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3857791337First Industrial RevolutionBritain (1780-1850) The main use of textiles, coal, iron, and railroads0
3857791338Second Industrial RevolutionBritain (1850-1900) The main use of steel, oil, electricity, and chemicals1
3857791339UrbanizationIndustrial Revolution attracted workers to cities. Britain first country to experience this growth (over 50% of population by 1890)2
3857791345Adam SmithFather of modern capitalism and author of Wealth of Nation3
3857791346Wealth of NationsBook by Adam Smith outlining the principles of capitalism4
3857791347Lassiez Faire"Hands off" (non-government intervention in business... Industry and Trade regulated, but not owned or controlled by the government)5
3857791348Invisible HandSupply and Demand will promote interest of society6
3857791349Karl MarxAdvocate of a more militant form of Socialism called communism and author of The Communist Manifesto7
3857791351PogramsAgainst Jews in Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries induced many to move out of that empire8
3857815766nationalisma belief in national pride9
3857815767millet systemIn Ottoman Empire pertained to personal law10
3857816954blood and iron policywar used to unify nation11
3857817793social darwinismwhatever creaturs were dominant were meant to be dominent12
3857818249cultivation systemsystem that forced peasants to devote land to exports13
3857819637great trekdutch that left British control to establish own control14
3857819638mfecane"time of troubles" in africa15
3857820454berlin conferencegermany settled arguments peacfuly over africa16
3857820455scramble for africarush of Europeans to colonize africa17
3857821473nabobcorruption of the title for an indian muslim ruler18
3857822552revere the emporeralmost rejecting everything that came from the west19
3857823674meiji restorationdisplaced shogun, restoring power to emporer20
3857824268eastern ethics/western scienceaccepting western science but rejecting western culture21
3857826009extraterritoriallegal immunities enjoyed by those of a sovereign state22
3857866444imperialsmWhere a colony is ruled by a definite ruler23
3857867411colonialismPractice of setting up colonies24
3857869596Taiping rebellionUpheaval against the Qing gov.25
3857869597opium warTwo wars in 19th century involving china26
3857870862boxer rebellionMarked low ebb of Qing dynasty27
3857871745sepoy rebellionRebellion in India over loss of jobs28
3857871746ghost danceA dance which beloved that if the dance was preformed the preformed would be protected from bullets29
3857872895wahhabisResisted Egyptians and launch holy war30
3857873304zulusSouthern African tribe that was immune to European disease31
3857873305capitalisman economic system based on private enterprise with little to no gov. help32
3857877973socalismeconomic system where wealth is shared through gov.33

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