Global 10R Midterm Review

What was the major cause of the defeat of Napoleon?

Francis Bacon

Idea that European countries had a duty to spread their way of life around the world

The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices of the British

Meeting of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon.

A policy of making concessions to an aggressor

It called for the elimination of Jews and other non-conformists

One result of World War II

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war

wrote 'Spirit of the Laws'

French philosopher. Believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government.

Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs

domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country

policy of German unification put forth by Bismarck

A political system where a dictator calls for extreme nationalism, racism and no tolerance

Soviet leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party

Nazi leaders were tried for violations of the rules of war crimes against humanity

economy in which production, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government

He discovered that planets and moons are physical bodies because of his studies

A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles

American naval commander who "opened" Japan

Africa divided unequally among European nations. The rights of Africans were disregarded

Wrote "The Social Contract"

Which one of the following was NOT a government response to poor working conditions?

What the Eastern European region the Balkans was known as

asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property

wrote the Wealth of Nations; Believed in Laissez Faire

This is the 1848 book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

His book, presented in Principia Mathematica (1687), was the first modern book on physics

the modernization and industrialization of Japan in the 1800's