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Estates   Groups French society was divided into during the Old Regime  
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Fundamental   Type of cause that has deep roots in the past  
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Immediate   Type of cause that leads directly to some kind of action  
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Cahiers   Notebooks of criticisms of the French monarchy  
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Tennis court oath   The Third Estates's action to withhold money from Louis XVI until France had a constitution  
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Bastille   Paris prison attacked on July 14, 1789, marking the beginning of the French Revolution  
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Bourgeiosie   The middle class  
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Marie-Antoinette   French queen during the Revolution  
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Robespierre   Leader during the Reign of Terror  
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Napoleon   Army general who rose to become emperor of France  
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Waterloo   Place of Napoloen's last defeat, in Belgium  
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Estates General   French law-making body during the Old Regime  
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Duke Of Welsh   British Duke who finally defeated Napoleon(also present at the Congress of Vienna)  
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Hundred Days   Napoleon's drive to regain control after his escape from Elba  
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Materials-oriented Production(where it is located)   -near the source of raw material  
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Materials-oriented Production(why it is located there)   either the raw material may be fragile or perishable or the raw material may lose bulk or weight during production  
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Market-oriented Production(where it is located)   -located where a market exists for the product  
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Market-oriented Production(why it is located there)   -either the raw material may gain weight or bulk during production or the end product may be fragile or perisable or some industries need to be in consant touch with their markets  
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Transport-oriented Production(where it is located)   -not at the resource point nor at the market, but at some intermediate location  
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Corvee   The requirement of the peasants of an area to do serveral day's work each year without pay  
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Taille   A tax on land and its produce levied by the nobility  
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Capitaineries   Reserves/Districts granted by the king to princes of royal blood. The princes owned all the game in these reserves, even on lands not belonging to them.  
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Tithe   Church tax, usually one-tenth of one's income  
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Estates(CNR)   Clergy, Nobility, Rest of the population  
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First estate   Clergy:collected tithe, controlled 1/5 of the land  
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Second estate   Nobility:owned the rest of the land, didn't pay taxes  
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Third estate   Rest of the population:96% of the population, not privledged  
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Fundamental cause of the French Revolution   Futile laws and taxes  
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Immediate cause of the French Revolution   France became bankrupt  
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Declaration of the Rights of Man   Death certificate of the Old Regime  
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Slogan of the French Revolution   Liberty, Equality, Fraternity  
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Why was LouisXVI executed   Charged with treason, found guilty by one vote  
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When did the Congress of Vienna meet   After the Battle of Nations at Leizig  
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Quadruple Allience   Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria  
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Liberty   Reform, Constitution  
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Fraternity   Working together as a nation  
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Equality   No special privliges  
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Nationalist   Felt people with common language, history, and culture should unite  
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Socialists   Worked for the betterment of the proletariat(workers)  
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Conservatives   Believed society would change gradually for the better as long as power remained in their hands(nobility)  
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Liberals   Believed in constitutional government rather than divine rights of kings  
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Absolutism   The complete rule of a monarch against their subjects  
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Divine Rights of Kings   A claim that the monarch was selected by God  
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LouisXIV   "I am the state", cared more about wars then peace, left a heavy financial debt to his successor  
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Voltaire   Freedom of thought and religon, wrote "Letters on English" about the French Government  
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Adam Smith   Laissa-Faire Economics  
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Allies(WWI)   France, Great Britain, Russia, United States  
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Central Powers(WWI)   Italy, Germany, Austria, Turkey  
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Militarism   Preparing for war, preparing people to fight  
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Alliances   Aggrements with nations of common goals  
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Triple Alliance   Italy, Germany, Austria(central powers)  
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Triple Entente   France, Great Britain, Russia(Allies)  
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Imperialism   Process of building imperial power(race for colonies)  
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International Lawlessness   Absence of machinery for peaceful aggrement  
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order of battles(WWI)   First battle of Marne, Battle of Ypres, Battle of Tannenburg, Battle of Gallipoli, Battle of Verdun, Battle of Jutland  
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Why the United States joined WWI   Sinking of the ship Lusitania that had a 100 Americans on it, The Zimmerman telegram  
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Armistice   A temporary agreement to stop hostilites  
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Treaty   Agreement made by negotiation or diplomacy  
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November 11, 1918   Allies and Germany signed a Armistice  
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John Kay   Flying shuttle:increased speed of weaving  
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James Hargreaves   Spinning jenny:increased speed of spinning yarn  
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Richard Arkwright   Water frame:used water to spin yarn faster, resulted in the factory system  
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Samuel Crompton   Spinning mule:combined the spinning jenny and the water frame  
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Edmund Cartwright   Power loom:weaved thead into cloth faster than before  
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Eli Whitney   Cotton gin:separated raw cotton from its pods  
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James Watt   Steam engine:improved the steam engine  
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Sir Humphrey Davy   Saftey lamp:enclosed a open-flame into a container  
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Henry Bessemer   Bessemer Converter: process that changed iron to steel  
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George Stephenson   Steam locomotive:improved transportation  
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Samuel F.B. Morse   Telegraph:improved communications  
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Alexander Graham Bell   Telephone:improved communications further than the telegraph  
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Jethro Tull   Seeding drill:planted seeds in straight rows  
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Viscount Townshend   Crop rotation:helped soil retain valuable minerals and stay fertile longer  
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Robert Bakewell   Animal husbandry:breeding improvements  
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Cyrus McCormick   Reaper:cut grain more rapidly  
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John McAdam   Ashpalt:improved travel during rainy weather  
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Adam Smith   Wrote The Wealth Of Nations(laissa-faire(hands off) economics)  
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Primary industry   Direct use of natural products ex.Forestry, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Mining  
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Secondary industry   All types of manufacturing industry ex.Construction, Manufacturing  
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Tertiary industry   Performance of services ex.Transportation, Utilities, Trade, Finance  
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Quaternary industry   Research and development of technology  
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Capitalism   Economic system based on private ownership, profit, competition  
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Enclosure movement   Consolidation of fields into one large ownership  
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Corporation   Business organization in which shares are sold  
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Robert Fulton   Steamboat  
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Dividend   Shares in the profit of a corporation  
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Stocks   Certificates of ownership in a corporation  
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Order of napoleons titles   General, First Consul, Emperor  
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Birth Rate   Total live births/Total population x 1000  
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Death Rate   Total deaths/Total population x 1000  
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Net migration   Immigrants-Emigrants  
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Natural Increase   Total live births-Total deaths  
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Rate of natural increase   Birth rate-Death rate  
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Popuplation Doubled   70/(move rate of natural increases number 1 decimal place to the left)  
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Total population change   natural increase+net migration  
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Developing nations have had many troubles in their attempt to become industrialized, Why?   Type of spending, Mulitinationals(corporations), Lack of finances, Lack of resources, Lack of skilled workers, Lack of Infrastructure  
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Defeats of Napoleon   Waterloo, Leipzig, Trafalgar  
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Why Napoleon's rapid rise to power?   Military leader, Popularity, Advantage of Opportunities, Josephine'sconnections to royalties  
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Order of French Revolution groups   Old Regime, National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, Directory  
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White man's burden   Belived it was their duty to bring knowledge of medicine, science, technology, and sanitation to those they believed to be uncivilized.  
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Kowtowing   Bowing low to the Chinese Emperor to show respect  
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Why has the hunger cycle been also described as "The vicious cycle of poverty"   Poor and malnourished people may have neither the energy nor the education to improve their own circomstances  
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Four main factors involved in the problem of world food supply   Population numbers, Population growth rate, The amount and quality of arable land, Yields of food per hectre  
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Arable land   Ploughed to grow crops  
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Grazing land   Used to feed animals  
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Brunswick Manifesto   Issued by Austria and Prussia, threated Paris with total destruction if harm befell the royal family  
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Push factors which resulted in migration to cities   Poverty level, Natural disasters, Land is scarce  
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Pull factors which cause migration   Employment, Medical facilities, Education facilities, Government assistance  
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