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This doesn't contain every term, just the terms that would be more difficult to memorize (at least for me)
Estar (term)
To be (P.L.A.C.E.)
Ser (term)
To be (D.O.C.T.O.R.)
Cantar
To sing
La pelicula
A movie
La/el cantante
The singer
Reir
To laugh
Tener ganas de _____________
To want to do __________
La canción
A/the song
Los pasos de baile
Dance steps
El ritmo
The rhythm
El vestuario
The outfit
El tablado
A wood plank danced on during flamenco
El público
The audience
El escenario
The stage
La tambora
The drums/drumsset
La guira
An instrument shaped like a cheese grater used in bachata
La coreographia
Choreography
¿Quieres bailar?
Do you want to dance?
¿Quieres a la fiesta?
Do you want to go to the party?
¿Cuál es tu música favorita?
What is your favorite music (genre)?
¿Bailas bien?
Are you good at dancing/are you a good dancer?
What does D.O.CT.O.R. stand for (terms used when using ser)?
Date, Occupation, Characteristic, Time, Origin, Relation
What does P.L.A.C.E. stand for (terms used when using estar)?
Position, Location, Action, Condition, Emotion
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
An enlightenment thinker living in France in the late 1600s to the mid 1700s who believed that the government should be separated into three different branches in order to distribute power away from one single system.
Who was Catherine the Great?
A ruler/enlightened despot living in Russia throughout the 1700s.
What is a "divine right"?
A belief (usually held by a ruler) that whatever action that they are taking are justified by God or a higher power?
What does "enlightenment" mean?
Being influenced in some way by enlightenment philosophers who supported ideas such as equal rights, freedom of expression/government
What was the enlightenment period?
A time from the mid 1600s to late 1700s when people used reason and science to solve problems, there were many philosophers.
What part of the government is the executive government?
The area of government containing the president, along with mayors/governors
What does hereditary mean?
To be passed down from parent to child
Who was Jean Jaques Rosseau?
A French Enlightenment thinker living from the early to late 1700s.
Who was John Locke?
An English Enlightenment thinker living from the early to late 1600s who believed the government should make its decisions based on the governed, as well as guaranteed rights to life, liberty, and property.
What part of the government is the judicial government?
The branch of government controlling the laws/judicial system
What part of the government is the legislative government?
The branch of government concerning laws; parliament/congress
What is the definition of liberty?
To be able to pursue your own goals, freedom of action
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
An English Enlightenment thinker living throughout the late 1700s who advocated for women's rights.
What is separation of powers?
The belief created by Montesquieu that government should be divided into three branches.
What is a social contract?
Our agreement to follow the will of general society
What is tyranny?
When a single ruler controls the entirety of a government system in a cruel way.
What is the clergy?
The general assembly of a church, used often to describe Christian/Catholic church assemblies.
What was the Congress of Vienna?
A meeting in 1815 when representatives from most powerful European countries redrew European map borders to balance power after Napoleon I's death.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
A ruling system in which there is a monarch, however their powers are restricted by a legal document/constitution of some kind.
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen?
A document written in 1789 used to outline the ideals of the French Revolution.
Who was Louis XVI?
A king of France overthrown in the French Revolution.
Who was Maximillien Robespierre?
A government worker executed in the French Revolution, leader of the Committee of public safety.
What was the Napoleonic Code?
A law code written by Napoleon ! in the early 1800s that outlined Napoleon's ideal set of laws for other governments to see.
What were the Napoleonic Wars?
A series of major wars in the early 1800s spearheaded by Napoleon I in order to conquer Europe
What was the Reign of Terror?
A period of great violence during the French Revolution started and continued by Maximillien Robespierre.
Who was Camillo di Cavour?
A prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia (area in Northern Italy) who wished to unite Italy.
Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
A Mexican priest who was a leader of the Mexican war for independence.
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
A general and Italian nationalist who was a leader of the Italian unification movement.
Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?
A politician, journalist, and Italian nationalist who was a leader of the Italian unification movement.
Who was José de San Martin?
An Argentinian general and South American Independence revolutionary.
Who was Otto von Bismark?
A general who was a leader of Prussia and a believer in German unification. He believed in realpolitik and "blood and iron".
Who was Simón Bolíviar?
A Latin American independence revolutionary.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
A leader of the Haitian revolution.
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
A transformation of traditional farming from more medieval styles of cultivation to newer, more industrial methods.
Who was Adam Smith?
A Scottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations, he supported laissez faire economics and capitalism.
Who was James Watt?
A Scottish inventor and engineer who invented the steam engine.
Who was Karl Marx?
A German philosopher who created the basis of socialism and wrote the communist manifesto.
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry?
An American commodore who forced the Japanese to open their borders.
What was the Meiji restoration?
A period of industrialization in Japan in reaction to the west's developments in technology and colonalism.
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