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42 Cards in this Set
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Industrial Revolution |
The transition to new manufacturing processes. |
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Enclosure |
An area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier. |
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Crop Rotation |
The system of growing a sequence of different crops on the same ground to maintain or increase fertility.
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Factors of Production |
Land, Labor, and Capital. |
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Factory |
A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled by machine. |
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Entrepreneur |
A person who organizes and manages a business. |
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Urbanization |
A population shift from rural to urban areas. |
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Middle Class |
A social group including business workers and their families. |
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Stock |
The capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares. |
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Corporation |
A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity. |
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Laissez faire |
A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering. |
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Adam Smith |
An 18th century philosopher famous for his ideas about the efficiency of the division of labor and the social benefits of the pursuit of their own self-interest. |
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Utilitarianism |
A doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority |
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Socialism |
A type of belief in which people believe that production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. |
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Karl Marx |
A revolutionary socialist whose ideas served as the foundation of communism. |
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Communism |
A society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. |
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Union |
An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests. |
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Strike |
A refusal to work. |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote in political elections. |
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Antisemitism |
Hostility or prejudice against Jews. |
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Zionism |
The re-establishment and the protection of a Jewish nation that is now Israel. |
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Penal colony |
A settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location. |
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Assembly line |
A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled. |
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Charles Darwin |
A naturalist and geologist best known for his theory of evolution |
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Theory of evolution |
A theory that states that all organisms adapt to their environment. |
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Mass Culture |
A common exposure to the media, news, music, and other leisure activities. |
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Imperialism |
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
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Racism |
The belief that one race is superior to other races. |
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Social Darwinism |
The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to Darwinian laws. |
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Berlin Conference |
A conference that regulated European colonization and trade. |
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Shaka |
A military leader who founded the Zulu Empire in Southern Africa. |
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Boer |
A member of the Dutch and Huguenot population that settled in southern Africa in the late 17th century. |
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Boer War |
A war in which Britain unsuccessfully attempted to enforce its annexation of the Boer territory in the Transvaal. |
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Menelik II |
An Ethiopian emperor who established independence from Italy. |
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Sepoy |
An Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders. |
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Jewel in the Crown |
The most valuable or successful person. |
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Sepoy Mutiny |
A rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company that occurred between May 1857 and June 1858. |
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Pacific Rim |
Land that is around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. |
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Emilio Aguinaldo |
A Filipino military leader who became the first president of the Philippines in 1899. |
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Queen Liliuokalani |
The last monarch and only queen of Hawaii. |
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Geopolitics |
A study of the influence of Geography, Economics, and Demography on the politics. |
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Paternalism |
The policy, or practice on people in positions of authority, restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them. |
