Final Exam Flashcards
What is “absolutism”?
Power is decentralized and defused
When did John Locke say it was OK to revolt against the government?
When the government is acting against the common interest
When was Great Britain created?
May 1, 1707
What was the name for the Seven Years’ War in North America?
French and Indian War
What are “realism” and “nominalism”?
Nominalism separates faith and reason
Experience
Pessimistic
What was the “Magisterial Reformation”?
Master denominations
Calvinism, Lutheran, Church of England (Anglican)
Who presided over the settlement that led to the Church of England, in the 16th c.?
Elizabeth I
What and when was the Valladolid Controversy? Why is it significant?
Talked about what to do with the Native Americans
1550-51
What was the “Columbian Exchange” about?
Exchange of ideas and products between the new and old world
What was the “Civil Constitution of the Clergy”?
Law passed July 12, 1790 during the French Revolution
Subordinated the catholic church to the French government
Who was Edmund Burke?
Member of British Parliament- Leader of Whig Party
Against French Revolution; founder of modern conservatism
When did Spain send its Armada against England?
July 21, 1588; England won
What ended the Thirty Years’ War?
Treaty of Westphalia; Protestant vs Catholic
Who commissioned the KJV?
King James I
Why was Charles I executed?
Lost the English Civil war and then fled to Scotland, where he was betrayed by the Presbyterians
What methods did Louis XIV use to control France?
Absolutism
Kept aristocrats close; his minsters looked after things
What sorts of discoveries especially drove the Scientific Revolution?
Heliocentric, gravity, microscope; experimentation, measurement, and not relying on authority
What is a deist, and what is a philosophe? Name some of each.
Someone who believes in a higher power, but they are not involved (the clock) People Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin Philosophe Rational 18th century thinkers Not original thinkers People Voltaire, Diderot, Rosseau,
What were the consequences of World War I?
German reparations
Economies crashed, led to World War II and Hitler gaining power
When did the Berlin Wall fall?
Nov 9, 1989
What was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s attitude towards the role of government?
Government should stay out
How did Adam Smith think a healthy economy should be set up?
Market Economy
Laissez-Faire; the government should stay out and the people will do what is best for the good of the people
Opposite of socialism
What effect did French participation in the American War of Independence have?
Drove French economy; part of the start of the revolution
Was the French Revolution really a “revolution,” in terms of returning to a state that had existed earlier, or did it represent a sharp break with the past?
Sharp break with the past
Name some legacies of the French Revolution.
Nationalism Socialism Equality Metric system Tri-colored flag Draft
When did the French Revolution begin?
1789
What was the “Revolt of the Vendée”?
Uprising in the Vendee portion of France
Who finally defeated Napoleon, and when and where? Which Great Powers united to defeat him?
Duke of Wellington; June 1815, Waterloo, Prussians and Britain
What French emperor was captured by the Prussians in 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War?
Louis-Napoleon
Who were the Boers?
Early settlers of the Transvaal and orange free state
What was the Russian Duma?
Russian Assembly with advisory or legislative functions
Why did Britain industrialize before the rest of Europe?
Had factors of production: land, labor, and capital; availability of coal, increased food production, colonial empire
Surplus=increase civilization
Which European Great Powers were responsible for World War I?
Serbia, Austria-Hungary
What was a “gulag,” and what communist country used them?
Bureaucratic institution that managed the Soviet Union forced labor camps
