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Terms and Questions, Chapter 3 Palmer Textbook

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AP Euro Homework, Chapter 3 (Palmer) Please know the following terms at a minimum: emergent capitalism Columbian Exchange cultural relativism commodity (as in sugar...) conquistadore mestizo mulatto Manila galleons inflation capital "putting out" system spinster naval stores usury commercial capitalism mercantilism (!) tariff system yeomanry landed gentry freeholder grands seigneurs bourgois bourgeoisie hidalgos tax exemption robot Treaty of Tordesillas Potosi mines Know who the following people are and how they impacted this phase of European history: Vasco de Gama St. Francis Xavier Hernando Cortes Francisco Pizarro Magellan Pedro Cabral Johann Fugger

Key Figures in European Industrial Revolution Flashcard Format

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Benjamin Disraeli British Conservative-extended vote to all middle class male workers, needed to broaden aristocratic voter base. Charles Fourier French social theorist-criticized capitalism-wanted socialist utopia and emancipation of women. Theory of Four Movements. Chartism Agitation against poor laws-working class discontent. Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800 made trade unionism illegal. The Communist Manifesto Pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels- basis of Socialism. Corn Laws of 1815 tariff on imported grain to protect domestic producers. Never worked well. Edmund Cartwright Inventor of the modern power loom. Factory Act 1833 Created factory workday for children between 9-13 to 8 hours a day. Not

chapter 30

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Foundations of industrialization Coal critical to the early industrialization of Britain Shift from wood to coal in eighteenth century; deforestation caused wood shortages Abundant, accessible coal reserves in Britain Overseas colonies provided raw materials Plantations in the Americas provided sugar and cotton Colonies also became markets for British manufactured goods Grain, timber, and beef shipped from United States to Britain after 1830 Demand for cheap cotton spurred mechanization of cotton industry John Kay invented the flying shuttle, 1733 Samuel Crompton invented the spinning "mule," 1779 Edmund Cartwright invented a water-driven power loom, 1785 James Watt's steam engine, 1765 Burned coal, which drove a piston, which turned a wheel

Industrial Revolution

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The Industrial Revolution Study Guide Honors European Studies Any material from notes, homework assignments, in-class worksheets or writing activities could show up on the test. The test will consist of multiple choice, matching, short answer and essay questions. Industrial Revolution Pre-Revolution Situation (farms/causes of new inventions) 1700s Farms were owned by the wealthy England?s small farms were bought by wealthy landowners to create larger farms. Jethro Tull invents seed drill to make sure seeds can germinate Crop rotation instead of three field system Selective animal reproduction Significant Increase in Food Supply More people could be fed with less $ and less labor More babies were made The extra people could provide surplus labor for new factories

business terms

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1-3 Economic Systems Goals: Identify the three economic questions Differentiate among the main types of economic systems Describe the economic system of the U.S. Key Terms (Countries) Economic system ? a nation?s plan for answering the three economic questions Command economy ? the resources are owned and controlled by the government Market economy ? the resources are owned and controlled by the people of the country Traditional economy ? goods and services are produced the way it always has been done (African countries) Mixed economy ? combines elements of the command and market economics Capitalism - refers to the Three economic questions: What to produce? How to produce? What needs and wants to satisfy? The U.S. Economic System Four principles: Private Property

AP Human Geography Unit II Review

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Gerrymandering: process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power Balkanization: process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities Agglomeration: grouping together of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources Maquiladoras: those US firms that have factories just outside the US/Mexican border in areas that have been specially designated by the Mexican government Assimilation: the process through which people lose originality differentiating traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture

PERSIA

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PERSIA" is an acronym for Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual, and Artistic. It is a framework for organizing your thinking about history. ? Politics is about power, who uses it to govern (make and enforce rules), how power is used, and the goals one hopes to accomplish by using power. Politics is about public decisions and how those decisions are reached. Public power is usually exercised through governments. ??Economics?is about how people use whatever resources they have to produce and distribute goods and services. Economics is about jobs, production, money, and markets. Economics helps us decide how to effectively use scarce resources. Economics is about daily survival; you have to have food and shelter to survive, and that usually takes money.

World Civ IIH - Introduction

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Introduction: 1. Geography: study of where people, place and things are located and how they relate to each other. Location: Position on Earth?s surface Absolute location is derived from longitude and latitude. Place: Physical and human characteristics Physical: Landforms Climate Soil Animal life Human: Activities Means of transportation Religion Language Human interaction with the environment: how people alter the world around them. Hidden costs: pollution, pesticides. People?s adaptation: conformity to the land. i.e. Igloos in the north. Movement: Shift of people, goods and ideas Migration: people move to find resource/freedoms/natural disasters/war Trade: Movement of goods between areas. Resources are spread differently => import and export of goods.
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