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32 Cards in this Set
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charles townshend
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grew turnips w/ recycled soil
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jethro tull
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invented seed drill (planted seeds in oraganized way)
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thomas newcomen
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invented steam engine powered by coal for mines
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james watt
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improved newcomen's steam engine
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three population increase causes
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modern medicine, absence of famine, therefore stronger babies
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louis pasteur
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showed link between germs and disease
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florence nightingale
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founded fist nursing school, wanted better hygiene in army hospitals
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james hargraves
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invented spinning jenny
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water frame is ____
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many spinning jennies operated by water wheel
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richard arkwright
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invented industrial spinning cotton wheel
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effects of textile spinning in britain
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-division of labor (simpler jobs)
-england becomes center of cotton world |
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charles lyell
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showed that geography of earth had evolved over time
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social gospel
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church telling people to go help society
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causes that triggered industrial revolution
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-smart inventors (b/c of high literacy rates)
-high populations (for many workers) -lots of train tracks |
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impact of railways
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-less accents
-different diets (more meat/fresh veggies) -newspapers all over |
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main european language families
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germanic, romance, slavic, celtic
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was otto bismarck a nationalist?
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not really, he just did whatever was necessary to unite germany and at the time looking like a nationalist did the trick
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realpolitik
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"whatever means necessary"
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zollverein
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economic union that dismantled tariff barriers between german speaking states
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main schools of though in 19th century europe
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social marxism and liberal nationalism
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diet
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confederation of german speaking states working together for economic benefit
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vote level in 1848
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austria>prussia>smaller states (unfavorable for prussia)
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schleswig and holstein
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duchies that prussia got in a war w/ austria about b/c they were supposed to share both but austria didn't share holstein
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event that really triggered unification of german speaking states
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when prussia defeated france and prussia takes napoleon out of power
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what is alsace loraine?
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state in between austria and prussia that prussia wanted control of for prussia's economic gain
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willhelm of prussia = ??
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emperor of germany (second reich)
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who owned "belgian" congo
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king leopold himself
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goal of berlin conference
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to divide african colonies up among european countries
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muhammed ahmad
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claimed to be savior of muslim faith
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young turks
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liberals saying the only way to save ottoman empire is w/ reform
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muhammed ali
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"father of modern egypt" an ambitious soldier who fought off napoleon and conquered arabia, syria and sudan
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suez canal
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100 mile canal linking the mediterranean and suez canal
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