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Question 1

“Athens of the North”

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Edinburgh, Scotland. Center of Scottish Enlightenment (18th century)

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Cogito ergo sum

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deductive reasoning

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Mandates

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Middle Eastern lands placed under the authority of Western countries

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Leaders of France’s Enlightenment most admired the political system of what country?

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England

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Significance of year 1848

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A year of revolutionary fervor. Revolutions in Austria, France, northern Italy, Prussia, etc.

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19-20 centuries

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heads of state in U.S., Italy, France, and Austria assassinated by anarchists

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Austria (1914)

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Germany’s one strong ally in WWI

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Germany’s goal (1914)

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to defeat France then fight Russia (Schlieffen Plan) (plan did not work)

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Mercantilism

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refers to economic systems of early modern France and Britain

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Social Darwinist

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Herbert Spencer=creator of Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest)

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“Philosophy is written in this grand book”

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Galileo wrote this quote, referring to the universe

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Significance of year 1688

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England’s Glorious Revolution; created constitutional monarchy (Parliament=majority of power)

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“The source of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation”

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From Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

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Blitzkrieg

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lightning war; Hitler’s mode of attack early in WWII. (Sweden remained neutral)

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Arminianism

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theological system that emphasizes free will

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Anabaptists

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believers who are opposed to infant baptism

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Quakers

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Protestants who emphasized simple, heart-felt religion

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Positivism

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philosophy that emphasized capacity to find scientific solutions to human problems

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Vanguard (Bolshevik terms)

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communist leaders

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emigres

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those against the French Revolution and fled France

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Sans Culottes

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revolutionaries who favored radical reform

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Bolshevik Revolution

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(1917) overthrew Tsar Nicholas II and created Soviet Union

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Soviet Union (1989)

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lost control of East Bloc countries (Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc.)

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Suez Canal

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a vital transportation link between Europe and Asia (20th century)

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“Privateers” (16th century)

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Pirates who plundered with governments explicit or implicit approval

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Beer Hall Putsch

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(Nov 8-9, 1923) caused Adolf Hitler to be imprisoned for several months

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Philosophes

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French writers/intellectuals-promoting political reforms