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what factors contributed to great britains industrial success
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labor pool, capital resources and rivers
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what is the system called in which profits are used to expand factories and invest new businesses
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industrial capitalism
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working conditions in the nineteenth century industry led to the growht of what
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labor unions
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what were most of the earliest factories were locate near
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rivers
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what wes evident in the socail change brouth about by the industrial revolution
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created bourguosie and working class
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what did romantics value
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focus on indstrial and emotional aspect of real life
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according to adam smith and economy works best when it is driven by what
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compitition
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what did supporters of the laissez faire policies favor
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no government interfence in economy
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karl marx argued that history was advanced by the conflict between classes true or false
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true
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what was the movement of people from rural areasto citied referred to as
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urbanization
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according to karl marx the ____ or working class was oppressed by the middle class
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proletariat
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what did european powers fear after the decline of the ottomen empire
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russian expansion
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what was a major reason for russias late industrialization
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self based agriculture systme
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local elites would be romoved from power and replaced with a new set of officials fromthe mothercountry if the colony was run by what
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direct rule
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who set up the nonviolent movemntn with the aimto force the british to aid the poor and grant independence to india
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Gondhi
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What was teh white mans burden
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westernixing teh savages
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what did british merchantssmuggle into china that allolwed teh to make huge profits
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opium
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in 188514 nations met in berlin to discuss the partition of what country
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africa
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what did the colonial officials often discourage native people from
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old customs
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a region wher an imperialist power possesses exclusive trading rights but does not govern
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sphere of influence
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what did european traders gain by dealing directly with chinese warlords for exclusive trading rights
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sphere of influence
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what was the treaty of versailles
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making germany pay for war costs and losses
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what was growing along the nations army which was also known as the aggressive preparatino for war
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militarism
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what is the term for an understanding but not an alliance between two nations
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entente
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a ____ state is a government that aims to control the political economic social intellectual and cultural loves of its citiznes
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totalitarian
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what is a period of low economci activity and rising unemployment
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economic depression
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fascism glorifies the state above teh individual by emphasizing the need for what
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dictator
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what did the theory of permanent revolution stress
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spreading communism throughout the world
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what did fascists advocate
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total government control (totalitarian
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what country emergesd from ww1 with the most dynamic industrial economy
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USA
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Under the soviet colleectivization plan who was farmland to be owned by
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the government
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how did mhandas gandhi protest british laws
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peacefully
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what did communists need in china in order to fight the larger nationalist army
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peasants and their gorilla style of tactics
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what is a more modern term for genocide
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ethnic cleansing
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what did mao zedong believe in the chinese revolution would be driven by
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working class and peasants
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expalin ligarchy
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ruled by a few
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what present day area remains after ww1 in the ottomen empire
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turkey
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mao zedong built the red army by focusing on the recruitment of who
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peasants
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great britains policy of what toward germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in urope
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appeasment
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what was the period of political tension following ww1
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cold war / nuclear war
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what group did the nazis on racial ground not choos for extermination
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anyone they felt
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What was nuremberg the site of
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trails bringing nazi leaders to justice
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the us fears about eh spread of communism were increased when what became a communist nation in 1949 ?
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China
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What did many americans fear with the launch of the first satellite
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nuclear
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Why was the berlin wall built
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to sperate communism areas from non commnist areas
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in 1949 what did the western allies form when they were alarmed by the berlin and czechoslovak crises
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NATO
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European economic cooperation was greatly strengthened by the creation of what
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the common market
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one of the european unions first goals was the establishment of
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common currency
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what did the north american free trade greement seek
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free trade in canada and mexico
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througout the 1960's and 1970's the british government struggled to address fighting in the northern ireland between which two religons
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protestants and catholics
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what doe the african union aimto do
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become democratic and increase economic growth
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modern aftrica cultures are characterized byt he tension between what
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traditional ways and modern wester culture
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what did the tianamen square invole
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people rallied for democracy and govt. sent the military
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at the end of world war 2 which two religions did indias populations deeply divide leading tot he formation of two distinct countries
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hindy and muslims
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the oppressive military regimeknown was the Khmer Rouge ruled which nation
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cambodia
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what large muslim country fromed in 1947 by the partition of india
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Pakistan
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the Tiananmen square crackdown stirred fears in hong kong about what
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political instability
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What is the social structure of latin america characterized by
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a huge gap between wealths
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what are develpoing countries characterized by
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farming and lack of industrialization
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