World History Final Exam Review 2025 BRCHS SW

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What is divine right?

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The right to rule was given to the monarch by God.

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Who was Peter the Great?

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This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European.

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Social Contract. People are born good but corrupted by society. Limited and freely elected government

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Rousseau

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This philosopher believed that government power should be divided into three branches.

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Montesquieu

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The period when Robespierre ruled France as a dictator and thousands of political figures and citizens were executed

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Reign of Terror

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Why was England the site of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution?

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England had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built.

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What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

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Europeans divided Africa into colonies

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Imperialism was brought on as a result of

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Industrialization

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The Boxer Rebellion was an incident in which

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The nations of the West united to put down a rebellion against their influence in China

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Which of the following factors contributed to the Boxer Rebellion?
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poor treatment of foreigners by Chinese leaders,
the breaking of the alliances between Russia and China,
Chinese nationalists' anger at foreign involvement in the country,
American socialism and its effects on China

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Chinese nationalists' anger at foreign involvement in the country