Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
38 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Enlightenment
|
A movement that began in France in the 1700s and focused on ways to create a government for protecting the rights of individuals
|
|
revolution
|
A sudden change in the way people think and act
|
|
constitutional monarchy
|
A government with a written plan, or constitution, that includes a monarch as a ceremonial leader and a parliament or other legislature to make the laws
|
|
preamble
|
An introduction; the first part
|
|
constitution
|
Aa written plan of government
|
|
federal republic
|
A form of government consisting of three branches-one to make the laws, one to interpret them, and one to enforce them
|
|
editorial cartoon
|
A cartoon that represents the artists's point of view about people, current events, or politics
|
|
Industrial Revolution
|
The period of technological advances, beginning in the 1700s, that forever changed the way people lived and work.
|
|
innovator
|
A person who thinks of new ideas and invents new technologies
|
|
crop rotation
|
A farming method in which the kinds of crops planted in a field are alternated every year to help keep the soil fertile
|
|
textile
|
Cloth
|
|
factory
|
A large building where goods are made
|
|
patent
|
A legal document stating that only the inventor has the right to make and sell his or her new product
|
|
entrepreneur
|
A person who starts and runs a new business
|
|
economic system
|
The way a country produces and uses goods and services
|
|
traditional economy
|
An economy that does not change much over time, based mostly on farming
|
|
command economy
|
An economy in which the government owns almost all of the land and natural resources and makes most of the decisions
|
|
market economy
|
An economy in which the people, not the government, own and control business
|
|
demand
|
The amount of a good or a service that people want to buy at a given price
|
|
supply
|
The amount of a good or a service offered for sale
|
|
capitalsm
|
An economic system in which individuals invest money, or capital, in businesses
|
|
laissez-faire
|
A government policy of letting an economy continue without interference
|
|
free enterprise
|
An economic system in which people choose what to make, sell, or buy without government control
|
|
strike
|
The action of refusing to work until certain requirements are met
|
|
labor union
|
A group of organized workers whose goal is to ensure good working conditions and fair treatment by employers
|
|
socialism
|
An economic system in which a government owns and runs all industries
|
|
imperialism
|
The practice by a country of acquiring more lands, establishing colonies, and controlling the colonies
|
|
cash crop
|
A crop that is raised to sell to others rather than to use at home
|
|
sepoy
|
An Indian soldier led by British officers
|
|
Raj
|
British rule of the Indian subcontinent
|
|
mutiny
|
To rebel against the leader of one's group
|
|
Open Door policy
|
A policy that gives all countries an equal opportunity to trade freely in a certain place
|
|
Monroe Doctrine
|
A government plan of action issued by President James Monroe declaring that the United States would go to war to stop European expansion in the Americas
|
|
time zone
|
A division of Earth in which all places have the same time; the time is different from that in other time zones
|
|
nationalism
|
A strong feeling of loyalty to a nation or country
|
|
chancellor
|
A prime minister of a country
|
|
kaiser
|
The German word for emperor
|
|
Manifest Destiny
|
The belief, shared by many Americans in the 1800s, that the United States should one day stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
|