the rest Flashcards
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what was an enlightened monarch?
rulers influenced by the enligjtenment
who proposed the heliocentric theory?
nicklaus copernicus
was was the heliocentric theory
the sun is the center of the solar system instead of the earh
who helped pioneer the study of gravity and also calculus?
isaac newton
who proved the heliocentric theory correct and used a telescope to observe the moons of jupiter?
galileo galilei
which two thinkers were obsessed with creating a scientific method to prove the absolute truth?
bacon and kepler
why were the french upset with the government?
felt they were favoring the wealthy
how did the industrial revolution lead to urbanization?
more factories
where did the id start?
great britain
what did the liked of edison, ford, morse, marconi and watt indecent to help life improve during the id
transportation, communications
what did karl marx propose
communism
charles darwin
animals evolved through natural selection
economic, political exploratory, ideoligocal and religious were all what?
motivations for nations a wanteing to imperialism different parts of the world
what were the opium wars?
british grew opium, england said stop, they didn’t
what was the berlin conference?
europeans that wanted territory in africa
what did otto con bismarck accomplish for germany
strengthen army, passed laws for working class
what rights did benjamin disraeli and william gladstone fight for?
the right to vote
what were the MAIN causes of WW1
m=militarism
a=alliances
i-imperialism
n=nationalism
