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1
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growing just enough food to survive

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subsistence farming

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2
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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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16
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gave the process of converting iron to steel

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Henry Bessemer & William Kelly

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17
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first working telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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17
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developed antiseptics

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Joseph Lister

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17
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one of the greatest inventors

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Thomas Edison

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18
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essay question: Main Characteristics of a capitalist (free enterprise) economy

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  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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18
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founded largest steel company in the world

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Carneige

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19
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known for banking

19
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our economic growth can be contributed to _____

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capitalism

20
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largely responsible for capitalism in America; wrote wealth of nations

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Adam Smith

20
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founded and owned the largest oil company in America

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Rockefeller

21
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donating money to social causes to help the less fortunate

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philanthropy

22
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Victoria’s age when she became queen; reign?

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18; 64 years

23
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Victoria’s husband

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Prince Albert

24
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the right to vote

25
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represented liberals

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William Gladstone

26
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represented conservatives; they are the upper class of england

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Benjamin Disraeli

27
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best known preacher of victorian england

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Charles Spurgeon

28
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best known preacher in America

29
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cricket player

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C.T. Studd

29
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founded china Inland mission

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J. Hudson Taylor

30
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modern nursing profession

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Florence Nightingale

31
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negotiated treaty of trade between America and japan

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Matthew Perry

32
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first ambassador to Japan who helped bring missionaries

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Townshend Harris

33
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one of the first missionaries to the interior of Japan

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Joseph Harty/Neesima

34
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first Baptist missionary to Japan; invented rigshaw

35
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German known for building orphanages and strongest prayer life

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George Muler

36
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offered food and shelter to working men

37
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founder of the Salvation Army in England

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William Booth

38
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Florence nightingale popular in what war

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Crimean War

39
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establishment of colonies to benefit an empire

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imperialism

40
Q

essay option: reasons for British expansion

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Economic Growth (GOLD)
Religious Outreach (GOD)
Patriotic Pride (GLORY)

41
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negotiations between government of nations; most of England’s growth came from this

42
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powerful trading company that gained control of India

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East India Company

43
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rebellion that came as a result of westerners being insensitive to Indian culture; how did England regain control?

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Sepoy Rebellion; India Act

44
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translated the Bible into over 400 Indian dialects

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William Carey

45
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rescued young Indian girls from Pagan Temples

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Carmichael

46
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crossed Sahara desert

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Clapperton

47
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most famous missionary explorer of Africa

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Livingstone

48
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sent to find Livingstone

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Henry Stanley

49
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first independent African republic

50
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missionary to Liberia

51
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earliest European settlers to south Africa

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Afrikaners (Dutch)

52
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Dutch Farmers

53
Q

The Boers moved north (“Great Trek”) and established the _______ and _____

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orange free state and transvaal

54
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won Boer war

55
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explored Australia

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James Cook

56
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increased Australian population

56
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natives of Australia

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Aborigines

57
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natives of New Zealand

58
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recognizes British monarch as head

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British Commonwealth of nations

59
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major topic of tension between England and Ireland

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religion; Protestant vs. Catholic

60
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Queen victoria’s son

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Edward VII

61
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review ch21

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review ch21

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