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World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in Great Britain during the 1700’s the Parliamentary decree that allowed fencing off of common lands, forcing many peasants to move to town. | enclosure movement |
| money available for investments. | capital |
| a person interested in finding new business opportunities and new ways to make profits. | entrepreneurs |
| a method of production in which tasks are done by individuals in their rural homes. | cottage industry |
| process in which coke derived from coal is used to burn away impurities in crude iron to produce high quality iron. | puddling |
| an economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing. | industrial capitalism |
| a system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production. | socialism |
| a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion. | conservatism |
| idea that great powers have the right to send armies into countries where there are revolutions to restore legitimate governments. | principle of intervention |
| a political philosophy originally based largely on enlightenment principles, holding that people should be as free as possible from government restraint. | liberalism |
| s a form of voting rights in which all adult males within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification. | universal male suffrage |
| a state in which people of many nationalities. | multinational state |
| reliance on military strength. | militarism |
| German for caesar the title of the emperors of the Second German Empire. | kaiser |
| a popular vote | plebiscite |
| the act of setting free. | emancipation |
| a movement to end slavery | abolitionism |
| withdraw | secede |
| an intellectual movement that emerged at the end of the 18th century in the reactions to enlightenment. | romanticism |
| indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration. | secularization |
| principle set forth by Charles Darwin that every plant or animal has evolved | organic evolution |
| principle set forth by Charles Darwin that some organisms are more adaptable to the environment. | natural selection |
| mid 19th century movement that rejected romanticism and sought to portray lower and middle class life as it actually was. | realism |