World History Final Review

A type of government with laws based on religious principles, usually led by a religious leader.

• monarchy

• republic

• theocracy

• dictatorship

A type of government where people elect their representatives, then those representatives choose who will lead the government.

• constitutional monarchy

• parliamentary republic

• direct democracy

• presidential republic

The Enlightenment was a period in world history where thinkers argued that governments should...

• have even more power over their subjects.

• make laws according to the teachings of the Catholic Church.

• represent the wishes and protect the rights of citizens.

• be led by kings and queens with absolute power.

During the Meiji Restoration, under the reign of the Emperor, Japan...

• adopted a communist economic system.

• went through a period of violent religious wars.

• modeled political, social, and economic practices after the West.

• violently resisted American and European attempts to open trade.

A type of economy where the government owns all property and makes all economic decisions.

• Command Economy

• Market Economy

• Mixed Economy

• Traditional Economy

In a market economy...

• all economic decisions are made by buyers and sellers freely interacting.

• all economic decisions are made by the government.

• most economic decisions are made by tribal elders and based on tradition.

Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau challenged the idea of the divine right of kings. Based on their ideas, many people around the world...

• remained firm in their support of absolute monarchs.

• looked for leaders who would exercise dictatorial powers.

• engaged in revolutions to establish democratic governments.

• called for new governments based on religious law.

Why was the Treaty of Versailles ultimately a failure?

• Allied nations failed to enforce the rules it set up, allowing Germany to get away with violating them.

• It allowed Germany to keep its large military and begin expanding.

• It created an alliance between Germany and the USSR right after WWI, which would last until WWII.

Which was NOT one of the reasons why European nations built empires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• They needed more raw materials to fuel their growing industry.

• They wanted to increase markets, to sell more things to more people.

• They were suffering from overcrowding, and needed places to settle people.

• They wanted to show how powerful they were by adding colonies.

The writing of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" in France and the "Declaration of Independence" in the United States both accomplished which political goal of the Enlightenment?

• They both expanded the slave trade.

• They both restored the power of monarchies.

• They both drafted constitutional protections for people's rights.

• They both increased the power of the church in government affairs.