The ISMS of AP Euro

• Absolutism

  A system of power where the monarch has complete control over everything
• Absolutism

  • Louis XIV
• Anarchism

  Political movement of getting rid of government
• Capitalism

  An economic system in which individuals retain control of the capital
• Capitalism

  • Adam Smith
  • Laissez-Faire
  • Free Economy
• Colonialism

  Acquiring full or partial political control over another country
• Communism

  Form of government that puts all power into the hands of the communist party
• Constitutionalism

  Constitutional government
• Enlightened despotism

  Absolutes during the Enlightenment who adopted some policies to help keep peace
• Enlightened despotism

  • Catherine the Great - Russia
  • Fredrick the Great - Prussia
  • Joseph II - Austria
• Extremeism

  Holding extreme power in politics or religious views
• Fascism

  Extreme nationalism; an economic system where the people work for the benefit of the state instead of themselves
• Fascism

  • Hitler
  • Mussolini
• Feudalism

  A system of government + land ownership for agriculture in which vassals and serfs worked the land
• Feudalism

  • Nicholas II = demolished serfdom (late)
  • Joseph + Frederick = demolished serfdom
• Imperialism

  Desire for a country to take over a foreign land for economic gain
• Imperialism

  • Japan
  • Britain
  • Scramble for Africa
• New imperialism

  For money
• Old imperialism

  Gold, god, glory
• Isolationism

  A policy of remaining apart of from the affairs or interests of other groups
• Liberalism

  Popular sovereignty, individual rights, and enlightened self-interests
• Marxism

  Stimulates the working class to fight back against the injustice of distribution of wealth
• Mercantilism

  Economic belief that all the wealth of the world is already out there and whoever has the most wealth is the most powerful
• Mercantilism was huge in Renaissance + age of exploration
• Nationalism

  The idea that people of the same religion, heritage, or ethnicity, should be self-governed in a state that is solely their own OR strong pride in one's nation
• Nationalism

  • Napoleon
• Conservatives hated nationalism
• Nepotism

  Favoritism based off of family relations especially when giving and receiving jobs
• Socialism

  A system of government in which the economy is managed solely by the government
• Totalitarianism

  Government system where the state has absolute power + the individual only lives to serve the state
• Totalitarianism is associated with lowkey dictators
• Utopian Socialism

  Everyone will become socialist when they see how it helps
• Cubism

  Different perspectives/views from multiple shapes
• Cubism

  • Picasso
• Impressionism

  Style characterized by visible brush strokes, openness, and depiction of light
• Impressionism

  • Claude Monet
• Mannerism

  Elongates twisted figures, exaggeration, complex composition, unusual color compositions, intense emotional expression, + departure from classical ideas
• Naturalism

  Movement in literature + art, which depicted human characters and its social construct
• Neoclassicism

  Focused on ancient classics, often muted hues, + the focal point was something historical or political
• Pointillism

  Small dots to create one picture