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Exam Revision Keywords 10/06/23 Flashcards

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Significance

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A word used to describe how important an event is/was

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Monarch

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King or Queen

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Dynasty

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A series of kings/queens belong to the same family

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Catholic

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A type of Christian who views the pope as the leader of the church

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Protestant

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A type of Christian that views Jesus as the leader of the church

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Excommunication

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When someone is excluded from the Catholic Church and is condemned to hell

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Reformation

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A religious revolution causing many countries to become Protestant

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Heretic

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A person who follows a different religion to the majority of the country

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Divine rights of kings

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The rights that kings believe they have saying they were sent by God to rule

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Absolute power

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The complete control over everyone and everything kings in England had before the magma carta

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Tyranny

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The act of ruling a kingdom without help or adivise

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Parliament

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The institution that represents Englands people in charge of debating and making/changing laws

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Puritan

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An extreme Protestant

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Tax

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Money that people have to pay to the government that is used to run the country and fight wars

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Petition

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A document that requests change from someone in power that is usually signed by many people

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Civil war

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A war between people within the same country

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Traitor

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Some one who commits a crime against a king or leader

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Industrial

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Relating to goods made in factories that are often made cheaply and efficiently

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Revolution

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A period of great change when an old system is replaced

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Population boom

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A time when a countries population grows quickly due to high birth rate, low death rate of immigration

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Urbanisation

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The movement of people from the country to the city due to job opportunities and better quality of life

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Raw material

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Materials that’s re harvested directly from the source/ground

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Manufactured good

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A product that is made in a factory

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Steam power

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The main source of power during the Industrial Revolution usually made by burning coal

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Colony

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A country that is under the control of a coloniser

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Empire

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A group of territories rules by one leader usually with many vice leaders

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Resource

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A material that is considered valuable for a certain purpose

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Exploitation

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The use of someone or something unfairly for personal gain

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Missionary

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People whose job it is to spread christianity to the rest of the world

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Sepoy

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An Indian soldier that fought for the British

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British raj

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Period between 1858 and 1947 when India was ruled directly by Britain because of the sepoy rebellion

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Viceroy

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The person who ruled over India on behalf of the king or queen

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Scramble for Africa

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Period of time I’m the late 19th century when European countries rushed to get as much of Africa as possible

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Potato famine

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Period of mass starvation from 2845 to 1852 due to a disease in the potato crop

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Emigration

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When people leave a country for another, usually as a result of a large scale event

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Social Darwinism

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The belief that white Europeans are superior to other races

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Eugenics

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The practice of improving the human race by keeping races pure and preventing different races from breeding

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Plantations

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Large scale farms in the Carribean and American colonies where slaves were used to farm cotton, tobacco etc

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Middle passage

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The part of the slave triangle connecting Africa to the Americas where up to 400 slaves were on a ship at a time

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