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Denne's Chapter 23
Question | Answer |
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Capital is synonymous with | money |
The Latin Americans wanted independence from? | Spain |
The Crimean War led to the end of the? | Concert of Europe |
The harsh conditions of the Industrial Revolution led to the development of? | Socialism |
Why did Britain lead the way in the Industrial Revolution? | capital, natural resources, agricultural revolutions, increased food supply, markets |
entrepreneur | a person who takes the risk of starting a new business |
Who invented the spinning jenny? | James Hargreaves |
liberalism | a political philosophy originally based largely on Enlightenment principles, holding that people should be as free as possible from government restraint and that civil liberties- the basic rights of all people- should be protected |
conservatism | a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion. |
multinational | an empire in which people of many nationalities live. |
The Austrian Empire was considered multinational because | It was made up of culturally different peoples. |
The controversial ideas of organic evolution and natural selection were developed by | Charles Darwin |
Socialism | is a system in society, usually in the form of government, owns and controls the means of production. |
The United State was the first country to go through the Industrial Revolution. | false |
The industrial Revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers provided | Transportation and power |
Why did coal production expand greatly during the Industrial Revolution? | Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines. |
Two leaders of Italian unification were | Cavour and Garibaldi. |
Built the first paddle-wheel steamboat | Robert Fulton |
Improved the steam engine | James Watt |
Leader in the struggle for Italian unification | Giuseppe Gardibaldi |
Led revolts against Spanish rule in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador | Simon Bolivar |
Relating to a political group associated with views, practices, and policies of extreme change. | Radical |
The process in which coke derived from coal is used to burn away impurities in rude iron to produce high quality iron. | Pudding |
The reliance on military strength. | Militarism |
An economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing. | Industrial captilasim |
German for “caeser”; the title of the emperors of the Second German Empire. | Kaiser |
In post-revolutionary Latin America, a strong leader who ruled chiefly by military force, usually with the support of the landed elite. | Caudillo |
A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal use. | Cash crop |
A movement to end slavery. | Abolitionism |
A mid-nineteenth century movement that rejected romanticism and sought to portray lower- and middle-class life as it actually was. | Realism |
Indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration. | Secularzation |