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La Belle Epoche
Findley 1004 test 2-29-08.-Heather
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History
10th Grade
02/25/2008

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Define materialistic.

Definition

 

 

The want for physical things; stuff

Term

 

 

What was developing when the Eupropean population grew?

Definition

 

 

Middle Class

Term

 

 

What did the growth of cities and urban life allow?

Definition

 

 

Educational and cultural opportunities

Term

 

 

When did the Wright brothers first take flight?

Definition

 

 

December, 1903

Term

 

 

What was Britain's nickname during this time?

Definition

 

 

"Workshop of the World"

Term

 

 

Describe the phrase "economies of scale".

Definition

 

 

The more you produce, the less you pay.

Term

 

 

What is a tariff?

Definition

 

 

A tax on foreign goods not meant to be collected.

Term

 

 

What was at the core of industrialization?

Definition

 

 

Science

Term

 

 

Who wrote Origin of Species?

Definition

 

 

Darwin

Term

 

 

What term was associated with Darwin's theories?

Definition

 

 

"social Darwinism"

Term

 

 

What are Eugenics?

Definition

 

 

Science of the careful selection of parents in order to improve the human race.

Term

 

 

Name three "new" sciences of this time period.

Definition
  1. Anthropology
  2. Archaeology
  3. Psycology
Term

 

 

What did Pavlov believe in and experiment on?

Definition

 

 

Conditioned responses

Term

 

 

What did Freud come up with?

Definition

 

 

Psychoanalysis

Term

 

 

Who believed that nature and energy were seperate and distinct?

Definition

 

 

Einstein

Term

 

 

Who is associated with the "Theory of Relativity"?

Definition

 

 

Einstein

Term

 

 

What were most of the socialist parties by the 1880s?

Definition

 

 

Marxists

Term

 

 

Who came up with quantum physics?

Definition

 

 

Max Planck

Term

 

 

During which war was teh Thrid French Republic declared?

Definition

 

 

Franco-Prussian War

Term

 

 

Who headed the Third French Republic?

Definition

 

 

Adolphe Thiers

Term

 

 

Name three problems with Thiers' government.

Definition

1) Too conservative

 

 

2) Too royalist

 

 

3) Too ready to accept peace with Prussia

Term

 

 

Where was the French government established?

Definition

 

 

Versailles

Term

 

 

What was the one common problem with all the reforms that the Communards were trying to make?

Definition

 

 

There wasn't enough time to make it all happen.

Term

 

 

Who was the main rivalry between?

Definition

 

 

Monarchists and Republicans

Term

 

 

Name the three main scandals.

 

Definition

1)The Boulanger Affair

 

 

2)The Panama Canal Scandal

 

 

3)Dreyfus Affair

Term

 

 

Describe the Boulanger Affair.

Definition

-Bonapartism w/o Bonaparte

-Army dominated by monarchists

-Determined to be a threat and fired

-Joined a plot against his own people

Term

 

 

Describe the Panama Canal Scandal.

Definition

-Government took bribes

-Government went into debt

-Anti-Semitism

-German Jews suffered most coverage

Term

 

 

What were the results of the Panama Canal Sccandal?

Definition

 

-proved to the public that the Republic was corrupt

 

-Anti-Semitism became more acceptable

Term

 

 

Describe the Dreyfus Affair.

Definition

-1894;list of French military documents in German Embassy

-Dreyfus was convicted to Devil's Island

-Esterhazy wsa true culprit

-Dreyfus given presidential pardon

-name cleared

Term

 

 

Who was the majority in Palestine?

Definition

 

 

Jews

Term

 

 

Who created the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland?

Definition

 

 

Herzl

Term

 

 

Who took power in the National Assembly in 1879?

(Give both names)

Definition

 

 

Republican/Anti-clarical

Term

 

 

What was the main focus on the reforms the Ferry laws made?

Definition

 

 

education

Term

 

 

What was the effect of the Ferry Laws?

Definition

 

 

It created a deep gap between the Church and State.

Term

 

 

What were the two territories lost to Germany in 1871?

Definition

 

 

Alsace

 

Lorraine

Term

 

 

What were the three main goals of the French Foreign Policy?

Definition

1)Gain back Alsace and Lorraine

 

2)End isolation in international affairs

 

3)Exand colonial empire and regain pretige los tin Franco-Prussian War

Term

 

 

What was the World's Fair held in honor of?

Definition

 

 

The French Revolution Centennial.

Term

 

 

What did the Tories support?

Definition

 

 

A strong monarchy

Term

 

 

What did the Whigs support?

Definition

 

 

A strong Parlaiment

Term

 

 

Which (out of the Tories and Whigs) group made up the Conservative Party?

Definition

 

 

Tory

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