Term
| What were the major aims of the feminist movement? |
|
Definition
| Political rights and equality for women |
|
|
Term
| What was the womens social and political union? |
|
Definition
| a group that campaigns for social reforms |
|
|
Term
| who was Emmiline Pankhurst? |
|
Definition
| the prominent feminist leader |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A well known Russian revolutionary and theorist of anarchism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Prime-minister in Russia who during 1906-1911 - Carried out agrarian reform aimed at creating individuals farms |
|
|
Term
| Who was Gustave Le Bon and what were his principal ideas about human social behavior? |
|
Definition
| He helped Weimar, Germany stabilized its economy and finances, and reinforced its international position |
|
|
Term
| Who was Arthur de Gobineau and what were his beliefs about human races? |
|
Definition
| Believed the white race was superior to the other races in the creation of civilized culture and maintaining ordered government |
|
|
Term
| Who was Houston Stewart Chamberlain? |
|
Definition
| Associated with the late 19th century racial theory |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Founder of Zionist movement |
|
|
Term
| What was the principal idea of Zionism? |
|
Definition
| Based on historical ties and religious traditions linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel |
|
|
Term
| What were the major ideas and beliefs of Romanticism? |
|
Definition
| Cultural reaction to Enlightenment – Emphasis on feelings and emotion |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Argued that human understanding is a creative act of the human mind and not a passive interpretation of the world as people observe it
Believed in Phenomenal and Nominal Worlds |
|
|
Term
| What does the term “phenomenal” world define? |
|
Definition
| A world of sensory experience |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Dialectics – idea of things being defined by its opposites
Created the Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis Believed all periods in history are important |
|
|
Term
| Who was Charles Darwin and what theory he proposed? |
|
Definition
Wrote - Origin of the Species
Created theory of “Survival of the Fittest” |
|
|
Term
| What does the concept of “survival of the fittest” mean |
|
Definition
| The stronger and more adapted species survive longer and pass down traits to new offspring leading to gradual development of a new species |
|
|
Term
| What was Social Darwinism? |
|
Definition
| Darwinism applied to Society |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Created theory of Social Darwinism |
|
|
Term
| What are the major ideas of Positivism |
|
Definition
| A materialistic world view |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Father of modern Sociology
Believed in Positivism and Evolution of Knowledge |
|
|
Term
| What does the theological stage of human understanding refer to |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What does the positive state of human understanding define? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What does the term fin-de-siècle define |
|
Definition
| Pertaining to the end of the nineteenth century, and its climate of sophisticated world-weariness, self-doubt and artistic climate |
|
|
Term
| Who was Sigmund Freud and what theory he proposed? |
|
Definition
| Believed humans weren’t Rational – Thought humans had 2 real things that struggled within called ID and Superego |
|
|
Term
| Who was Friedrich Nietzsche and what was his principal view on human nature? |
|
Definition
| Believed that Christian & middle class values limit an individual’s development |
|
|
Term
| What were the three principle forms of imperialism? |
|
Definition
Colonization - taking and controlling foreign areas
A Protectorate - Less control and no direct overtaking of foreign areas
A Zone of Influence - offered less control and was an agreement of the state to give right and privileges to Natural Resources |
|
|
Term
| What were the major motives and causes of imperialism of the late nineteenth century? |
|
Definition
Economic Motive - Resources
Religious Motive – belief that Christianity was superior to all |
|
|
Term
| According to Kipling, what was The White Man’s Burden? |
|
Definition
| A poem, about the western world (America) trying to dominate the developing world for their own benefit |
|
|
Term
| What enabled Europeans to colonize or to take under control large parts of Africa and Asia? |
|
Definition
| European technological and military superiority |
|
|
