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WH Unit 10 GSE-CCHS
Term | Definition |
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enclosure | the legal process in England of enclosing a number of small landholdings to create one larger farm. Once enclosed, use of the land became restricted to the owner, and it ceased to be common land for communal use. |
entrepreneur | a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. |
capitalism | an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. |
urbanization | making a rural area more like a city |
communism | a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. |
corporation | a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law. |
Stock | the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution. |
realism | the view that the subject matter of politics is political power, not matters of principle. |
impressionism | a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color. |
annex | add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation |
Kaiser | the German emperor, the emperor of Austria, or the head of the Holy Roman Empire |
emigration | the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad. |
imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
sphere of influence | a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority. |
sepoy | an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders. |
diet | the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats. |