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Social 20-1 Flashcards

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Ancien Regime

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Name of the system in which French society was set up.

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Appeasement

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Originally intended to mean to turn a blind eye or look the other way when observing inappropriate behaviour; nw also refers to a diplomacy strategy to avoid conflict.

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Aryan

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A member of a people considered by Nazis to be a group of superior human beings.

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Assignats

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Certificates representing the value of Church lands; used as currency during the revolution

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Autonomy

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independence or sovereignty

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Bastille

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the prison in Paris that was symbolic of royal power

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Bilingualism

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recognition of two official languages

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Citizen Capet

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nickname for Louis XVI under new citizenship rules in which those recognized as citizens of the republic were addressed as Citizen, along with their family name

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Civil Constitution of the Clergy

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a legislative policy that placed the Catholic Church under the power of the National Assembly and created elections for the selection of priests

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Collective

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the identity shared by a group of people

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Collective Consciousness

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the shared feeling of “we” among the individuals of a group

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Committee of Public Safety

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an executive body of the National Convention that monitored actions considered anti-republic

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Constitution

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a set of rules dictating how the government would operate

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Constitutional monarchy

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a system of government that by law restricts the power of the king to the rules and approval of government

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Contend

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to compete with another

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Contending loyalties

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a belief in or show of support for an idea, a person, a group, or a nation that competes with a belief in or support for another

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Corvee

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a work tax which required peasants to provide unpaid labour building roads and bridges

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Country

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the land of a person’s birth, residence, or citizenship; a political state or nation or its territory

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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a list of the rights based on equality and freedom encouraged by the members of the National Assembly

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Decolonization

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the act or process of the achievement of the status of a sovereign nation-state by a former colony

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Directory

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a body of government with the power to rule France in the hands of five directors

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Enlightenment

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the emergence and exchange of ideas based on scientific reasoning about how society should operate during an eighteenth-century period in western Europe

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Estates General

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a general assembly of representatives of the three estates that formed French society before the revolution in 1789

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Ethnocentrism

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the beliefs, values, and actions related to the idea that one’s group is superior over other groups

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federalism

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a system that divides political power between a central government and regional or provincial governments

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Federal privileges

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the rights and exemptions of members of the Ancien Régime (members of the First and Second Estates)

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Final Solution

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a Nazi Party plan to rapidly and efficiently deal with the removal of all members of the Jewish race by establishing extermination camps

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First Estate

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members of the clergy (many of who came from aristocratic families)

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foreign policy

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a plan of action that guides the relationship and decisions a particular country establishes with another country or nation

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founding culture

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reference to English or French as one of the first European groups to have settled in Canada

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gabelle

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a salt tax

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Girondin

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a political club that promoted the abolition of the monarchy and rights for all citizens

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global affairs

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matters of interest and/or matters affecting the international community

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Great War/World War I

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(1914–1918) the first modern war of the twentieth century in which many of the world’s countries were involved; later renamed in context of the second global war

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intellectuals

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writers and philosophers who expressed ideas about how society should operate

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internationalism

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the collective responsibility to global challenges balanced with respect for the interests of nations and nation-states; the sense of belonging to the global community with shared bonds as global citizens

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Jacobin

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a political club considered more radical than the Girondin and encouraged revolt to achieve a republic

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“La Marseillaise”

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a song written by poet Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792; intended as a military song and then later the rally song for the revolution

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Legislative Assembly

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the government in the form of a constitutional monarchy that replaced the National Assembly

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loyalty

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the firm belief in or the show of support for an idea, a person, a group, or a nation; may be a commitment to your nation or to shared ideas or bonds to individuals or groups outside of your nation

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multiculturalism

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framework that encourages the maintenance of ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds of individuals and groups

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multination

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recognition of the sovereignty of many nations within a single system

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nation

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a shared state of mind or shared characteristics such as beliefs, language, religion, traditions, cultures, and customs

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nation-state

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a country that has physical borders and a single government

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national affiliation

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connection to nation

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National Assembly

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the original government to seize power, formed after the creation of the Tennis Court Oath and the Declaration of the Rights of Man

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National Convention

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the name of the republican government that ruled France after the removal and execution of Louis XVI

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national identity

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collective identity of a group or a nation

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national interests

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the priorities or areas in which a nation will act or make decisions in order to maintain the key aspects of what it is as a nation

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national memory

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the stories, symbols, and shared experiences of a group of people

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nationalism

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a feeling of belonging to or having a bond with a group of individuals who share common understandings about all or some of these ideas: land, ethnicity, culture, language, spirituality, religion, and citizenship

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nationalist loyalty

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commitment (for example, political, cultural, linguistic, geographical, or spiritual) to the nation to which you belong

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national self-determination

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power to control your own affairs as a nation

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natural laws

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observable laws of interaction between people, animals, plants, and the environment that are applied to how individuals in society interact

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non-nationalist loyalty:

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a commitment to an ideology, to a social group, to a way of life, to a region, or to a religious or spiritual organization; may extend beyond the borders of a nation; may be shared with individuals of different nations

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North American integration

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partnership between the nation-states of North America to share common political and economic frameworks; similar to the European Union

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personal

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individual identity, including ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and individual preferences

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philosophes

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writers and philosophers who expressed ideas about how society should operate

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pluralism

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multiple ways of life—ethnic, cultural, linguistic, social, gender, age, economic, and political

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privilege

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exemptions or special rights assigned to the First and Second Estates

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reason

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a method of thinking that follows a scientific, logical approach

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reconciliation

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a solution to end the competition or issue

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Reign of Terror

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the systematic identification and execution of members of French society who were considered threats to the republic

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republic

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the reference to the country of France after the abolition of the monarchy

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salon

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a location where philosophes were invited to discuss their ideas in audience of influential members of society

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scientific method

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steps to investigate a problem—(1) identify the problem, (2) apply the experimental conditions, (3) analyze the changes

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Second Estate

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members of the nobility

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separatism

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strategy to separate a nation from a nation-state

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sovereignty

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independence or autonomy

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successor state

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a state created from an existing state

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taille

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a tax levied by the king, approximately ten per cent of earnings

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Tennis Court Oath

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the promise of the representatives gathered at the calling of the Estates General at Versailles to not disband until France had a new constitution

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Third Estate

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the commoners

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Treaty of Versailles

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the peace settlement that set the conditions for the surrender of Germany and compensation for damages and casualties in World War I

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tricolore

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the three colours represented on France’s national flag, adopted in 1794

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ultranationalism

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an intense expression of nationalism

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unity

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sense of shared bonds and similar interests; living together in harmony

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Whiff of Grapeshot

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the name of the event in which Napoleon became famous for being a hero of the French republic by defeating Royalist soldiers who were fighting to restore the monarchy

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Wilson’s Fourteen Points

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a list from a 1918 speech describing values and beliefs about self-determination and freedom; later became the basis of conditions for the peace settlement of World War I

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