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World History Flashcards

1
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What was the first country to industrialize?

A

England

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2
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Industrial Revolution

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The change from making products at home, by hand, to making them in factories, by machines

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3
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James Watt

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Invented the steam engine that powered factories; let to an increase of demand for coal

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4
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Eli Whitney

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Invented the cotton gin

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5
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Henry Bessemer

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Invented a new process for making steel

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6
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Edward Jenner

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Smallpox vaccine

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7
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Louis Pasteur

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Discovered bacteria

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8
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Marie Curie

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Experimented with radioactivity to discover the elements radium and polonium

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9
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Impacts

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Population growth
increases standards of living
improved transportation
increased education

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10
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Capitalism

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Economic system with private ownership of land and business; fueled the industrial revolution

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11
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Laissez-Faire

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French phrase meaning “leave alone” Theory that the government should leave businesses alone and society would benefit

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12
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Adam Smith

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Economist who wrote “The Wealth of Nations”

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13
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Utopianism

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create an ideal society where communities are owned by the people

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14
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Socialism

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system where the means of production are publicly owned

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15
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Communism

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common ownership of the mean of production and a planned economy

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16
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Why did people think capitalism was bad?

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Because it meant lower prices for consumers, unevenly distributed wealth, and it didn’t protect workers

17
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Who were the communist manifesto?

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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

18
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Why was England first?

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England had the capital and the recourses to industrialize

19
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What was the time period?

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The 18th century

20
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What was a problem with the industrial revolution

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Child Labor because it put children into the work force and put their safety at risk everyday

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