World History Final guide

the seven weeks war was a war between Austria and Prussia that gave Prussia control of Northern Germany

Who wrote the book Leviathan and is known for the social contract theory?

War of Austrian succession started because Maria Theresa couldn’t succeed to the lands of Emperor Charles VI

the Taiping rebellion was poor peasants/workers against the government and foreigners' special privileges

French Revolution started because parliament passed laws to limit royal power

invented the microscope

Mulattos had mixed European and African parents

Theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience

Workers protested outside the Winter Palace for better working conditions, more personal freedom, and a parliament

Tripple Entente

German Protestant princes challenged the Catholic Emperor in this war

Who concluded math laws govern planetary motion & planets had elliptical orbits?

March of Versaille was led by women rebels and went directly to the Palace of Versaille

Factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all

Mestizos had mixed European and African parents

Tripple Alliance

what war did Nicholas II take part in that broke an important treaty and the peoples' trust in him?

Napoleon Bonaparte was emperor in France

France lost its North American colonies to Britain

Absolute monarchs believed that god created the monarchy to act as His representative on Earth

US and Europe took Latin American businesses as payment for debts that couldn't be payed off

Who criticized the established Catholic Church during the Enlightenment?

Who led the Argentinian and Chile revolution

Complete socialism and production of everything is ruled by the people

Renaissance - new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observations + questioning beliefs

Father of Liberalism

Mercantilism

First Tzar of Russia, instituted a reign of terror against hereditary nobility

Who declared independence in Venezuela?

Who invented the improved the steam engine?

Which event marked the start of the French Revolution?

Who led the revolution in Haiti

German princes were allowed to choose the religion for their territory

Peasants attacked castles of their lords, and nobles were afraid of the people

The Opium War was fought when the British refused to stop selling Opium in China

Which King made nobles totally dependent on him and gave power to intendants?

Which is NOT a factor of production?

Who started the revolution in Mexico?

Factors of production are privately owned and money is invested in business ventures to make a profit

Major European conflict after the death of Charles II in which France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire fought

Letting owners of an industry or business set working conditions without government interference

The Enlightenment was the transition to new manufacturing processes (like factories) in Europe & US

Movement that reflected deep interest in both nature. & thoughts/feelings of the individual

Strong loyalty to the ruler not the people

Things, ideas, and institutions should be judged based on their usefulness

Prussia’s realpolitik who ruled without consent of parliament and sought to unite Germany

What did the Old Order organize France into?

The National Assembly was formed because the 3rd estate couldn’t change anything in the Estates General

Created after defeat of Napoleon and achieved 40 years of peace

The French Constitution was drafted by the Assembly and helped influence the start of the French Revolution

Simón Bolívar

Peonage is debt that was passed through generations of workers

Invented analytical geometry

which is NOT a main cause of WWI

Why did the US enter the Great War

Robenspierre governed France as dictator. This period ended when Comittee of Public Safety executed him

What was included in the Petition of Right

Leader of the Jacobins who wanted to kill the king and his supporters

Which treaty ended the war of Spanish Succession

President Wilson's plan that had no secret treaties, free trade, the League of nations, + adjusted borders & colonies

The Estates General was formed to make a new constitution for France

Period of flourishing art and literature in Spain during the rise of the Habsburg dynasty

What forbade monarchs from imprisoning people with no cause, and allowed a trial for prisoners

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended WWII battles between Russia and Germany

Dowager Empress Cixi updated the educational system, diplomatic service and military

Radical group of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for a change (Russian Revolution)

Bloodless revolution that replaced King James II with Mary and William of Orange

What did Cardinal Richelieu do while he was appointed by Louis XII?

Creoles

Commander who led Turkish nationalists in fighting the Greeks/British and overthrowing the last Ottoman Sultan

Declared the US an international police and justified its intervention in Latin America