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Revolutions Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| industrialization | The process of changing from an agricultural society to large-scale production society |
| political revolution | an upheaval in which the government is completely replaced |
| republic | form of government marked by separation of powers and citizen vote for elected officials |
| coup d' etat | a sudden violent overthrow of government leader |
| nationalism | the idea that people with common language, culture, and history should have its own nation-state. |
| constitutional government | government based on a set of laws that people have agreed on. |
| Napoleon | French military general who led a coup d'etat, making himself dictator and later emperor or France. |
| reform | make changes in order to improve it. |
| opposition | the act of resisting or disagreeing |
| imperialism | a more powerful country takes political and economic control of a weaker country |