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1711A World History
1711A World History Final Flash Cards
Question | Answer |
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What was Plato’s ideal form of government? He stated his philosophy in his work The Republic. | believed that individuals should live in a just and rational state |
The Romans were great law codifiers. Take a look at ancient Roman law codes. What were they called? | Twelve Tablets |
What are some major differences between the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions? | The differ in matters concerning their beliefs in one God. |
How did the Classical Greeks think about the individual? It is central to Western political thought today. | individual achievement, dignity and worth are of great importance. |
A cornerstone of our government today is based upon some political ideas that came from Montesquieu. What are they? | His analysis of the governmental system of checks and balances |
One of the persons who argued for the origin of the state as social contract theory. | Rousseau |
What was an objective of the Tennis Court Oath? | The French National Assembly vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution. |
One of the accomplishments of the French Revolution was a document that was based upon the Declaration of Independence? What document? | The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen |
The National Convention attempted to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason that pursued what? | a policy of dechristianization, and adopting a new calendar |
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed...? | an end to tax exemptions, freedom of speech, freedom of the press |
What reforms did Napoleon introduce to France? | the Napoleonic Code, a public school system, and construction of new transportation options including canals and roads. |
What was the Glorious Revolution all about? | the invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost no bloodshed |
Why is the Magna Carta significant in the history of democratic ideas? | strengthened the idea that a monarch's power was limited, not absolute |
What factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in England? | improved food supplies, large labor force, abundant money supply |
How did improvements to the steam engine affect the textile industry? | It helped meet its last major challenge to full mechanization. |
What factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in England? | railroad construction, factory production, and coal mining |
Who improved the steam engine to make it drive machinery? | James Watt |
What was the objective of the Romantic artists? | stir up emotions |
Name some romantic writers? | Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, and William Wordsworth |
What geographical significance did the Philippines have for the United States? | President William McKinley decided to turn the Philippines into an American colony because it was a convenient point for trade with China |
What was the impact of imperialism on Africa? Make sure you check out the Congo and Ethiopia. | Ethiopians embraced imperialism. |
What does extraterritoriality mean? | Europeans living by their own laws in China |
What are Zamindars? | local officials in India who collected taxes for the British |
Indian began to distrust the British and this led to what? | The First War of Independence. The British called this the Sepoy Mutiny. |
What was a major cause of the Opium War between Great Britain and China? | Trade imbalance |
What was a consequence of Commodore Matthew Perry and his encounter with Japan? | Japan signed the Treaty of Kanagawa |
How did China adapt to its encounter with the West? | The policy of "self-strengthening" |
What Enlightenment philosopher strongly advocated that humans have natural rights? | John Locke |
What social change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution? | Emergence of the working class and the middle class. |
All citizens of Athens had the right to discuss issues openly and to vote in the assembly. This is an example of what? | Democracy |
What was the "white man's burden?" | The belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive peoples. |
What group had a slogan that was "destroy the foreigner"? | Boxers |
Who set up a nonviolent movement with the purpose to force the British to aid the poor and grant independence to India? | Mohandas Gandhi |
The production of what was one of the first industries to be affected by the industrial revolution? | cotton cloth |
Enlightenment view of women | Women were considered to have natural rights to home and family. |
What made the Israelites' religious beliefs unique? | The Israelites believed in one true God and that each event reflected God's plan. |
The Declaration of Independence states that government should protect natural rights that were stated in what document? | The Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution |
How did the U. S. Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers? | It created a government based on a social contract |
How did France's revolutionaries follow the examples set by leaders of the American Revolution? What did they write? | They wrote and issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen modeled after the U. S. Declaration of Independence. |
How did liberalism in the early 1800s reflect ideas of the Enlightenment period? | Liberals believed that government should protect the natural rights of individuals. |
What is direct result of the discovery that germs cause disease? | Improved sanitation |
What had the greatest impact on the improvement of working conditions in the 1800s? | Labor Unions |
What contributed to German's growth as an industrial power under Bismarck? | Substantial iron and coal reserves |
What contributed most to the growth of nationalism in the Balkans? | The decline of the Ottoman empire |
What had great power in the Third Republic in France? | The voter-elected Chamber of Deputies |
Why were the British able to conquer India's vast territory? | Britain exploited its diversity |
What did Japan gain control over which aided in it becoming an imperialist power? | Korea |
What were the only African nation to preserve their independence? | Liberia and Ethiopia |
What is "Self-Strengthening" | The policy that called for China to adopt Western technology |
What were some of the justifications for imperialism? | During the age of Imperialism, a new class emerges of African elite who were western-educated. |