Midterm Exam Scales 1-6 Review

Source that gives first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

Industrialized fairly late but became the leader in heavy industry, especially metalwork. They had lots of coal...

European nations competed for colonies as a way to demonstrate their strength and influence in the world.

Statement of political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.

King George III

The process of changing from an agricultural society to manufacturing goods in a country.

An area within which the political and economic interests of one nation influence those of other nations.

Belief that the king or queen receives their power from God and is responsible only to God.

Thomas Jefferson

Who coined the idea of Separation of powers?

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.

The complete control by one firm of the production and/or the supply of a good.

Complete control over people and government

Which of the following countries were a part of the Triple Entente pre-war alliance?

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.

Freedom of speech/religious freedom

Believed people were naturally selfish and needed a strong government like absolute monarchy to control them.

Europeans believed they had a duty to “civilize” people in Africa and Asia. This idea is...

The Declaration of Independence

An organization formed by workers in a trade, industry, or company to help improve pay, benefits, and working conditions

The idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property.

Sources created by someone who did NOT participate in the events, and are one or more steps removed from the event.

An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed.

The first ten amendments to the Constitution.

The basic materials from which a product is made.

A meeting of delegates from each of the thirteen American colonies.

Europeans wanted to find new places to sell their goods and get raw materials to feed their growing industries...

The father of modern economics. “Capitalism”

First Thinker, to speak out for women's rights?

Economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses. (No regulation)

The belief government should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively.

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular cause.

The machinist, John Kay, made this product that moved on wooden wheels and doubled the work a weaver could do in a day.

Louis XVI

This relatively inexpensive process converts iron to steel by using a blast of air to remove carbon from molten iron.  

A type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning.

A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate.

____was helped by Britain to create textile mills for cloth making. They relied mainly on waterpower, over steam power,

A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules to colonize Africa.

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries.

Declaration of Independence

A recording of a speech by Martin Luther King Jr.: The actual voice of the speaker (unedited)

Diary of Anne Frank

In case of the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first and then Russia.

A policy in which a state takes political and economic control of areas beyond its borders.

The framework that establishes our laws, and how our government is organized.

When a source is unbiased and has evidence to back it up, it is considered ____meaning it can be trusted or believed in.

The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.

Belief or desire of a government that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it.

An article in a history journal analyzing the causes of the French Revolution

Robespierre

Which enlightenment thinker coined the idea of Natural Rights?

The belief that one group/race is superior to another.

Parts that can be swapped for one another in the assembling of a product, because they are made precisely identical.

A type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches.

The process of changing from an agricultural society to manufacturing goods in a country.

A military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and resources to obtain victory.

Napoleon

second country to take up industrialization, behind Great Britain. create a thriving steel industry. (Cockerill Family)

People are the source of any and all governmental power.

Term for a particular attitude or way of considering a matter….how one would look at an event.

A documentary film about the Civil Rights Movement

A policy in which a state takes political and economic control of areas beyond its borders.

The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on the government to protect the natural rights of citizens.

A biography of Abraham Lincoln: A book written by a historian

Document that stated American independence from Great Britain.

Where large numbers of people move to relatively small areas, forming cities.

ambitious industrial process creating coal mines, shipping yards and textile factories, boosted their silk industry.

Which of the following countries were a part of the Triple Alliance pre-war alliance?

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.