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Gr. 12 History
Unit 2 Terms & Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enlightenment | Radical/new views |
| reallocation of land to private ownership to make land use more effective | Enclosures |
| controversial French book w/ info in: sci., math., lit, poli. | Encyclopedia |
| "father of libertarianism" , pro democracy & property ownership for all | John Locke |
| Represented 98% of the French pop | 3rd estate |
| Meeting occurring between euro. powers to rebuild euro. after Napoleon's fall | Congress of Versailles |
| Theory stating that some countries are unable to become developed b/c they were unable to shift from traditional to modern societies | Modernization Theory |
| Euro. war btwn Britain & France to gain land, | 7 years war |
| What are some main causes of the 7 years war | Britain's attempt to strengthen navy, Russia's expansion into east Euro. |
| Robinson Crusoe | fictional character based off of sailor Selkirk |
| early Newspaper | Gazettes |
| A country/person's independence is also called their: | sovereignty |
| Article made to address the abuses in the ancien regime - only focused on men | Declaration of the rights of men |
| Reorganization of France's land into 83 new "departments" | Constitution 1791 |
| New way of thinking - encouraged individual thinking | Humanism |
| secret club for free thinking/radical men | Freemasonry |
| Places for people to gather/read gazettes, used as salons | cafes |
| Enlightened thinker who believed in moral reform for society | Jean-Jaques Rousseau |
| oath taken in a court, a vow for the fight for equality | Tennis Court Oath |
| French ruler who came to power at the end of the revolution | Napoleon |
| What did Napoleon do? | Upgraded france's military, took over nations & land |
| Some developed nations have ensured smaller nations are dependent on them, therefore these smaller nations cannot become self sufficient | Dependency Theory |
| Endling something. eg. ______ of slavery | Abolition |
| Europeans often viewed themselves as better than other nations | ethnocentrism |
| Italian philosopher who argued against torture | Beccaria |
| form of govt, run by a small group of people who have a lot of status/power | aristocracy |
| Women who breastfed babies for richer women when it was considered gross | Wet nurses |
| Being put down by another nation | oppression |
| the belief in a god/all knowing power | deism |
| Political writer/commentator, wrote against relig. authority | Voltaire |
| Prison in Paris | Bastille |
| Queen of France during the revolution - was executed | Marie Antoinette |
| The exchange of plants, food, seeds, ect between europe/america | The Grand Exchange |
| People who travelled the world looking to convert others to catholicism | Jesuits |
| established to defend against hersey | Inquisition |
| One person has all the power | Absolute authority |
| The abandonment/death of infants | Infanticide |
| "humane" new method of execution used in French revolution | Guillotine |
| evidence > authority in what period? | Enlightenment |
| Embrace of _____ during the enlightenment | Science |
| unfair voting system, high food prices were causes of what? | The French Revolution |
| Influential woman interested in science/math, had an affair w/ Voltaire | Marquis du Chatelet |
| One of the first writers in the encyclopedia: | Diderot |
| What did the slave trade do to africa? | caused underpopulation & dependance on europe |
| _____ period helped call for the abolition of slavery | Enlightenment |
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