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Topic 1 - Non-Political Revolutions
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
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Terms and People
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-The change from the Paleolithic Era (2.5 million BC), where people would be nomadic hunter/gatherers, to farmers in the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BC)
-Paleolithic Era = Old Stone Age -Neolithic Revolution = New Stone Age Commercial Revolution-With the increase in farming production from new technologies like the 3-field system, the iron plow, and the horse harness, surpluses made it possible for new forms of business
-New forms of business include insurance, bills of exchange, and banking -Currency is now the way to buy and sell and bartering becomes a thing of the past |
Important Terms
- heliocentric model - joint stock company - bills of exchange - stock - capital - factory - urbanization - tenement - labor union - communism - means of production - interchangeable parts - assembly line - suffrage - Social Darwinism - standard of living - laissez-faire - urban renewal - realism Important People - Galileo - Copernicus - Johannes Gutenberg - Francis Bacon - Rene Descartes - Adam Smith - Karl Marx - Charles Darwin - Charles Dickens - Louis Pasteur |
Scientific Revolution
-Knowledge about the world we live in is no longer based upon theory and/or tradition (ie: religious tradition), but based upon Science
-Experimentation and observation becomes basis for Scientific Method -Copernicus and Galileo become pioneers for the belief in the heliocentric (sun-centered universe) model -Francis Bacon claims the best way to learn is through experimentation -Rene Descartes claims the best way to learn is through reasoning -Isaac Newton discovers the law of gravity |
Printing Revolution
-Prior to the Printing Revolution, book-making is slow and expensive, and a privilege for the rich
-Literacy rates are very low, and information spreads slowly -Johann Gutenberg invents the Printing Press and book-making becomes cheaper and easier to make -Literacy rates increase drastically, and information begins to spread much more quickly -The spread of religious and scientific information spreads rapidly (20 million copies of Bible printed by ~1550) which eventually leads to the spread of Protestant Reformation ideas |
Industrial Revolution
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Topic 2 - Political Revolutions
Enlightenment leads to Revolution
-Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Voltaire inspired the masses (especially the lowest classes) to not only realize that they have natural rights that no one can take away, but they have the right to overthrow any government that tries to take away those natural rights. This will lead to the largest populations of people gathering together to overthrow the government that persecutes them.
French Revolution
-The French pyramid of social classes exists of 3 classes...The First Estate (highest class), The Second Estate, and the Third Estate (lowest class). While the Third Estate is suffering from poverty, the King was living lavishly without care for the other classes. This will all change in certain pieces of French history, like the Storming of the Bastille and the Reign of Terror.
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Important Terms and People
Important Terms
- peninsular - creole - mestizo - mulatto - censorship - Natural Rights - social contract - ideology - nationalism - universal manhood suffrage - truce - autonomy - recession - conservatism - liberalism Important People - John Locke - Baron de Montesquieu - Mary Wollstonecraft - Thomas Hobbes - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Prince Klemens von Metternich - Napoleon Bonaparte - Toussaint L’Ouverture - Simon Bolivar - Voltaire |
Topic 3 - Nationalism, Imperialism, Modernization
Global I -
- empire - dynastic cycle - monsoon - subcontinent - veneration - plateau - reincarnation Global II - - nationalism - liberalism - conservatism - natural resources - imperialism - modernization - ethnocentrism - annex - sphere of influence - genocide - Berlin Conference (1884) - sepoy - Sepoy Rebellion - Opium War - Treaty of Nanjing - Open Door Policy - Boxer Rebellion - extraterritoriality |
Global I -
- Siddhartha Gautama - Confucius - Laozi - Hanfeizi Global II - - Otto von Bismarck - Count Camillo Cavour - Giuseppe Garibaldi - King Victor Emmanuel II - Czar Nicholas II Concepts - - The cultures of Africa, India, and China are varied and unique. - Geography plays a large role in the lives of people in Africa, India, and China. - Africa, India, and China were rich in culture and rich in natural resources. - Britain’s 19th-cent. Industrial Rev. sparked the Age of Imperialism. - Africa, India, and China became targets for European expansion. - The Age of Imperialism caused tension and competition amongst the European powers and would eventually help lead to World War I. |
India - Geography and Religion
Geography - Monsoons impact the Indian subcontinent every year. Summer monsoons originate over the Indian Ocean, causing the seasonal winds to be very soaking and wet. Winter monsoons originate over the Gobi Desert, causing the seasonal winds to be very dry and hot. Timing is everything for farmers, as the monsoons will either drown them out in the Summer or dry them out in the Winter.
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Religion - The most popular religion in India is Hinduism. The Hindu belief system was based on the caste system. Karma and dharma (religious duties) would dictate a person's movement up or down the castes. Good karma would allow you to move out of the caste in the present life to a higher caste in the next life, whereas bad karma would have the opposite effect. Hindu people believe in reincarnation, in which a person's soul or atman becomes a different person, animal, or being after a person dies. Even though this is an intricate part of Hinduism, it is not the ultimate. The ultimate existence is to be in union with their deity (god) called Brahman. This ultimate form of existence with Brahman is called moksha. Moksha releases the person from reincarnation and is in eternity with Brahman. Hindu people believe strongly in ahimsa, which is the belief in nonviolence. There are multiple sacred texts and founders. Most information about Hinduism can be found in the Vedas and Upanishads.
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China - Geography and Religion
Geography - Two of the most popular rivers is the Yellow River (River of Sorrows/Huang He) and the Yangtse River. The Yellow River is known for it's yellow soil called loess. When it floods, the effects are devastating to the surrounding villages, hence the nickname River of Sorrows. The geography of China can be a barrier to the movement of people. For example, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayan Mountains provide a large barrier for people to relocate and because of that, most people live in the eastern part of China.
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Religion - The most popular religion in China is Buddhism. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, a wealthy Hindu man that was taken aback by the sight of an old person, a sick person, and a dead body. He came to the realization that all life is meaningless and he was so inspired that he spent 48 days under a tree thinking about the meaning of life. He was enlightened once he came up with the Four Noble Truths...the idea that desire causes suffering and the cure is to overcome that desire through the Eightfold Path. His enlightened view of life gave him the title, Buddha, which means "the enlightened one." They are non-theistic and have the Tripitaka as their sacred text. They do not see Buddha as a worshiped god because by worshiping, it will cause desire and desire will in turn cause suffering. They believe in non-violence, reincarnation, karma and dharma, but they do NOT believe in the caste system. Buddhism continues to be one of the most popular religions in China.
Africa - Geography and Religion
Religion - Africa is home to many different religions including Christianity and Islam. Many of the inner-African tribes are polytheistic and believe in nature spirits.
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Geography - Africa is an enormous continent that is filled with natural resources such as gold, diamonds, oil, and many other elements used for electronic devices. One of the biggest blessings about Africa can be seen as one of its biggest curses as many other nations have used Africa for their resources. Some of these imperialist nations use Africa for their resources, which further ignites child labor and forced labor in general. Two of the major deserts are the Sahara in the north and the Kalahari in the south. The border of the deserts are occupied by the savanna, which are grassy plains and the innermost part of Africa is filled with thick, dense rainforests. Unfortunately, Africa is littered with disease, poverty, and malnutrition. The expansion of the deserts, also known as desertification, is contributing to the lack of farmable land, thus contributing further to the famine problem.
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