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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plato’s ideal form of government? He stated his philosophy in his work The Republic. | Aristocracy is the form of government |
| Rome’s first code of law | Law of the Twelve Tables |
| What are some major differences between the Greco-Roman and Jewish and Christian traditions? | It was polytheistic meaning they believed the world is constantly changing |
| How did the Classical Greeks think about the individual? It is central to Western political thought today. | the individual was dependent upon the society in which he was born for all that he could become as a person.Individual achievement, dignity, and self forth are of great importance. |
| A cornerstone of our government today is based upon some political ideas that came from Montesquieu. What are they? | natural rights, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and social contract. |
| Rousseau wanted society to be governed by what? | He believed in a direct democracy in which everyone voted to express the general will and to make the laws of the land. |
| 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 of the Citizen |
| The thinking behind the Enlightenment Era and how the people should be governed. | These thinkers valued reason, science, religious tolerance, and what they called “natural rights" life, liberty, and property |
| What provisions were contained in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen? | freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers. |
| What reforms did Napoleon introduce to France? | Napoleon encouraged loyal emigres to return and he allowed peasants to keep lands they got from nobles or the church. |
| Philosophies of John Locke. | John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary. |
| 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? | Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 |
| What was the Glorious Revolution all about? | It involved the overthrow of the Catholic king James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. |
| Why is the Magna Carta significant in the history of democratic ideas? | The Magna Carta established the idea of consultative government, |
| What factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in England Britain? | The new inventions, access to raw materials, trade routes and partners, social changes, and a stable government |
| The Textile industry met its last major challenge to full mechanization with the development of what? | Improvements to the steam engine. |
| The Industrial Revolution created new jobs in what? | railroad construction, coal mining, factory production, and farming. |
| Nationalism v. Patriotism | Patriotism is support for one's country because you feel pride in it, and a belief in the values of that country. nationalism is a feeling of superiority and thrive for more power. |
| What social change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution | he Industrial Revolution brought rapid urbanization or the movement of people to cities. |
| What was the objective of the Romantic artists? | The artists emphasized that sense and emotions nor just reason and order. |
| How long did the Enlightenment Period last? | from 1685-1815 |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. |
| What did a growing Indian distrust of the British lead to? | a growing distrust of the British and rumor that the rifle cartridges were greased with cow and pig fat led to a rebellion of the Indian sepoys. |
| Democracy | Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation or to choose governing officials to do so |
| Enlightenment view of women | The role of women in the Enlightenment is debated. It is acknowledged that women during this era were not considered of equal status to men, and much of their work and effort were suppressed. |
| The Declaration of Independence state that government should protect natural rights that were stated in what document. | Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are "life, liberty, and property." |
| How did the US Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers? | The Constitution reflected Enlightenment distrust of powerful central governments. |
| How did France’s revolutionaries follow the examples set by leaders of the American Revolution? | France provided the money, troops, armament, military leadership, and naval support that tipped the balance of military power in favor of the United States |
| Napoleonic Code and the Enlightenment principles | including freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal treatment before the law, equal opportunity for all based on talent and hard work rather than birth status, set up a citizen army, and abolished the privileges of the noble class. |
| What had the greatest impact on the improvement of working conditions in the 1800s? | They protested to get more rights, which improved their living conditions. |
| What contributed to German’s growth as an industrial power under Bismarck? | Prussia's victory over the French in the Franco-Prussian War. |
| Most to the growth of nationalism in the Balkans? | minor changes in Russia. |
| what had great power in third repubic in france | Coalintions |
| Why were the British able to conquer India’s vast territory? | The British were able to take control of India mainly because India was not united. The British signed treaties and made military and trading alliances with many of the independent states that made up India. The British were very effective at infiltrating |
| What did Japan gain control over which aided in it becoming an imperialist power? | The Korean Peninsula. |
| Which system of law appeared first? | By the 22nd century BC, Ur-Nammu, an ancient Sumerian ruler, formulated the first extant law code, consisting of casuistic statements ("if... then..."). Around 1760 BC, King Hammurabi further developed Babylonian law, by codifying and inscribing it in sto |
| Aristotle | The Main Idea: man's good consists in happiness, understood as a life of intellectual and moral excellence |
| Why did Christianity first begin to spread quickly through the Roman Empire? | Christianity spread through the Roman Empire and eventually it received legal status in 313 CE. This was an important development because it meant that Christians could openly practice their religion. ... In 380 CE, Christianity gained even more influence |
| Why did King John not want to sign the Magna Carta? | In 1215, King John of England was forced to sign the Magna Carta stating that the king was not above the law of the land and protecting the rights of the people. Today, the Magna Carta is considered one of the most important documents in the history of de |
| A cause of the French Revolution. | Not only were the royal coffers depleted, but two decades of poor harvests, drought, cattle disease and skyrocketing bread prices had kindled unrest among peasants and the urban poor |
| The most political form in classical Mediterranean world | Democracy |
| The disease that took many lives in the fourteenth century | The Bubonic plague |
| Middle Passage | the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies. |
| Which Enlightenment Thinker gave us the principle of “the ends will justify the means” approach to government? | Machiavelli |
| The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 | Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization. |
| Primary objective of the Declaration of Independence | To set the basic rights of the US citizens in the new nation. |
| One effect of the French Revolution | Inspired social and political change throughout Europe. |
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