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1
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Control of the Nobles

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Required to live at the palace

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Absolute Monarch

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King/Queen with absolute control

No sharing of power

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King Louis XIV (14th)

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Most absolute monarch “sun king”

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Palace of Versailles

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Palace of the King- huge palace to show power and wealth of France

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Tokaugawa Shogunate

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Military rulers of Japan

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6
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Alternate Attendance Policy

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Daimyo had to lie in Edo every other year

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7
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Edo

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Capital City

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8
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What items were traded lots

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Spices and raw materials

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9
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Japan Exclusion Edicts

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Limited trade with Western European countries, no christianity

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10
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Which countries closed themselves off from western culture?

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China and Japan

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11
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Thomas Hobbes

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Pessimist, people are evil, pro absolute monarch

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12
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What did Hobbes write?

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The Leviathan

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Baron de Montesquieu

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3 branches of Gov. Checks and balances, separation of powers

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John Locke

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Optimist, natural rights, people are good, life, liberty, and property

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15
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What did Locke write?

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Two Treatises of Government (if gov. isn’t protecting people can overthrow)

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16
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Voltaire

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Freedom of Speech and religion

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17
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Rousseau

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Social Contract Theory

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18
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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Womens Rights

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19
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Adam Smith

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Economist “Lasseiz Faire”– Hands off capitalism

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20
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What did Adam SMith write?

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Wealth of Nations

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21
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What 4 revolutions did enlightenment ideas influence?

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American, French, Haitan, and Latin American Rev

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22
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Social Contract Theory

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Hypothetical Contract between citizen and ruler

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23
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Enlightened Monarch

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Monarch that practices with Enlightened principles

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24
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What monarchs were considered to be enlightened?

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Catherine the Great (Russia) and Frederick the Great (Prussia) and Joseph II (Austria)

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25
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What was the Scientific revolution?

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New ideas in science (1600s)

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26
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What is the Geocentric Theory?

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Earth was the center of the solar system

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27
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Who created the Geocentric Theory?

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Ptolemy

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28
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What is the Heliocentric Theory?

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Sun centered the solar system

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29
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Who created the Heliocentric Theory?

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Copernicus

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30
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Who is Galileo Galilei?

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Invented the telescope, thought planets were made of earth like material

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31
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Who put Galileo on trial for his beliefs?

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Church

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32
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What is the scientific method?

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Observations/experiments to explain phenomena

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33
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Issac Newton

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Gravity

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34
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Renee Descartes

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Deductive Reasoning

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35
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Ptolemy

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Geocentric

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36
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Nicolas Copernicus

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Heliocentric

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37
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Galileo Galilei

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Telescope

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38
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Francis Bacon

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Scientific Method

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39
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WHo was the Absolute Monarch of France during the French Rev.

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Louis XVI (16th)

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40
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What was Louis XVIs wifes name and where was she from?

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Marie Antoinette, Austria

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41
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WHich of the estates paid the MOST in taxes?

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3rd estate

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42
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Why were the people of France upset with the King and Queen

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Spent too much money

Did not help the starving people

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43
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What was in Bastille?

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Armory/Prison

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44
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WHo was Maximillian Robespierre?

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Leader of Reign of Terror

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45
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1st Estate

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Clergy

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46
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2nd estate

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nobles

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47
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3rd estate

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Bourgeoise (merchants, farmers, teachers, lawyers, shopkeepers, artisans, peasants, doctors)

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48
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What was the Tennis Court Oath?

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Wont leave until they create a new, fair constitution that limits Kings Powers

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49
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During the meeting of the estates general, the 3rd estate was ____ and they went to a nearby ____

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shut out, tennis court

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50
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Storming of the Bastille

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1789 in Paris
Killed the governor of Paris
Sybolized the start of the French Revolution

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51
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WHo was the Reign of Terror led by

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Max Robespierre

52
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What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

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List of the rights of the french citizens

53
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Who established the National Assembly

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All estates, king did unwillingly

54
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How was the King killed?

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Guillotine

55
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Jacobins (led by Robespierre)

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Lead the people by killing those who were against the revolution

56
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Creation of the Directory

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5 man council and legislative body with 2 chambers

57
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How does Napoleon come into power?

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Coup within a coup

58
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How did RObespierre die?

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People feared him and was killed by the guillotine

59
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What did Napoleon Bonaparte do for France?

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Brought stability after the French Revolution

60
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What is a Coup d’etat

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military overthrow of government

61
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Napoleonic Code:

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system of laws for his empire, equality of all citizens, middle class had more power

62
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Where was Napoleon exiled after attempting to conquer Europe?

63
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WHat was napoleons “continential system”

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Cut Great Britain off from trade

64
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Did napoleon defeat Britain or Russia?

65
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1815 Battle of Waterloo

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Napoleon loses and exiled lastly to Great Britain

66
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Napoleons Legacy

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Napoleonic Code, Education System, Nationalism, Merit Based Rank

67
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Effects of the French Revolution

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Ended absolutism
Brought stability to France
Middle class gained political power
Revolutionary ideas spread through Europe
NATIONLISM spread throughout the world
68
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What was the goal of the Congress of Vienna?

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Restore balance of power and old monarchs to the thrones in Europe

69
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Outcomes of balance of power ad Congress of Vienna

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Restored balance of power in Europe
Lead by Prince Metternich of Austria
Restored the monarchs of Europe

70
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Balance of Power

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No one country becomes more powerful than the other

70
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Nationalism

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Intense pride in ones country

71
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Simon Bolivar (the Liberator)

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“George Washington” of South America, inspired people to revolt against spanish

72
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what was Bolivars goal

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to unify all of South America and free them from spanish colonial rule

73
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Father Miguel Hidalgo

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Led Mexican Independence movement from Spanish Colonialism

74
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Jose De san Martin

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Helped Simon Bolivar free South America from Spanish rule

75
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Toussaint L’Overture

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Slave in French Colony pf St. Dominque/Haiti

Led successful slave revolt freeing Haiti from French rule

76
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What year did italy unify

77
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What were the names of the three men that helped to unify Italy?

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Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi

78
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What year did Germany unify

79
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WHo is Otto Von Bismarck?

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Prime Minister of Russia

80
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What was Bismarcks famous quote?

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Blood and Iron to unify Germany

81
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Most of the revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries led more people being able to

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cote and hold political power

82
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What did the Industrial Revolution shift

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From making things at home to now making things in factories

83
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Causes of the Industrial revolution

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Agricultural revolution and Enclosure Movement

84
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Agricultural revolution

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Increase in food population due to seed drill

People were living longer due to more food

85
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Enclosure Movement

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Removed peasants from farmland, enclosed the farmland with fences, independent farmers could experiment with new technology

86
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New Industrial Rev. inventions

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spinning jenny, seed drill, steam engine, cotton gin, railroad

87
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What natural resources does england have plenty of?

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Coal, iron, waterways

88
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Colonial empire of england

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Established nation with many colonies to access resources

89
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Labor Supply

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large population of workers

90
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Growth of Capitalism

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Selling a product and earning a profit

91
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why was there a rise of factories

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overcrowded cities

92
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why was there a rise of factories

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overcrowded cities

93
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Laissez Faire government

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Hands off government, no gov. involvement in economic affairs of the people

94
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Working condition of the Industrial Revolution

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Dirty, dangerous

95
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Labor Unions

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Workers organized for better conditions and pay

96
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Capitalism

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An economic and political system in which a countrys tade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

97
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Socialism

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A political and economic theory of organization with advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole

98
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Communism

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economic and political in its requirement that government or workers be the central owner and decision maker in all matters

99
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who wrote the Communist manifesto?

100
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WHo is Karl marx

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Author and german economist

101
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What political theory does Marx create?

102
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What did Marx predict would happen during the industrial rev.

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that workers would eventually revolt against the capitalists

103
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What happened during the Irish potato famine?

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Fungus killed all potatoes, Ireland had no food

Traveled to North America

104
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Imperialism

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One country takes over another country politically or economically

105
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Sphere of Influence

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Economic influence over a country (CHina

106
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What is the “White Mans Burden”

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Idea that white european/americans should teach “natives” their way of life to “civilize” them
Poem

107
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Social Darwinism

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The belief that there are stronger and weaker races in the world

108
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Who imperialized Africa?

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Britain, France, Germany, Belgium

109
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Why did other colonize Africa?

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Raw Materials
Free Labor
Diamonds

110
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Berlin Confrence

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European nations met up to discuss how to carve up Africa

africa was not invited

111
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Who imperialized India?

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Great Britain

112
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WHy was India colonized?

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Raw materials
cotton
opium

113
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Sepoy Rebellion

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Indian Soldiers rebelled against british over a rumor of Beef/Pork fat used on guns

114
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Who imperialized China?

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Britain, France, Germany, US

115
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WHy did others colonize China?

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Wanted them to trade with us

116
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Opium Wars

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War w GB over opium smuggling

117
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Taiping Rebellion

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Peasants vs. Gov. for poor conditions

LOST

118
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Boxer Rebellion

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Boxers v Foreign Armies

LOST

119
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Who imperialized Latin America?

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Spain and France (Haiti)

120
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Why did they colonize Latin AMerica?

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Free Labor

Raw Materials

121
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Who imperialized Japan

122
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Japan tries to imperialize

123
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WHy did people TRY to colonize Japan

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wanted japan to trade with them

124
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Meiji Restoration

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M- Modernize
E- Easternize
I- Industrialize
J- Japan
I- Imperialize China

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