test 8 Flashcards

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growing just enough food to survive

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subsistence farming

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most critical factor for the advancement of a nation

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mastery of food supply

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3
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steel plow

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John Deere

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3
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allowed work to be done in homes or private shops

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domestic system

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4
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mechanical reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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5
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wages compared to the cost of living

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real wages

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6
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large number of people employed to produce goods in manufactured ways

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factory system

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7
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flying shuttle

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John Kay

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7
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industrial revolution began here

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England’s textile factories

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8
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spinning mule

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Samuel Crompton

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9
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enabled landowners to control livestock

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enclosure movement

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9
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practical, coal-burning steam engine

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James Watt

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10
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cotton gin

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Eli Whitney

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10
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miners safety lamp

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Sir Humphrey Davy

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11
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first electric telegraph machine

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Samuel Morse

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11
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canals

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Erie and suez

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12
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first steam-powered LOCOTMOTIVE

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Stephenson

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12
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first modern automobile

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Henry ford

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13
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first steamSHIP

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Fulton

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14
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first transatlantic cable

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Cyrus Field

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15
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Diesel Engine

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Rudolph Diesel

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15
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first vaccine for small pox

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Edward Jenner

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15
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atomic theory

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Dalton

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16
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internal combustion engine

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Daimler

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gave the process of converting iron to steel
Henry Bessemer & William Kelly
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first working telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
17
developed antiseptics
Joseph Lister
17
one of the greatest inventors
Thomas Edison
18
essay question: Main Characteristics of a capitalist (free enterprise) economy
1. Private ownership of production 2. Investments are made by private citizens 3. Prices and production of goods are based on the economy not the government 4. GNP (Gross National Product) is usually high
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founded largest steel company in the world
Carneige
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known for banking
JP Morgan
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our economic growth can be contributed to _____
capitalism
20
largely responsible for capitalism in America; wrote wealth of nations
Adam Smith
20
founded and owned the largest oil company in America
Rockefeller
21
donating money to social causes to help the less fortunate
philanthropy
22
Victoria's age when she became queen; reign?
18; 64 years
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Victoria's husband
Prince Albert
24
the right to vote
Suffrage
25
represented liberals
William *Gladstone*
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represented conservatives; they are the upper class of england
Benjamin *Disraeli*
27
best known preacher of victorian england
Charles Spurgeon
28
best known preacher in America
DL moody
29
cricket player
C.T. Studd
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founded china Inland mission
J. Hudson Taylor
30
modern nursing profession
Florence Nightingale
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negotiated treaty of trade between America and japan
Matthew Perry
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first ambassador to Japan who helped bring missionaries
Townshend Harris
33
one of the first missionaries to the interior of Japan
Joseph Harty/Neesima
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first Baptist missionary to Japan; invented rigshaw
Goble
35
German known for building orphanages and strongest prayer life
George Muler
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offered food and shelter to working men
YMCA
37
founder of the Salvation Army in England
William Booth
38
Florence nightingale popular in what war
Crimean War
39
establishment of colonies to benefit an empire
imperialism
40
essay option: reasons for British expansion
Economic Growth (GOLD) Religious Outreach (GOD) Patriotic Pride (GLORY)
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negotiations between government of nations; most of England's growth came from this
Diplomacy
42
powerful trading company that gained control of India
East India Company
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rebellion that came as a result of westerners being insensitive to Indian culture; how did England regain control?
Sepoy Rebellion; India Act
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translated the Bible into over 400 Indian dialects
William Carey
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rescued young Indian girls from Pagan Temples
Carmichael
46
crossed Sahara desert
Clapperton
47
most famous missionary explorer of Africa
Livingstone
48
sent to find Livingstone
Henry Stanley
49
first independent African republic
Liberia
50
missionary to Liberia
Teague
51
earliest European settlers to south Africa
Afrikaners (Dutch)
52
Dutch Farmers
Boers
53
The Boers moved north (“Great Trek”) and established the _______ and _____
orange free state and transvaal
54
won Boer war
British
55
explored Australia
James Cook
56
increased Australian population
Gold Rush
56
natives of Australia
Aborigines
57
natives of New Zealand
Maoris
58
recognizes British monarch as head
British Commonwealth of nations
59
major topic of tension between England and Ireland
religion; Protestant vs. Catholic
60
Queen victoria's son
Edward VII
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