Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

HISTORY TERMS

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
ABSOLUTISM   The power of the monarch was unlimited except by divine law or by what was called ‘natural law’  
🗑
OLD REGIMEN   Political and social system of France prior to the French Revolution. Social institutions, divided into three orders: clergy, nobility, and others (the Third Estate)  
🗑
ENLIGHTENMENT   An intellectual movement during the 18th century in Europe.  
🗑
NATURAL RIGHTS   Rights that people have under natural law. The Declaration of Independence of the United States lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as natural rights.  
🗑
ENLIGHTENMENT DESPOTISM   A form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment  
🗑
COLONIALISM   A political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world.  
🗑
PHYSIOCRACY   The wealth of a nation is based on the land (agriculture and minig).  
🗑
ECONOMIC LIBERALISM   The individual work which aims to obtain to maximum personal benefit, is the true source of wealth.  
🗑
COTTAGE INDUSTRIES   A business or manufacturing activity carried on in people's homes.  
🗑
MANUFACTURING   Any industry that makes products from raw materials by the use of manual labour or machinery.  
🗑
TRIENNIAL ROTATION   The practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil.  
🗑
STRATIFIED SOCIETY   Is a kind the difference between social differentiation]] whereby a society groups people into socioeconomic strata  
🗑
BOURGEOISIE   The social order that is dominated by the so-called middle class.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: nmp
Popular World History sets