Atlantic Revolutions Warm-up

What is the main theme for the period between 1750 - 1900?

• Revolutions and New Ideas

• Industrialization and technological innovations

• Migration of people into industrialized areas

• All of the above

• none of the above

Non-industrialized countries often rebelled against their imperialist occupiers. Which of the following two nations are examples of countries that rebelled against the imperialist?

• USA in 1776 and Haiti in 1801

• France in 1789 and Russia in 1918

• Haiti in 1801 and Japan in 1868

• Bolivia in 1815

Prior to 1800, most people lived in what type of systems?

• large multi-ethnic empires and homogenous governments

• nomadic herds and simple city-states

• large multi-ethnic empires and homogenous kingdoms

• established empires with structured societies

How did industrialization promote migration of people?

• people following the leaders of the community into industrialized nations

• the demand for labor increased causing people to move in search of work

• people moved closer to their families as the factories took over rural lands

• wars and conflicts made people move towards areas with less fighting and more manufacturing

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."

-Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)

What is Rene Descartes trying to say with this?

• Our absolute power lies on the human ability to think

• Power is the ability to influence other people's thoughts.

• Humans cannot control anything except the things we think.

• The capacity for rational thought gives humans the ability to control our state of being

Who applied enlightenment ideas to the status of women?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• John Locke

Which historical event partly inspired the French Revolution?

• Mexican Revolution

• Chinese Revolution

• Russian Revolution

• American Revolution

Which group used enlightenment ideas to lead a slave revolt?

• Toussaint Louverture & the Haitians

• Seneca Falls ladies

• Historically oppressed groups

• American founding fathers

What is the new idea introduced by the enlightenment?

• Absolute rule

• Mandate of heaven

• Divine right of kings

• Social contract theory

Which movement in the 1700s promoted reason, liberty, and self determination?

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• The American Revolution