World History Freshmen. Midterms

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Who invented the Telegraph and a system for encoding the Alphabet?

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Morse

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This was characterized by paranoid peasants destroying documentation of debts they owed nobles.

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Great Fear

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Which Woman wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizenesses?

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Olympe de Gouges

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What is the name for a company that is owned and run by one person?

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Sole Proprietorship

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The Reign of Terror ended with which man's death?

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Robespierre

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Who created and patented the modern steam engine?

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Watt

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This is the concept of the people of a country electing and controlling a government.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Which measuring system was created during the French Revolution and inspired by rational thinking?

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Metrics

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This is the title for the person who heads the executive branch of government.

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President

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Which branch of government is congress part of?

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Legislative Branch

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Which branch of government enforces laws?

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Executive Branch

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The Fashoda Crisis was a standoff between France and what other country?

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Britain

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What is the term for love of one's country, rather than one's native region?

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Nationalism

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These are identical parts that can replace each other.

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Interchangeable Parts

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Which French government accomplished the following: Seized the lands of the Catholic Church and sold them to French Peasants, adopted the Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen, and wrote a Constitution that greatly limited the king's power?

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National Assembly

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This is the use of automatic machinery to increase production

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Mechanization

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This is the American credited as the inventor of the Cotton Gin.

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Eli Whitney

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This is the system of producing large numbers of identical items

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Mass production

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Adult male _____ were given the right to vote in the French Constitution of 1791.

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Taxpayers

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What was the proper name for the "National Razor?"

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Guillotine

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In which economic system does the government own the factors of production?

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Communism

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What is the term for people giving up their own native culture and adopting a different, new culture?

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Assimulation

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Which group of people made some non-religious contributions in countries they imperialized, such as providing schooling, sanitation, and hospital/school facilities?

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Missionaries

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Which queen was resented by the french people for her wild spending, Austrian heritage, and political influence on Louis XVI?

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Maria Antoinette

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Who is the African-American who first documented the atrocities in the Congo?

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George Washington Williams

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This philosopher believed that people are naturally good, but are corrupted by environment, education, and laws. The only way for people to stay good is to elect their own government based on popular sovereignty.

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Rousseau

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This is a system of governing colonies in a way similar to a parent - child relationship.

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Paternalism

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The French revolution governments all created balances of power in line with which enlightenment philosopher's ideas?

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Baron de Montesquieu

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At the beginning of the industrial revolution, great Britain has entrepreneurship, technology, land, labor, and capital; conditions called the

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Factors of Production

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This is the English landowner who invented the seed drill that made if possible to plant seeds in a straight row

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Tull

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Factors of Production

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1. Land
2. Capital
3. Technology
4. Labor
5. Entrepreneurship

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What is the term for the seizing of government power through force?

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Coup de'tat

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This man's name means "the expected one" and he led the Sudanese revolt against foreign rule.

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Almahdi

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What is the term for ownership of several companies that make the same product?

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Horizontal Integration

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What is the name of the document that Marx and Engles wrote, which introduced communism to the world?

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Communism Manifesto

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In which manufacturing system is each part carried from one worker to the next so that each worker performs a specific task on the part?

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Assembly Line

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Which leader's government accomplished the following: Concordat, public education, and the Napoleonic code.

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Napoleon

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This is the idea put forth by Jeremy Bentham that a law is useful and good if it led to "the greatest happiness of the greatest number" of people.

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Utilitarianism

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What is the name for colonies where large groups of people from one country are living together in a new place?

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Settlement Colonies

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The French Revolution took a radical turn when the National Convention replaced which previous government in ruling France?

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Legislative Assembly

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Who is the author of the White Man's Burden?

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Rudyard Kipling

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What concept is being described? If a good is scarce,then demand will be high for it and prices will rise. As factories make more of the good to meet this demand, they will eventually make too much and supply will exceed the demand, causing prices to fall.

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The law of supply and demand

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What allowed farmers to produce more crops using the same amount of land?

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Crop rotation

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What is the term for a merchant who buys or sells products?

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Commercial Capitalist

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What kind of army is the "Royal and Catholic" army and example of?

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Counterrevolutionary Armies

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What is the name for a business that allows people to buy stock in the company?

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Corporation

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Under the Third Estate, what is the name for the wealthy manufacturers, businessmen, and professionals?

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Bourgeoisie

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What is the term used to describe a group of workers that combine forces and demands?

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Union

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According to Karl Marx, what is the name for the working class?

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Proletariat

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Which branch of Christianity did the Act of Settlement bar from king or queen of England from belonging?

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Catholic

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This philosopher believed that when a social contract is made, people don't give up their individual rights and if the ruler does not uphold individual's rights, then the people have the right to overthrow the ruler.

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John Locke

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This was a blockade of Great Britain by France and its allies under Napoleon

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Continental System

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This political group in the National Convention can best be described as very radical and representing Paris.

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Jacobins

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Which philosopher described the perfect government in "The spirit of the Laws" and advocated for a balance between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?

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Montesquieu

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The legislative Assembly came into being after which French government completed in the Constitution of 1791 and dissolved itself

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National Assembly

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What do we call mass movement of women marching from Paris to the Palace of Versailles to protest the lack of food?

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Bread Riots

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In this economic system, which allows for both individuals and the government to own the factors of production, the people have a voice in economic planning through electing government

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Socialism

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What agreement did Napoleon make with the pope to end the strained relations between the French government and the Catholic Church, which had existed since the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790?

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Concordat

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To eliminated all religious references, the national Convention created a week with ____ days instead of seven

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Ten

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Europeans participated in Imperialism so they could acquire a stable source of this economic good.

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Raw Materials

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Louis XVI tried to escape this country, because he wanted to raise a foreign army that would attack the country of his kingdom

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France

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According to which "law" does supply and demand determine wages?

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Iron Law of wages

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Under the Directory, men needed to own this to be eligible to vote.

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Property

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The National Convention used terror and death as a means of ending all oppositions to its government. What is this time period known as?

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Reign of Terror

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In which form of government does a nation still have a king/queen, but the king/queen does not have absolute control and most of the power is held by an elected government?

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Limited Constitutional Monarchy

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This type of poison could backfire on an army if the wind changed and it came back at them.

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Gas

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This is the production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers

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Factorization

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During this time period, Europeans wanted to spread their culture because they thought it was superior and needed to be shared with the rest of the world

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Imperialism

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This woman stabbed Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub because she thought his death would end revolution

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Charlotte Corday

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According to the Cycle of revolution chart, King Louis XVI would fit under which category?

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Old Regime

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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all created philosophies centered around a...

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Social Contract

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What is the name of a person involved in producing and manufacturing goods?

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Industrial Capitalist

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With the passage of which French document was a limited constitutional monarchy created?

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constitution of 1791

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This is the bombed out area between the trenches that was filled with barbed wire and land mines.

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No man's land

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What is the term for ownership of businesses involved in each step of the manufacturing process?

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Vertical integration

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What is the term for an economic system without regulation, where businesses try to make the most money possible?

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Free Enterprise

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When soldiers came out of these and ran across no man's land, they became easy targets for the enemy.

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Trenches

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Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Which enlightenment philosopher influenced this idea?

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Rousseau

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What committee of 12 men was formed to rule on cases involving "Enemies of revolution?"

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Committee of Public Safety

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Thomas Jefferson refers to abolishing absolute monarchs in the "declaration of Independence." Which Enlightenment philosopher supported the idea of an absolute ruler?

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Hobbes

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This was one of the techniques that Leopold II had the overseers use against the Congo people to get them to work more, and included cutting off hands and feet.

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Violence

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Which government replaced National Convention?

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Directory

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Thomas Jefferson wrote that all men had the right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." Which enlightenment philosopher influenced this idea?

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John Locke

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Rather than give anything to Napoleon's invading army, the Russians practiced what policy?

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Scorched-Earth Policy

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This philosopher was a champion of freedom of religion and thought, and said "I [may] disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

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Voltaire

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This is the system of government in which an absolute monarch would rule according to the principles of the Enlightenment

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Enlightened despotism

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These are colonies in which a small number of european officials rule the non-european people

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Dependent Colonies

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This is the Belgian King who ruled the Congo as a private colony

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Leopold II

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This act united England and Scotland and Great Britain

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Act of Union

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France, Great Britain, and Russia were joined in the triple ______ before WWI

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Entente

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This refers to giving voting rights to all men.

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Universal Manhood Suffrage

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In this manufacturing system, each item is made at a different location in the factory and then all the pieces are brought together in one room to assemble them.

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Division of Labor

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This branch of government interprets laws

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Judicial

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This act protected individuals from unfair arrest and imprisonment

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Habeas Corpus

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This is when a large group of workers stop working to protest their working conditions and low wages.

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Strike

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This is the term for the belief that the government should not interfere with the operations of business

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Lassez-Faire

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These are colonies in which local rulers keep their titles, but foreign power really controls the area.

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Protectorate

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This philosopher advocated for women's rights, including equality of education and political rights

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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This factor leading to WWI can be characterized as giving a country a physical advantage over other countries.

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Militarism

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This act granted protestant dissenters some religions freedoms

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Toleration act

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Term for thinkers of the Enlightenment

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Philosophes

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This factor leading to WWI can be characterized as having intense feelings of patriotism and the belief that your country is better than another, which caused people to believe their country was powerful enough to defeat an enemy

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Nationalism

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were joined in the triple _____ before WWI.

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Alliance

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This man wrote "The White Man's Burden."

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Rudyard Kipling

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens was a document created during this French government.

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National Assembly

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This was when crowds broke into a Paris prison, stealing the weapons, releasing the prisoners, and destroying the building.

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Storming of the Bastille

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire made up this alliance during WWI

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The Central Powers

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This popular Jacobin leader and Speaker increased nationalism and enlistments in the Army

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Danton

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This is when a corporation gains complete control of the production or sale of a single good or service.

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Monopoly

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This is a company that is owned and run by two or more people

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Partnership

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This man represented the ideological center of the revolution and led the Reign of Terror

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Robespierre

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This man wrote "Why talk of the White Man's Burden?"

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Bruce Grit

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This conference was offensive because it divided up Africa without any African participation.

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Berlin Conference

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In this economic system, the government and individuals own the factors of production, wit the government controlling the key industries in the country.

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Socialism

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These secret Agreements between nations led to the escalation of WWI

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Alliances

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Economically, this allowed for resources to be acquired cheaply, helping the war effort. It also gave militaries a chance to practice and engage in limited battles far from Europe

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Imperialism

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In this economic system, individuals own the factors of production

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Capitalism

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Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the USA made up this alliance during WWI

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Allies

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This man was the creator and author of "Friend of the people" and had enormous influence and sway on the public

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Jean-Paul Marat