World History Semester 1 Review

The battle that became Napoleon's final military defeat.

Inventor who improved the steam engine that spurred the Industrial Revolution.

French king who, along with his wife Marie Antoinette, was executed during the revolution.

Document that became the preamble to the Constitution of 1791 in France.

Known as "The Incorruptible," he led the Reign of Terror in an effort to eliminate enemies.

1885 conference where the European powers divided up Africa.  No Africans were invited.

Model of the solar system that has the Sun at the center with the planets rotating around it.

Theory that said the Earth was in a fixed position and all the heavens revolved around it.

A solemn oath by the Third Estate to continue meeting until they drafted a new constitution.

The methods used by the Russians to defeat Napoleon's Grand Army.

The largest estate in pre-revolutionary France that included peasants and the bourgeoisie. 

The French estate consisting of priests and other Catholic clergy.  

Famous astronomer who is best known for his laws of planetary motion.

Famous document that greatly limited the powers of the king in France.

Ironically named group that carried out the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France.

Inventor who made the first commercially-successful steamboat.

The small, corrupt group of leaders in the National Assembly that were overthrown by Napoleon.

Armory and prison in France that was stormed by an angry mob on July 14, 1789.

The name for the small group of rulers, led by Napoleon, that replaced The Directory.

The French estate made up of nobles and aristocrats.

The idea that markets will take care of themselves and governments should stay out.

Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric model of the solar system.

Famous French military leader who overthrew The Directory and named himself emperor.

A meeting called by Louis XVI in an attempt to raise taxes on the Third Estate.

Famous Italian scientist who confirmed heliocentrism but then had to recant to the Inquisition.

Famous French writer and philosopher who strongly advocated free speech.

Term to describe the French middle class that included wealthy merchants, doctors, and lawyers.

The tragic segment of the Triangle of Trade that brought slaves from Africa to the New World.

Famous Ancient Greek scientist and philosopher whose theories lasted about a thousand years.

English mathematician who invented calculus and established many laws of physics.

The idea that a monarch's power comes directly from God.

Robespierre's ideas to establish France as a peaceful, egalitarian society.

A term to describe great thinkers during the Enlightenment.

The system of laws that was implemented in France during the time of Napoleon.

Enlightenment scientist who discovered that blood is pumped by the heart in a closed system.

Author of Leviathan who advocated a very strong monarch empowered by a social contract.

A term to describe an order or a threat issued by one state against another.

Famous Deist who is best remembered for saying "I think, therefore I am."

Famous American commodore who opened Japan to U.S. trade.

Napoleon's attempt to isolate Great Britain and keep them from selling goods in Europe.

The concept that the monarch is all-powerful and controls all affairs of the state.

A famous unsuccessful rebellion by Indian soldiers against their British colonial masters.

A term that means "a blow to the state," and is marked by the overthrow government leaders.

"Enlightened" ruler of Russia who ultimately did nothing for serfs, but did expand territory.

Political philosopher who believed in natural rights including life, liberty, and property.

English scientist who is credited with developing the scientific method.

A supposedly humane means of execution that was used extensively during the Reign of Terror. 

An uprising against European influences in China by the Society of Harmonious Fists.