Enlightenment Industrial Revolution ImperialismWorld WarsCold War 20 th Century Miscellaneous

Locke’s three basic natural rights

Life, Liberty, Property

According to Enlightenment thinkers, the source of authority, or the power of government, comes from…

The People

This is the Enlightenment concept that citizens should be able to choose their own government

Popular Sovereignty

This is the French document that was influenced by the Declaration of Independence

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Locke and Rousseau believed that power comes from people entering into one of these with their government

Social Contract

This social group grew dramatically during the industrial revolution

Middle Class

True or False: The industrial revolution narrowed the gap between the rich and the poor

False

The three factors of production

Land, Labor, Capital

Identify two of the short term effects of the industrial revolution on the living conditions in Great Britain

Lower Standard of Living, Low Wages, Overcrowding, etc.

This person warned of a growing class conflict because of the industrial revolution and forecasted an uprising of the working class

Karl Marx

Poem that urged the United States to take up the responsibility for colonizing the world

“White Man’s Burden”

True or False: Imperialism led to increased competition between European nations

True

Identify two of the positive effects of European imperialism upon Africa

Better Meds, Higher Standard of Living, Education, Modernization

Give one example of how an undeveloped country could accept imperialism, and one example of how a country could resist imperialism

Japan modernized and imperialized; China fought back

This event aimed to set the rules for imperialism and to have countries recognize the land holdings of other countries

Berlin Conference

Terms for the four main causes of WWI – they are abbreviated as follows: MAI N

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Policy that Great Britain and France unsuccessfully used to block Hitler’s aggression

Appeasement

Terms for an official ceasefire between warring nations

Armistice

Identify two of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles that would have angered Germany

Reparations, give up colonies, blame for the war, reduce army

Two countries that switched sides during World War II

Italy and Russia

German city that provided the first real showdown between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

Berlin

Idea that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would fall as well

Domino Theory

Policy that the United States would aid any country trying to resist communism

Truman Doctrine

This mutual defense organization was the Russian version of NATO

Warsaw Pact

Give two specific examples of the United States using the policy of containment

Korea, Vietnam, Marshall Plan, Berlin

Many colonies received their independence following what event

WWII

This was the technological competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 50’s and 60’s

The Space Race

These two countries ended up bickering over their concept of communism

China and USSR

True or False: The United States got involved in the Balkan region of southern Europe in the 1990’s after reports of ethnic strife and genocide

True

This term refers to the “thawing” of relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970’s

Detente