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Liberia and Ethiopia: Which two African countries remained independent throughout imperialism?
Third Estate: During the mid-1700s, the French people were divided into estates. Which of the following formed the larges and poorest class in French society?
Fighting their own: They felt that they were
French: When the European nations divided Africa, the ____ grabbed Northe Africa.
Matthew Perry: This man was responsible for bringing industrialization to Japan.
Magna Carta: Name the document that ablished the idea of limited government?
The enclosure movement: This method forced peasants off the land which resulted in thousands of farmers moving to the cities looking for work.
Learning other peoples' culture: Imperialism is one country's control of the government and economy of another country. Which of the following were goals of imperial nations in the late 1800s and early 1900s EXCEPT
Isolationism: What was the biggest forced migration in world migration in world history?
They kicked off land and they weren't trying to change religion: What was the relationship between the English colonists and Native Americans
Portugal: Name the country that was the first to reach India.
Theodore Roosevelt: Who was the commander of the "Rough Riders"?
Prisoners: Australia was first set up for
Helped them gain their independence: _______ Simon Bolivar is considereed a hero in countries such a Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia because he:
Near coal and iron fields: The Industrial Revolution caused cities to increase in size. Industial cities in Britain probably dveloped
Great Britain: The Industrial Revolution first began in
Positive Effects: Ended local warfare; Farming, Industry, and Transpertation; Set up schools and hospitals; Spread new ideas about human rights.
Imperial: What power sent in troops to crush the rebellion.
Christian beliefs: What was on major thing that the Chinese hated about forgieners?
Fall of the Bastille: The immediat cause that triggered, or started, the French Revolution was the
Astronomy: What was the first science affected by the Scientific Revolution?
The people: In a democracy, a constitution draws its power from
An earth-centered universe: During the Middle Ages, most Europeans were more interested in theology(the study of God) than the study of nature. They accepted the incorrect belief in
Unlimited: What type of government is an absolute monarchy?
Great Britain: The first country to pass worker-protection laws was
Export more than import: What did mercantilists believe a country should do?
Thomas Edison: Who said it ? "Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
The purposes of government: A preamble to a constitution states
A patent: The exclusive ownership of an invention is called
Haiti: The American Revolution changed the thirteen colonies into an independent nation. After the American Revolution, the next successful colonial revolution in the Americas took place in _____.
The National Assembly: The first form of government during the French Revolution was
Hindu and Muslim: What two Sepoy groups joined together in the rebellion?
Vietnam: France feared that Britain would have too much influence in Southeast Asia so France made ____ a French protectorat
William Seward: This man was responsible for the purchasing Alaska from Russia.
France: Name the country that set the model for absolutionism in Europe.
The discovery of universal laws of motion: Isaac Newton, a mathematician during the Scientific Revolution, is best known for
A sphere of influence: A region where the imperial power holds the sole right to trade or invest is called
Prussia: This European country joined forces with Austria to attack France.
Mexico: ______ The Latin Americans nation that is furthest to the north began fighting for independence from Spain in 1810, and finally gained it in 1821. This nation is:
Colonies: At first Japan wanted
British: Which Europe country built plantation colonies in the Southeastern region of the United States?
Galileo Galilei: In 1632, the Roman Catholic Church condemned the ideas of Italian scientist
Imperialism: One nation extends its control to the government and the economy of another nation is called
Nicolaus Copernicus: During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by
Marquis de Lafayette: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen stated the powers of government came from the people, not the king. Who wrote this document?
Brazil: Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar brought independence to all of the following nations except:
Peninsulares: During the 1800s, revolutions changed governments throughtout Latin America. Which of the following groups governed Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America prior to the revolutions of the 1800s?
Robespierre: This man was responsible for the Reign of Terror in France.
In the northern and centural area: Where did the rebellion spread across.
Reign of Terror: All of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy EXCEPT
World Power: Japan has the strongest navy and has defeated Russia's and China's navy makeing it a
He wanted to defend the U.S. holdings in the Pacific: President Roosevelt wanted to build a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans because
Foreigners and Chinese Christians: In 1900, the Boxers attacked who?
Rudyard Kipling;duty: Great Britain, poet___ argued that the democatic nations had a ___ to spread their government, culture, and religion to other parts of the world.
John Locke: Name the Enlightenment thinker who influenced Thomas Jefferson in his writing of the DOI.
Ptolemy: The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution EXCEPT
The Spanish-American War: The result of this war made the United States a world power.
Religion: They believed the British were trying to change their ____
Great Britan: Which nation has the oldest written constitution in the world that is still in effect?
Voltaire: Who was the greatest thinker of the Enlightenment?
Start of the enclosure movement: The rise of industrialism changed life so much that historians refer to these changes as the Industrial Revolution. Which of the following helped pave the way for the Industrial Revolution?
Assembly line and interchangeable parts: The invention of these two things will enable all factories to mass produce their products.
July 14: France celebrates its independence day on
Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines: As a result of the Spanish-American war, the United States gained control of
East Asia: Where did Japan begin her empire?
Constitution: Establishes a framework for government, provides the supreme law for a country, and states the political ideas shared by a people ... These statements best describes a(n)
Collecting data through observation: The scientific method used reason to study a topic. Which of the following is the first step in the scientific method?
Steel is flexible and sturdy: Steel will replace iron as a building material because
He required that all citizens pay taxes: Napoleon Bonaparte used his powers to change France into an empire. What other change did he bring to France?
Production of textiles: Industrial technology was first used in the
Fat of cows and of pigs.: A rumer was spread that bullets had been greased with what?
Samuel Slater: Which of the following men was responcible for bringing textile technology to the United States?
Francis Bacon: The English thinker ______ developed what is known as the scientific method.
Quiet working environment: All of the following were examples of life in textile mills EXCEPT
Sepoy: The ___ distrusted the British.
Built anywhere: With the invention of the steam-powered machines, factories could now be
Unequal tax burden: Which of the following was a major cause of the French Revolution?
Robespierre: The National Convention ended the Reign of Terror by executing
James Madison: The "Father" of the United States Constitution is
Red Sea: The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the
The spinning jenny: All of the following were examples of the Agricultural Revolution EXCEPT
Toussaint L'Ouverture: In 1804, enslaved people in Haiti revolted against French rule. Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Monroe Doctrene: This document was issued in 1823 to warn Europeans that colonization in Americas was off limits.
Set up there own government: What did the English settlers demand when they came to North America?
Passing Amendments: One way that a constitiution can be flexible, or change with time, is by

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