World History Benchmark 2 Review – Flashcards
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Industrial Revolution
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the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850
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Agricultural shift in England
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People started moving to the urban area and the enclosure movement was only good for the big farms
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England (first to industrialize; how and why)
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England was first to industrialize because they had a lot of resources such as money, coal, iron, and food
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Factors of Production (three)
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They had much more food in the 18th century, more abundant food supplies, had a ready supply of money, a lot of natural resources, and free society.
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Mega Farms
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Huge plantations and was a major help from the enclosure movement
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Rural vs. Urban
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The urban has much more people and this place is where more factories take place. Rural areas such as farmlands and mega farms where there.
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Loom
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There are coal powered, water powered, and steam powered.
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nationalism
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love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
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imperialism
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A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.
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Alliances
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Triple Alliances, Triple Entente, Allied Powers, Central Powers
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Militarism
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Aggressive Preparation for war
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Communism
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A society that has no government and everyone is equal in society
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Capitalism
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an economic system based on private ownership of capital
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Adam Smith
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Made best statement in 1776 for , Economist who wrote Wealth of Nations; Laissez-Faire economics
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Karl Marx and Fredrick Engles
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Wrote the communist manifesto
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Imperialism in India
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Sepoy massacred two hundred defenseless women and children in a house
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Mahatma Ghandi
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born in 1869 that became a lawyer and had a nonviolent protest toward the British independence
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Social Darwinism
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When Europe needs to civilize nonwhite people and spread their religion
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Japan as a colonial power
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Began to imperialize and take over other states
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Boxer Rebellion
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Destroy foreigners and slaughtered many foreigners missionaries
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Taiping Rebellion
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led by Hong Xiu Quan and seized by Nan Jing but stopped by the British.
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Cotton Gin
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Made by Eli Whitney and improved cotton industry
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Spinning Jenny
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James Ha, This machine played an important role in the mechanization of textile production. Like the spinning wheel, it may be operated by a treadle or by hand. But, unlike the spinning wheel, it can spin more than one yarn at a time. The idea for multiple-yarn spinning was conceived about 1764 by James Hargreaves, an English weaver. In 1770, he patented a machine that could spin 16 yarns at a time. (643, 727)
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Steam Engine
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This improved transportation and allowed factories away from water power
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Entrepreneurs
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individuals who start new businesses, introduce new products, and improve management techniques
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James Watt
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Improved the steam engine
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Thomas Edison
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Created the light bulb
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Eli Whitney
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Created the cotton gin and also produced mass production
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Louis Pasteur
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Frenchman that discovered vaccination and pasteurization
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Henry Bessemer
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This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient
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Order of Events in WWI Beginning with the assassination to the Armistice
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Assassination of Ferdinand caused the Austria-Hungary to gathering the war and then the Lusitania caused the war. Austria Hungary declares war on the Serbians and Russia was on their side.
