communism?
This man's assassination in Bosnia triggered the start of World War One
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
Wilfred Owen's Poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" describes the use of this type of weapon.
What is poison gas?
He was the King of France when the French Revolution began.
Who is Louis XIV?
This Enlightenment philosopher believed that all humans are born as blank slates, and that people deserve basic human rights.
Who is John Locke?
This is the term for the rapid growth of cities
What is Urbanization?
They are two of the Central Powers
Who are Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, or the Ottoman Empire?
Britain fought several wars against China in the 1800s to ensure their right to sell this product.
What is Opium?
France's National Assembly swore that they would create a Constitution in this indoor space.
What is a Tennis Court?
Baron de Montesquieu was highly influential in the creation of this founding document of the USA.
James Watt is famous for developing an improved version of this power source.
What is the steam engine?
They are two of the Allied Powers
Who are France, Russia, Britain, USA, Canada, Italy, etc.
This continent was almost completely conquered by European nations during the 1800s.
What is Africa?
The Reign of Terror was characterized by massive amounts of these.
What are executions/beheadings
This Enlightenment thinker believed that people were basically evil, and therefore government needed to be strong and harsh.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
An abundance of coal, iron, and labor helped the Industrial Revolution begin in this country.
What is England?
This was Germany's plan to rapidly invade France, then focus on Russia for the rest of the war.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
This man became the Emperor of France after the French Revolution.
Who is Napoleon?
He discovered the basic laws of motion and gravity during the Scientific Revolution
Who is Isaac Newton?
Voltaire was imprisoned and eventually banished from this country because of his criticisms of the King and the clergy.
What is France?
This French term suggests that governments should not regulate business in any way.
What is Laissez Faire?
The Zimmerman note was a telegram from Germany to this nation offering an alliance against the USA.
What is Mexico?
The Great Depression began when the US stock market crashed in October of this year.
What is 1929?