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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:M A I 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