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In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin and in what time period

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England, mid 1700s

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What are the factors of production

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land, labor, capital

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Which industry was the first to be industrialized

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Textile industry

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Why does improving transportation help a country’s economy

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Helps things transport quicker

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What invention was vital to improving transportation in the 1800s

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Steam engine

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How did railroads help the fishing and agricultural industries

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Could now transport goods further and faster

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What is urbanization

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Building cities and the movement of people to the cities

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Where did cities develop and why there

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Near factories, so they were close to where they worked

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Describe what factory conditions were like during the Industrial Revolution

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Long hours, and bad and dirty working conditions

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Who made up the middle class

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skilled workers, professionals, business people and wealthy farmers

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What was the goal of most labor unions

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Workers joined together to be more active in politics

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Reform laws will eventually be passed in what three areas

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Great britain, united states, brazil

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What two things caused the Industrial Revolution to spread to the U.S. in the 1800s

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aided by having lots of natural resources and the British blockade during the War of 1812 forced the US to produce even more goods domestically

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.What three continents were far behind in the process of industrialization

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Asia, africa, south america

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What European country became an industrial and military leader by the end of the 1800s

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germany

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Why didn’t France experience many of the problems that other industrialized countries faced

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More measured and controlled due to the strong agricultural economy

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What is a laissez-faire economy

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Economic policy where the people control all aspects of business without government involvement

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What were Adam Smith’s Three Natural Laws of Economics

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The Law of Self-Interest, The Law of Competition, The Law of Supply and Demand

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.What is capitalism and how does it work

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An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned, Corporations developed where multiple people pool their money into a big business

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What is socialism and how does it work

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Economic system where the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all, Grew out of an optimistic view of human nature that everyone is concerned about everyone else

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According to Marxism, what would happen in the future

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The capitalist system will eventually destroy itself

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What is communism and how does it work

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A form of complete socialism in which the means of production would be owned by the people, All goods and services would be shared equally

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What are four positive economic effects and one negative effect of the Industrial Revolution

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Good- New inventions and development of factories, Increased production and high demand for raw materials, Growth of worldwide trade, Advances in transportation, agriculture, communication, banking, Bad- Also led to massive pollution in some areas and drastic changes in the physical environment

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What is suffrage

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the right to vote

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Which Amendment granted women’s suffrage in the U.S. and when was that

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19th, 1920

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What was the Zionist movement

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A movement for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine

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What is anti-Semitism

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you don’t like the jews and want to get rid of them

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What was the Dreyfus Affair

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Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French military, was framed for selling secrets to Germans

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List four areas that were Dominions of Great Britain

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Canada, australia, new zealand, ireland

30
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What was a dominion

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Self-governing in domestic affairs, but remains part of the larger British empire

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Why was the colony of Australia founded

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British established Australia as a penal colony due to prison overcrowding in England

32
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Why did over a million people immigrate from Ireland in the mid-1800s

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Due to the Potato famine

33
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What was the Easter Uprising and who won

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Irish nationalists rebelled in Dublin, england

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What is the IRA and what do they want

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Irish Republican Army, an unofficial military force seeking independence for Ireland

35
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What part of Ireland is part of the United Kingdom or Great Britain

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northern

36
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What is Manifest Destiny

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idea that the U.S. would expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean

37
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.List 5 inventions and their inventors from the 1800s

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Thomas Edison the light bulb, Alexander Graham Bell the telephone, Guglielmo Marconi the radio, Henry Ford the Interchangeable parts and the assembly line, wright brothers the flying machine

38
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What did Louis Pasteur accomplish

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proved microorganisms cause disease, developed vaccines

39
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What did Joseph Lister accomplish

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stressed the importance of cleanliness and sterilizing equipment used in surgeries

40
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List 4 areas of science that saw advancement and which scientist was involved in each

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Charles Darwin the Theory of Evolution, Gregor Mendel- Genetics, Dmitri Mendeleev the Periodic Table, Marie Curie- Radioactivity

41
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Define imperialism

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The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country

42
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What are 3 causes of imperialism

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Nationalism, Economic Competition, Missionary Spirit

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What are 3 effects of imperialism

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Colonization, Europeans control trade in the colonies and set up cash-crop economies that are dependent on the mother country, Christianization

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What are the 4 forms of imperialism

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COLONY, PROTECTORATE, SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM

45
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What European country claimed the Congo in 1908

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belgium

46
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What two natural resources did European countries want from Africa

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Gold, minerals

47
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference

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14 European nations meet to lay down rules for the division of Africa

48
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List 4 positive results of colonialism in Africa

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Reduced local warfare, Improved sanitation, hospitals, schools, Economic expansion, Infrastructure development

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.List 4 negative results of colonialism in Africa

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Africans lost control of their land and independence, Disease and famine spread, Breakdown of traditional cultures, Division of the African continent

50
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Define geopolitics

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An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products

51
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Who fought in the Crimean War and who won

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Russia and the ottomans, ottomans won

52
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What were two “firsts” from the Crimean War

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First time women established their position as army nurses- florence nightingale, First war to be covered in person by newspaper reporters

53
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Who was involved in the “Great Game” and what were they fighting over

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Great Britain and Russia fight over India

54
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What was the Sepoy Army

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The British East India Company’s Army

55
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For what 2 reasons was India the “Jewel in Britain’s Crown

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Major supplier of raw materials, Large potential market for British goods

56
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What was the result of the Sepoy Mutiny

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British government took direct control of India

57
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.Why did Japan begin trading with the U.S.

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we sent ships to japan and forced them to

58
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What was the Meiji Era in Japan

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Time period when Japan began to westernize

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What were the results of the Sino-Japanese War

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Showed Japan’s emergence as a world power and the weakness of the Qing Dynasty in China, Chinese navy was destroyed, Japan gains a foothold in Manchuria and other colonies in Asia

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What was the Open Door Policy and why was it started

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U.S. proposed that China’s trade be open to merchants of all nations in 1899, and that China would not be colonized, reason for this was the U.S. wanted to trade in China too

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What were the results of the Russo-Japanese War

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japan defeated Russia and gained territories, Showed weaknesses in Russian military, Led to revolution in Russia in 1905-06 and Czar Nicholas II had to agree to becoming a constitutional monarchy

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.What did the Monroe Doctrine state

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Stated the American continents were closed to further colonization

63
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What were the results of the Spanish-American War

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Cuba is given its independence, U.S. gains Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines from Spain, U.S. is now viewed as a world power

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How did the U.S. get permission to build the Panama Canal

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U.S. offered to pay Colombia for the right to build a canal, but Colombia refused, U.S. then urged a revolt in Panama which was part of Colombia, Panama wins its independence and gives the U.S. permission to build the Panama Canal

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What is the Roosevelt Corollary

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Said the U.S. has the right to be “an international police power” when needed to restore stability in the Western Hemisphere

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