ERA 6 Test Flashcards
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How long was ERA 6?
175 years
Which three revolution took place?
American
Haitian
French
What is a Nation State?
A large sovereign country, usually people of same or similar ethnicity.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A shift from human produced labor and goods to machine produced labor and goods.
What (THREE) things allowed for the Industrial Revolution to occur?
Science
Coal
Steam Engine
What was Economic Revolution
- New empires gained colonies from all over the world.
- Good for the Empires - Brought in wealth, riches, and prestige.
- Bad for the colonized areas. Repressed freedoms & exploited.
What is Communism?
a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. FORCED EQUALITY
What is Capitalism?
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. FREEDOM
What was the Enlightenment?
Time where major scientific breakthroughs were occurring that helped us humans understand the world
What did Thomas Hobbes believe in?
People are generally ‘Evil’
Best way of life is having a STRONG GOVERNMENT that controls citizens
What did John Locke believe in?
People are generally ‘blank slates’
Humans have THREE natural rights- Life, Liberty, and Property
What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe in?
We give up our freedom to live in a civilized world
If the majority of people find something to be acceptable then it is.
What did Montesquieu believe in?
You can’t let any one person get too much power.
Government’s have Three Powers- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What did Voltaire believe in?
Criticism of Church
Separation of Church and State
What did Mary Wollstonecraft believe in?
If women were given access to the same education as men, there would be no difference in their ability level
What powered factories to create goods? Industrial
Steam Engine
Where does industrialization start?
Great Britain
Who invents the Steam Engine?
James Watts
Why did Industrialization start in Britain?
Abundance of convenience coal areas
The Elites were interested in business
Capitalist economic system
Cheap cotton production by African Slaves in North America
Owned colonies in North and South America
Why didn’t Industrialization start in China?
Hard to get coal
So many people are able to work, no need of machines
Chinese government didn’t support exploration of the ocean
China focused on defense, not exploration
What were to consequences of the Industrial Revolution?
Nations began using their military to colonize and taken over non industrial parts of the world. (Imperialism)
World population shift from rural farms to urban cities
Fossil fuels and carbon emissions byproduct harm the environment
What is Imperialism?
The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
What is Nationalism?
The feeling of cultural pride, loyalty, and patriotism to one’s country.
Which countries were imperial powers?
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
USA
France
Portugal
