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how did the life of most people change from the onset of the industrial revolution |
it use to be small farming but it changed to complex machines and country villages become industrial towns and cities, rural way of life dissapeared |
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what was the land enclosure that parliament allowed during the 1600s and 1700s |
fewer workers needed, higher crop yield, small out-of-work farmers migrate to cities for work, larger farms |
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how did Abraham Darby improve iron production? |
use coal instead of charcoal to smelt iron, separates iron from iron ore, also built the first iron bridge |
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who made the steam engine an efficient way of power factories and railroads? |
James watt |
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the first factories developed in what industry |
textile industry |
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what was the putting out system |
cotton industry where cotton is spun in peasants homes |
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what were the results of the development of steam power |
powerful machines |
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what were some of the results of the industrial revolution |
extreme hardships brought reforms, labor unions won the right to bargain, wages increased and more jobs |
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who were the luddites and what did they do? |
opposed to technological change, burned factories and labor organizations |
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what were the tenements and who lived there? |
multistory buildings, divided into apartments poor people, working crew |
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why were most early factory workers women? |
thought women could adapt more easily and we're easier to manage |
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what were the "Factory acts" passed in the 1800s |
reduce child workdays to 10hrs, no one under 8 or 9 could work in cotton mills, children workers were educated |
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what did Thomas Malthus propose for population control |
Poverty was unavoidable because population was increasing faster then food supply |
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according to laissez-faire economists, what is the cure for poverty |
lower prices of goods, increase factory goods |
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what was Jeremy benthams philosophy on laws and government |
supported individual freedom, saw need for government to become involved under certain circumstances |
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according to socialists, what is the solution to poverty and injustice |
shared ownership means or production by people |
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what group of people established communities were all work and property are owned in common? |
utopians |
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why did Germany form a social democracy in the 1860s? |
gradual transition from capitalization to violent overthrow |
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why did Karl max despise capitalism |
he believed it corrupted society |
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who wrote the communist manifesto and what was it about |
Karl max economics was driving force in history |
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anesthetic |
drug that prevents pain during surgery |
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entrepreneur |
people who assume the financial risks of starting a business |
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proletariat |
the working class According to Karl max |
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tenement |
multistory apartment buildings, they had no running water |
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manchester |
the final stop on the English rail line, depending on where you start |
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James watt |
made the steam engine more efficient |
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Karl max |
co-wrote the communist manifesto on communism and scientific socialism |
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means of production |
businesses that produce and distribute goods like farms, factories, railways |
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Thomas malthus |
economist who believed poverty was unavoidable due to population growth |
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social democracy |
German ideal where there is a gradual change from capitalism to socialism |
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communism |
form of classless socialism where the means of production are owned by the community |
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Jeremy bentham |
British economist who promoted utilitarianism |
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utilitarianism |
idea that society's goal should be the greatest happiness for the greatest number |
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Eli Whitney |
inventor of the cotton gin |
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smelt |
to separate iron from iron ore |
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turnpike |
private road which charges a toll to travelers |
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capital |
money used to invest in enterprises |
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liver pool |
English city on the 1st rail line where the practical locomotive was created |
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enterprise |
a business organization such as mining,railroads,or factories |
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Robert owen |
socialist utopian who set up a community in new Lanark, Scotland |
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enclosure |
practice of taking over land shared by peasants |
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urbanization |
the movement of people to citites |
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labor union |
work organization illegal in britain |
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putting out system |
cottage industry where cotton is spun in peasants homes |
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socialism |
system where a group of people as a whole own the means of production, not individuals |
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the swiss-city state of Geneva became a model of protestant morality under the leadership of |
John calvin |
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what resulted from the peace of Augsburg in 1555 |
each German prince could decide the religion for his lands |
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Humanist scholars differed from me medieval thinkers in that humanists |
tended to focus more on worldly subjects |
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sir Thomas more was executed because he |
would not accept Henry VIII as head of the church in england |
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in the 1600s, Robert Boyles work transformed the feild of |
chemistry |
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the age of great change marked by renewal interest in classical learning and the arts is called the |
renaissance |
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the last supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of the great artist
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Leonardo da vinci |
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the inventor who perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells and microorganisms was |
Anton van leeuwenhoek |
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what triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the church of england? |
Henry VIII wanted a divorce |
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today's baptists, mennonites, and Amish can all trace their religion ancestry to the |
anabaptists |
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the main goal of the Jesuits was to |
defend, restore, and spread the Catholic faith |
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many scholars agree that between 1450 and 1750 people's beliefs in both Christianity and magic led to |
the persecution of people as witches |
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in the scientific method, a hypothesis I'd a |
possible explanation to be tested |
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during the Renaissance, what culture is being reborn? |
Greek and roman |
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why does italys geography play a role in making it the center of the Renaissance |
it's the center of the Roman empire |
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what aspect of the Renaissance was art with utility |
architecture |
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what did Leonardo da vinci do to better understand how the human body works |
dissected bodies |
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what modern day building is modeled after Michelangelos design of St peters cathedral |
us Capitol building |
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what was the first book to be printed on the move able type printing press? |
bible |
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sir Thomas more called for social reform through what book |
utopia |
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what invention caused the spread of the protestant reformation throughout europe? |
printing press |
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according to John calvin, what is the belief that God has already chosen who will go to heaven? |
predestination |
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according to copernicus the sun is at the center of the universe in what theory? |
heliocentric |
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what crime brought galileo in front of the inquisistion? |
heresy |
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what German astronomer showed that the planets orbit the sun in an ellipse or oval path |
johannes kepler |
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which scholar showed that gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun? |
isacc newton |
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during medieval times what was the feild of chemistry called? |
alchemy |
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what form of mathematics was created by isacc Newton to help explain his theories? |
calculus |
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the line of demarcation divided world Trade and exploration rights between the |
Spanish and Portuguese |
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who were the boers? |
Dutch farmers who settled around cape town |
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in the 1400s Europeans searched for new trade routes to obtain valuable spices that came mainly from |
the moluccas |
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how did Portuguese Explorer Bartholomeu Dias seek a sea route to Asia in 1460 |
he rounded the southern tip of Africa |
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in 1513, Spanish adventurer Vasco Nunez de balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by |
traveling overland through Panama |
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how did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade |
they relied on African traders to bring captives to African ports |
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what statement best describes the significance of the settlement in capetown |
it was the first permanent European settlement in africa |
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how were the Europeans introduces to luxury goods such as spices,perfumes, and medicines |
the crusades |
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the Americas are named after what sailor |
America vespucci |
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although magellan is credited with circumnavigating the globe, he was actually killed in the |
Philippines |
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what did an Indonesian ruler mean by, "you may be able to take our plants but you will never be able to take our rain"? |
spices won't grow in europe |
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what rules discoverable by reason did enlightenment thinkers try to apply to the study of human behavior and society |
natural law |
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in a vindication of the rights of women, Mary wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal |
education |
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an enlightenment despot was a ruler who |
influenced political and social change |
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the system of checks and balances in the United States Constitution was influenced by the ideas of which enlightenment thinker? |
montesquieu |
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diderots encyclopedia was important because it |
spread enlightenment ideas |
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economist Adam smith argued that, in a free market, business activity would be regulated by the forces of |
supply and demand |
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enlightenment writers sometimes tried to avoid censorship by |
disguising there ideas as fiction |
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elegant compositions by handel,haydn,and Mozart reflected a new musical style of the enlightenment known as |
classical |
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during the enlightenment, what argument did government and church officials use to justify their war of censorship |
God set up the old order |
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the enlightenment slogan "free and equal" did not apply to what group of people |
women |
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why was the Rococo style of art criticized by the philosophes? |
it was superificial |
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which country was able to remain outside napoleon's European empire |
Britain |
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what war tactic helped the Russians defeat napoleon |
scorched earth policy |
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in Frances old order, which of the following groups were members of the bourgeoisie |
merchants |
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the women who marched on Versailles refused to leave until the king agreed to |
return to paris |
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robespierre believed that France could achieve a "Republic of virtue" only through |
the use of terror |
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during the reign of terror trials and executions were carried out under the authority of |
the committee of public safety |
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the continental system was a form of |
economic warfare |
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napoleon's final defeat was at the |
battle of waterloo |
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this grim prison fortress was stormed by a mob of angry Parisians hoping to find weapons |
bastille |
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this french queen was hated by her subjects for her spending habits and she paid it with her head |
Marie Antoinette |
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these nobles and clergy fled France during the revolution |
emigre |
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this term refers to a strong sense of pride and devotion to one's country |
nationalism |
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what does it mean that napoleon abdicated his position as emperor of france? |
stepped down from power |
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of the 600,000 soldiers in napoleon's grand army, how many make it back from Russia alive? |
20,000 |
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during the industrial revolution, life changed in what basic way? |
people migrated from rural areas to cities |
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the first factories developed in what industry? |
textile |
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Thomas Malthus discouraged vaccinations because |
disease was a natural means of population control |
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the greatest happiness for the greatest number was a goal of |
utilitarianism |
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steam became an efficient power source because of improvements made by |
James watt |
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the development of steam power enabled the growth of |
railroads |
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the putting out system was a method of |
producing cloth in individual homes |
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the people who lived in tenements in industrial industries were part of the |
working class |
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most early factory workers were women because |
employers could pay women less then men |
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what book did Karl Marx Co author with Fredrick engel |
the communist manifesto |
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which of the following was a social darwinist argument in favor of western imperialism |
Westerners thought they had a duty to bring there civilization to inferior races |
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rifle cartridges greased with animal fat were a key cause of the |
sepoy rebellion |
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which country was able to preserve it's independence by defeating Italian invaders in 1896 |
ethiopia |
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at the Berlin conference, European powers agreed that, in order to claim part of Africa, a European power had to |
set up a government office there |
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which statement best describes how Catholic and protestant missionaries interacted with African natives? |
they saw natives as children in need of guidance |
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what was one result of the sepoy rebellion |
Parliament ended the rule of the East India companys |