TBQ Flashcards
Which European power gained the most from The Seven Years’ War?
Great Britain
Which religious denomination was founded by John Wesley to provide a more emotionally fulfilling alternative to the Church of England?
Methodism
____ religion and growing secularization were important factors in the emergence of the Enlightenment.
Skepticism towards
What most closely describes the contributions of Isaac Newton and John Locke to the Enlightenment?
They provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society.
Who was the head of the Committee of Public Safety who presided over the terror in France in 1793 and 1794?
Robespierre
The Estates-General opened ____ on May 5, 1789.
At Versailles
Which group comprised the largest segment of the Third Estate?
Peasants
Where did a successful slave rebellion against French rule occur?
Haiti
In his Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke
condemned the radical republican and democratic ideas of the French Revolution.
The growing movement of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe was radical since it…
was radical since it encouraged people to shift their political loyalty away from existing states and rulers.
The revolution of 1848 in France ultimately resulted in
a new French empire under Louis Napoleon.
The Congress of Vienna (1814-15)
created policies that would maintain the European balance of power. It reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic wars.
Central to the liberal ideology in the nineteenth century was
an emphasis on individual freedom.
Which statement best applies to Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory?
His On the Origin of Species described man’s evolution from animal origins through natural selection.
b.
His works were truly revolutionary in that they were the first to propose a theory of evolution.
c.
He envisioned utopian evolution, unlike Marx who predicted materialistic revolution.
d.
His theory emphasized the idea of the “survival of the fit” in which advantageous natural variants and environmental adaptations in organisms determine their survival.
e.
His ideas were readily accepted by religious fundamentalists and cultural conservatives.
His theory emphasized the idea of the “survival of the fit” in which advantageous natural variants and environmental adaptations in organisms determine their survival.
Social Darwinists argued that
human societies were organisms that changed over time
Which statement best describes industrialization on the Continent by 1870?
.
It had come of age based upon innovations from the British Industrial Revolution.
Bismarck feared an anti-German alliance between
Russia and France.
Late nineteenth-century imperialism was closely tied to
nationalism.
How did Europeans perceive the upcoming war in August 1914?
It would be very short, possibly only weeks in duration
Which nineteenth-century European political movement was most responsible for triggering World War I?
Nationalism
What was the immediate catalyst of World War I?
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo
At the outset of the war, the United States
declared its neutrality.
The unexpected development of ____ baffled military leaders on both sides
trench warfare
