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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a social contract?
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An agreement between the rulers and the ruled; a constitution in which an an idividual gives up their natural state for an organized society.
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What is Nationalism?
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Desire for a country or love for a country.
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What is urbanization?
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The growth of cities.
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What is a creole?
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One of Spanish or French heritageborn in the Americas.
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Who is Karl Marx?
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He agued in favor of communism. He said taht there were many poor workers and few rich individualists, he said the workers would over throw the factory owners.
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The Industrial Rev. was dependent on what?
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The Agricultural Revolution.
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What was the Orders of Council?
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A British blockade of France during the Napoleonic Wars.
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What was the ultimate example of the Napoleonic battle?
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The Battle of Austerlitz.
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Where was the Battle of Leipzig fought at and what was the result?
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It was fought in Saxony in 1813 and resulted in Napoleons defeat and initial exile to the island of Elba.
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What was a total disaster for France?
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Napoleons invasion of Russia, with the 600,000 man Grand Army.
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Who was Simon Bolivar?
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A creole who led a rev. against Spanish colonizers.
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What was the Battle of Trafalgar?
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A Brit. victory over the French and Spanish fleets and prevented a French invasion of G.B.
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Who were reactionaries?
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Those who wanted to return to a previous period and restore ruling families to their respective thrones following the French rev. and Napolionic Wars.
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Who was instumental in the development of electricity?
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Allesandro Volta, Michael Frarday, and Thomas Edison.
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Who discovered things that challenged long-held religious views?
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Charles Darwin, Jean Lamarck, and Charles Lyell did. Darwin and Lamarck theorized evolution and Lyell's disoveries in geology challenged the Biblical notion of creation.
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