Edmentum End Of Semester Test - World History Semester A Questions And Answers (Graded A+)

Enlightenment ideas {Ans: All human beings are born free and equal with a right to life liberty and property. It is the duty of the government to protect the natural rights of its citizens. Enlightenment thinkers were primarily interested in changing the relationship between the people and their government. Government's decisions should be based on laws of nature and reason}WWI Art {Ans: Changed to hopelessness because of returned soldiers.}Stamp Act {Ans: an act passed by the British parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents}Which major European empires focused on colonization during the Age of Industrialization {Ans: France Russia Britain Spain}Colonization of Africa {Ans: Colonizers ignored existing ethnic or cultural division -new divisions formed. Colonies were encouraged export of cash crops rather than production of goods to serve local needs -left nations unbalanced -left both nations ethnically divided}Age of Enlightenment/Age of Reason {Ans: This was a time period of new ideas, theories, philosophies and discoveries in politics, art, music, math, science, exploration, literature, etc. Reason and logic became the center of understanding, rather than