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Part 1
Study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plato’s ideal form of government? He stated his philosophy in his work The Republic. | Aristocracy |
| Rome’s first code of law | Latin Lex XII Tabularum |
| What are some major differences between the Greco-Roman and Jewish and Christian traditions? | Jewish Traditions include: Convenent Law, Temple, and Synagog . Christian Traditions include: Church counsels, Pope, Church Fathers, denominations, and creeds. Greco-Roman traditions include: Philosophy, truth, knowledge and moral value. |
| How did the Classical Greeks think about the individual? It is central to Western political thought today. | The individual was born ,lived and died but the society and state lived on. |
| A cornerstone of our government today is based upon some political ideas that came from Montesquieu. What are they? | Separation of powers |
| Rousseau wanted society to be governed by what? | By the will of the people, a direct democracy |
| One of the accomplishments of the French Revolution was a document that was based upon the Declaration of Independence? What document? | Declaration of the Rights of man and of the Citizen |
| The thinking behind the Enlightenment Era and how the people should be governed. | God, Reason, Nature and humanity were synthesized |
| What provisions were contained in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen? | People have certain rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; All men are created equal; Individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others. |
| What reforms did Napoleon introduce to France? | He strengthened the central government and made social and economic reforms. |
| Philosophies of John Locke. | He defended the claim that men are by nature, free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. |
| What Enlightenment philosopher published Two Treatises of Government, in which he detailed his beliefs regarding natural rights, including the right to life, liberty and property? | John Locke |
| What was the Glorious Revolution all about? | Removing King James II of England and succeeded by his daughter Mary and her Husband who were Protestant. |
| Why is the Magna Carta significant in the history of democratic ideas? | it is precedent of limiting the power of the government |
| What factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in England Britain? | The emergence of Capitalism, European Imperialism, efforts to mine coal, and the effects of the agricultural revolution. |
| The Textile industry met its last major challenge to full mechanization with the development of what? | The improvements of the Steam Engine |
| The Industrial Revolution created new jobs in what? | Factories, Coal Mines |
| Nationalism v. Patriotism | Nationalism is support for ones's nation and can be aggressive. Patriotism is the devotion and vigorous support for one's country. |
| More on Nationalism v. Patriotism | Nationalists believe their's the best way and Patriots tend to be openminded to compromise. |
| What social change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution | The increase of wealth, production of goods and the standard of living. |
| What was the objective of the Romantic artists? | To raise the quality of society and to promote individual imagination |
| How long did the Enlightenment Period last? | 1685 to 1815 |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Indian Lawyer, anti colonial nationalist and political ethicist |
| What did a growing Indian distrust of the British lead to? | British Great Rebellion or Sepoy Mutiny |
| Democracy | A system of government by the whole population or all the illegible members of a state. Typically through elected representatives. |
| Enlightenment view of women | To advance the ideas of liberty, progress and tolerance |
| The Declaration of Independence state that government should protect natural rights that were stated in what document. | In the U.S. Constitution |
| How did the US Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers? | The ideas in the US Constitution came from several Enlightenment thinkers, such as Montesquieu. |
| How did France’s revolutionaries follow the examples set by leaders of the American Revolution? What did they write? | They modeled the Declaration Rights of Man and of the Citizen after the Declaration of Independence and even included Enlightenment philosophies, such as equal rights and popular sovereignty. |
| Napoleonic Code and the Enlightenment principles | Equal rights for all citizens including women |
| What is a 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? | Unions |
| What contributed to German’s growth as an industrial power under Bismarck? | Unification and a large supply of coal and iron. |
| Most to the growth of nationalism in the Balkans? | The retracting of the Ottoman Empire |
| What had great power in the Third Republic in France? | The French Government and Napoleon Bonapart had great power. |
| Why were the British able to conquer India’s vast territory? | Mainly because they were not United and Britain made treaties with many of the states within India, which they then were able to take control. |
| What did Japan gain control over which aided in it becoming an imperialist power? | The sale of manufactured goods |
| Which system of law appeared first? | The Code of Ur-Nammu |
| Aristotle | Greek Philosopher |
| Why did Christianity first begin to spread quickly through the Roman Empire? | Accepting everyone, stories of miracles, eternal life. |
| Why did King John not want to sign the Magna Carta? | He didn't write it and was forced to sign it. It guaranteed the rights of others. |
| A cause of the French Revolution. | Widespread of discontent with the Monarchy. |
| The most political form in classical Mediterranean world | Democracy |
| The disease that took many lives in the fourteenth century | The Plague, Black Death |
| Middle Passage | Journey of Slave ships from Africa to the West Indies |
| Which Enlightenment Thinker gave us the principle of “the ends will justify the means” approach to government? | Niccolò Machiavelli |
| The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 | Delivered to Congress by President James Monroe |
| Primary objective of the Declaration of Independence | To explain to foreign countries why America had to break away from England. |
| One effect of the French Revolution | Unified France |
| Nationalism | Identification of one's nation and supporting it's ideas. |
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