World History

The Isms
• The end of the French Revolution and the early nineteenth century saw the emergence of
new systems of political and economic thought known as ideologies.
• The ideologies have grown and developed over the last 200 years but have generally come
to dominate how we think about our world.

Your task today is to go to the following websites and complete the following activities for each.

1. LIBERALISM
Go to, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberalism

a. What are the main ideas of Liberalism?

2. SOCIALISM
Go to, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialism

a. What are the main ideas of Socialism?

3. CONSERVATIVISM
Go to, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatism

a. What are the main ideas of Conservatism?

4. Go to https://8values.github.io

a. This political ideology test attempts to locate you beyond the three typical identifiers of
liberal, socialist, or conservative.
b. Rather, it seeks to find out where you lie between seemingly opposite values;

ECONOMIC Equality / Markets

DIPLOMACY Nation / Globe
STATE Liberty / Authority
SOCIETY Tradition / Progress

- The first page explains each of these values. Read them as it will help you better
understand your results.

5. Take the 8values quiz. It is quite long but I can help you if you need an explanation of the issues
presented.
https://8values.github.io/quiz.html

6. What were your results (percentages) and what did the test identify you as? Do you agree?
Explain.