History Final Exam1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 1. Plato’s ideal form of government? He stated his philosophy in his work The Republic. | believed that individuals should live in a just and rational state |
| 2. Rome’s first code of law | The Twelve Tables |
| 3. What are some major differences between the Greco-Roman and Jewish and Christian traditions? | They differ in matters concerning their beliefs in one God. |
| 4. How did the Classical Greeks think about the individual? It is central to Western political thought today. | individual achievement, dignity and worth are of great importance. |
| 5. A cornerstone of our government today is based upon some political ideas that came from Montesquieu. What are they? | His analysis of the governmental system of checks and balances |
| 6. Rousseau wanted society to be governed by what? | One of the persons who argued for the origin of the state as social contract theory. |
| 7. One of the accomplishments of the French Revolution was a document that was based upon the Declaration of Independence? What document? | Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. |
| 8. The thinking behind the Enlightenment Era and how the people should be governed. | humans are guided by natural laws and through reason and thought can learn about their natural laws and create bodies that govern the people based on them. |
| 9. What provisions were contained in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen? | an end to tax exemptions, freedom of speech, freedom of the press. |
| 10. What reforms did Napoleon introduce to France? | a public school system, construction of new transportation including canals and roads, and the Napoleonic code |
| 11. Philosophies of John Locke. | Humans have Natural Rights |
| 12. What Enlightenment philosopher published Two Treatises of Government, in which he detailed his beliefs regarding natural rights, including the right to life, liberty and property? | John Locke |
| 13. What was the Glorious Revolution all about? | the invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost no bloodshed |
| 14. Why is the Magna Carta significant in the history of democratic ideas? | strengthened the idea that a monarch’s power was limited, not absolute |
| 15. What factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in England Britain? | improved food supplies, large labor force, and abundant money supply |
| 16.The Textile industry met its last major challenge to full mechanization with the development of what? | improvements to the steam engine |
| 17. Industrial Revolution created new jobs in what? | railroad construction, factory production, and coal mining |
| 18. Nationalism v. Patriotism | Patriotism creates a feeling of responsibility, whereas Nationalism creates a feeling of blind arrogance. |
| 19. More on Nationalism v. Patriotism | Patriotism displays a sense of pure pride in ones country, whereas Nationalism displays a sense of extensive pride no matter at what cost. |
| 20. What social change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution? | emergence of the working class and the middle class |
| 21.What was the objective of the Romantic artists? | stir up emotions. |
| 22. How long did the Enlightenment Period last? | one-hundred fifty years. |
| 23. Mohandas Gandhi | set up a nonviolent movement with the aim to force the British to aid the poor and grant independence to India |
| 24.What did a growing Indian distrust of the British lead to? | the First War of Independence, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny |
| 25. Democracy example | All citizens of Athens had the right to discuss issues openly and to vote in the assembly. |
| 26. Enlightenment view of women | Women were considered to have natural rights to home and family. |
| 27. The Declaration of Independence state that government should protect natural rights that were stated in what document. | The Bill of Rights |
| 28. How did the US Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers? | It created a government based on a social contract. |
| 29. How did France’s revolutionaries follow the examples set by leaders of the American Revolution? What did they write? | issuing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. |
| 30. Napoleonic Code and the Enlightenment principles | It guaranteed the equality of all citizens before the law. |
| 31. What is a direct result of the discovery that germs cause disease? | improved sanitation |
| 32. What had the greatest impact on the improvement of working conditions in the 1800s? | labor unions |
| 33. What contributed to German’s growth as an industrial power under Bismarck? | substantial iron and coal reserves |
| 34. Most to the growth of nationalism in the Balkans? | the decline of the Ottoman empire |
| 35. What had great power in the Third Republic in France? | The voter-elected Chamber of Deputies had great power. |
| 36.Why were the British able to conquer India’s vast territory? | Britain exploited its diversity |
| 37. What did Japan gain control over which aided in it becoming an imperialist power? | Korea |
| 38. Which system of law appeared first? | The Code of Hammurabi |
| 39. Aristotle | famed Greek philosophers was interested in analyzing and classifying things as they are, based on observance and investigation |
| 40. Why did Christianity first begin to spread quickly through the Roman Empire? | There were reports that Jesus was the Messiah and had overcome death. |
| 41.Why did King John not want to sign the Magna Carta? | Because it would strengthen the idea that the monarch’s power was limited |
| 42. A cause of the French Revolution. | The crisis in government finances |
| 43. The most political form in classical Mediterranean world | representative democracy |
| 44. The disease that took many lives in the fourteenth century | subonic plague |
| 45.Middle Passage | The voyage from Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas. |
| 46. Which Enlightenment Thinker gave us the principle of “the ends will justify the means” approach to government? | Machiavelli |
| 47.The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 | was proclaimed by the United States to keep European nations out of Latin America. |
| 48.Primary objective of the Declaration of Independence | to free the colonies from allegiance to Britain |
| 49. One effect of the French Revolution | Nationalistic feelings were stimulated. |
| 50. Nationalism | the loyalty of a people to their values, traditions, and a geographic region at whatever the cost |
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