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Age of Exploration and Discovery Flashcards

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552033534	Vasco Nunez de Balboa	He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore.	0
552033535	John Cabot	He was the first European since the Vikings to explore the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage.	1
552033536	Jacques Cartier	He discovered the St. Lawrence River, searched for the Northwest Passage, founded the city of Montreal; his explorations served as a b asis for French claims in Canada and led to further French expeditions in Canada.	2
552033537	Samuel de Champlain	He founded the city of Quebec, the first permanent European settlement in North America, in 1608.	3
552033538	Christopher Columbus	He was the first European since the Vikings to discover the New World.	4
552033539	Francisco Vasquez de Coronado	He led the first European expedition to the southwestern united States, searching for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.	5
552033540	Hernando de Cortes	He was a Spanish conquistador who defeated and conquered the Aztec Empire.	6
552033541	Bartolomeu Dias	He sailed along the west coast of Africa and was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope.	7
552033542	Sir Francis Drake	He helped defeat the Spanish Armada, and was the first Englishman to sail around the world.	8
552033543	Vasco da Gama	He was the first to sail from Europe to India.	9
552033544	Prince Henry the Navigator	He sponsored expeditions of discovery in the Atlantic Ocean, down the western coast of Africa.	10
552033545	Henry Hudson	He was the first English navigator to cross the Atlantic Ocean (1609); searched for the Northwest Passage; sailed up the Hudson River in New York.	11
552033546	Louis Joliet	He was the first European to travel down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes.	12
552033547	René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle	He was the first European to sail down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico; claimed all of the land from the Appalacian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains and all the way from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico for France.	13
552033548	Ferdinand Magellan	He was the first explorer to lead an expedition around the world.	14
552033549	Jacques Marquette	He co-led with Louis Joliet the expedition that led to the discovery of the Mississippi River.	15
552033550	Francisco Pizarro	He conquered the Inca Empire.	16
552033551	Juan Ponce de Leon	He was the first European to explore Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth.	17
552033552	Sir Walter Raleigh	He established the Virginia colony of Roanoke Island in 1584.	18
552033553	Hernando de Soto	He led the first expedition across the southeastern united States.	19
552033554	Amerigo Vespucci	He was the first to recognize that the new lands discovered by Columbus were not part of Asia; North and South America were named after him.	20
552033555	Spain	For what country did Vasco Nunez de Balboa sail?	21
552033556	England	For what country did John Cabot sail?	22
552033557	France	For what country did Jacques Cartier sail?	23
552033558	France	For what country did Samuel de Champlain sail?	24
552033559	Spain	For what country did Christopher Columbus sail?	25
552033560	Spain	For what country did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sail?	26
552033561	Spain	For what country did Hernando de Cortes sail?	27
552033562	Portugal	For what country did Bartolomeu Dias sail?	28
552033563	England	For what country did Sir Francis Drake sail?	29
552033564	Portugal	For what country did Vasco da Gama sail?	30
552033565	Portugal	From what country was Prince Henry the Navigator?	31
552033566	England	For what country did Henry Hudson sail?	32
552033567	France	For what country did Louis Joliet sail?	33
552033568	France	For what country did René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle sail?	34
552033569	Spain	For what country did Ferdinand Magellan sail?	35
552033570	France	For what country did Jacques Marquette sail?	36
552033571	Spain	For what country did Francisco Pizarro sail?	37
552033572	Spain	For what country did Juan Ponce de Leon sail?	38
552033573	England	For what country did Sir Walter Raleigh sail?	39
552033574	Spain	For what country did Hernando de Soto sail?	40
552033575	Spain	For what country did Amerigo Vespucci sail?	41

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Scientific Revolution Flashcards

The Scientific Revolution marked the birth of modern science. Discoveries and inventions helped scientists study the natural world. The Scientific Revolution had broad effects on society, changing ideas about the physical world, human behavior, and religion. Europeans developed a new way of gaining knowledge, leading to a Scientific Revolution that changed the way people thought about the world.

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1954581534	Birth	The Scientific Revolution marked the ________ of modern science	0
1954581535	1540 and 1700	The Scientific Revolution occurred between...	1
1954581536	Knowledge and Understanding	The word science comes from the latin words	2
1954581537	Theories	The explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts are called theories.	3
1954581538	Astronomy, geography, and logic	Ptolemy wrote about...	4
1954581539	Galileo Galilei	-Italian scientist who was the first person to study the sky with a telescope -discovered mountains and craters on the moon -studied how falling objects behave -first scientist to routinely use experiments to test theories	5
1954581540	Nicholas Copernicus	Mathematician who developed a heliocentric conception of the universe.	6
1954581541	John Locke	17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.	7
1954581542	Baron de Montesquieu	(1689-1755) Enlightenment thinker from France who wrote a book, describes what he considers to be the best government. He states that government should divide itself according to its powers, creating a Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branch,explained that under this system each branch would Check and Balance the others, which would help protect the people's liberty.	8
1954581543	Voltaire	Criticized Christianity, supported religious tolerance.	9
1954581544	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	(1712-1778) French writer and Enlightenment philosopher who wrote a book called, The Social Contract, where he stated that people were basically good, and that society, and its unequal distribution of wealth, were the cause of most problems. Rousseau believed that government should be run according to the will of the majority, which he called the General Will. He claimed that the General Will would always act in the best interest of the people.	10
1954581545	Balance of Power Theory	Equal power would prevent one monarchy from becoming too powerful	11
1954581546	The Seven Years' War	AKA French and Indian War. War mainly between Britain and France, but Britain sided with Prussia and fought against France, Austria and Russia. Fighting took place all around the world, most notably in India and America.	12
1954581547	Treaty of Paris (1763)	Agreement between Britain and France. Britain wins the Seven Years' War, gains control of global trade. As a result of the war cost, Britain taxes the 13 colonies with the Stamp and Sugar Act.	13
1954581548	Mercantilism	Raw materials such as gold and silver are brought to the mother country for cheap and resold at high prices.	14
1954581549	Geocentric Theory	Earth-centered view of the universe that came from the Greek philosopher Aristotle	15
1954581550	Ptolemy	Greek astronomer who expanded the geocentric theory in the second century A.D.	16
1954581551	Scientific Revolution	change in European thought that was launched in the 1500s as scholars began to question ancient ideas	17
1954581552	Heliocentric Theory	sun-centered theory that came from Copernicus; still did not completely explain why the planets orbited the way they did	18
1954581553	Galileo	Italian scientist who built on new astronomical theories; his theories that agreed with Copernicus were detested by the Catholic Church	19
1954581554	Scientific Method	new approach to science developed by Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo; a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas	20
1954581555	Johannes Kepler	German, used data to prove that the earth moved in an elliptical, not circular, orbit; Wrote 3 laws of planetary motion based on mechanical relationships and accurately predicted movements of planets in a sun-centered universe; Demolished old systems of Aristotle and Ptolemy	21
1954581556	Three Laws of Planetary Motion	Johannes Kepler	22
1954581557	Galileo Galilei	Italian, improved the telescope Established Universal Laws of Physics, Dialogue Concerning Two World Systems, recanted, observations proved Copernician pov	23
1954581558	Rene Descartes	french, significace of doubt, the deductive method, Father of philosophy, "i think, therefore i am", Father of analytical geometry, Discourse on Methods	24
1954581559	Isaac Newton	english, Principia, principle of universal gravitation, made up calculus to prove his theories, skilled in optics and in spectroscopic analysis	25
1954581560	heliocentrism	sun is the center of the universe, first proposed by Nicolas copernicus	26

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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Figures Flashcards

Scientific Revolution: 1543-1795
Scientific Revolution led to:
•Enlightenment
•Clash w/ religion
•Agricultural Revolution
•Improvement in exploration
•Decline in witch hunts

The Enlightenment (1690-1795)
Enlightenment leads to:
•Emergence of a secular world view of the universe (for the first time in Western history)
•Enlightened despotism
•American and French Revolution (as a result of classical liberalism)
•educational reform
•laissez-faire capitalism (in th 19th century)

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790934638	Tycho Brahe	Influenced by Copernicus; Built observatory and collected data on the locations of stars and planets for over 20 years; His limited knowledge of mathematics prevented him from making much sense out of the data; works later used by Kepler, Galileo and others	0
790934639	Andreas Vesalius	"The Structure of the Human Body" modernized study anatomy based on dissection	1
790934640	William Harvey	"On the Movement of Heart and Blood in Animals" demonstrated function of heart and circulation of blood	2
790934641	Anton von Leeuwenhoek	developed powerful microscopes; first to see and write about microorganisms	3
790934642	Francis Bacon	empiricism: first-hand study of scientific subjects; inductive method: scientific conclusion is reached after much observation; believed in the inductive method as well as using experimentation	4
790934643	Rene Descartes	Cartesian dualism- divided existence into spiritual and the material; developed analytical geography; deductive method- conclusion in reached by logic; "I think therefore I am";	5
790934644	John Locke	"Two Treatises on Civil Government"-justified supremeacy of England's Parliament- government formed by consent of the governed to protect their natural rights; "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"- tabula rasa-knowledge derived from experience	6
790934645	Voltaire	religious and political toleration; advocated "enlightened despotism" (Age of ___: Began with the Consulate before Napoleon's coup); deism	7
790934646	Baron de Montesquieu	"Spirit of the Laws"- separation of powers; checks and balances	8
790934647	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	The Social Contract- people agreed to be ruled by General Will; gov't is necessary evil	9
790934648	Denis Diderot	wrote "The Encyclopedia"	10
790934649	Marquis de Beccaria	certainty of punishment > the severity of punishment in detering crime; criticized torture; influenced the enlightened despots (Frederick William the Great Elector, Catherine the Great, Joseph II)	11
790934650	Francois Quesnay	(1694-1774) French economist; was the undisputed leader of the Physiocrats, the first systematic school of economic thought. Among its tenets were the economic and moral righteousness of laissez-faire policies and the notion that land was the ultimate source of all wealth.	12
790934651	Adam Smith	"Wealth of Nations"- "Bible" of capitalism, laissez-faire; economy governed by natural laws of supply and demand	13
790934652	Immanuel Kant	German philosopher of Enlightenment;separated science and morality into separate branches of knowledge;science could describe nature, it could not provide a guide for morality	14

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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenmet Flashcards

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772382751	direct democracy	A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives	0
772382752	Absolute monarchy	a monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited	1
772382753	limited monarchy	a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution	2
772382754	excommunication	the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church	3
772382755	natural rights	the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property	4
772382756	rene descartes	This French mathematical genius said that one should apply logic and try to answer problems with mathematical equations	5
772382757	francis bacon	developed the scientific method	6
772382758	Diderot	French philosopher from 1713-84 who composed a 28 volume encyclopedia that included and spread many Enlightenment ideas	7
772382759	frederick the great	Prussian King known as an enlightened despot and great military leader.	8
772382760	Nicholas Copernicus	He thought that the sun was the center & the plants went around the sun in circles	9
772382761	Thomas Hobbes	This was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war	10
772382762	Jean jacques Rousseau	Believed that the human beings are naturally good and free	11

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Reformation Flashcards

Reformation, Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII, Catholic Counter-Reformation

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1698663009	1. Decline in church influence 2. Secular humanism; urban and education (due to printing press) 3. New reformers and ideas (Huss, Wycliffe, Luther) 4. New powerful Kings challenge the Church (Spain, France, England) 5. Popes and church resist reform 6. Rivalry among kings and princes (Holy Roman Empire) 7. Fear of Ottoman Empire 8. Rise of Habsburg Family	8 reasons for reformation	0
1698663010	____(person) was a German monk	Martin Luther	1
1698663011	______ believes in "Justification by faith alone! Not just good works"	Martin Luther	2
1698663012	_____posts 95 Theses	Martin Luther	3
1698663013	95 Theses posted in _________ Cathedral	Wittenburg	4
1698663014	_______ says Bible should be vernacular, not Latin	Martin Luther	5
1698663015	_____ Said priests should marry	Martin Luther	6
1698663016	Martin Luther	____ receives protection from German princes	7
1698663017	Holy Roman Empire Emperor, __________, bans ________ from the empire	Charles V, Martin Luther	8
1698663018	o "Whose the region; his the religion" All one or the other! (if your prince is Lutheran you are a Lutheran, if your prince is catholic you are catholic, etc.)	Peace of Augsburg	9
1698663019	______Spoke Latin, Hebrew, Greek, French, and German_	John Calvin	10
1698663020	_____ believes in o Predestination: "God adopts some to the home of life and adjudges others to eternal death"	John Calvin	11
1698663021	______ says church should be run by Presbyteries	John Calvin	12
1698663022	"Model Christian Community"	Geneva Switzerland	13
1698663023	______ said o Black and white clothes, no dancing, no drinking, no images or idols in church, candles not incense, hymns not chants, no instruments	John Calvin	14
1698663024	______ spread more democratic ideas and capitalism	Calvinism	15
1698663025	Henry VIII's first wife	Catherine Habsburg	16
1698663026	Henry's first child(with Catherine)	Mary Tutor	17
1698663027	Pope will not let Henry divorce Catherine because she is ___________	the aunt of Charles V (Habsburg)	18
1698663028	Henry passes the "Act of Supremacy" to	name him the head of the England Church (Anglican)	19
1698663029	Henry's second wife	Anne Boleyn	20
1698663030	Henry's second child	Elizabeth	21
1698663031	Henry's third wife	Jane Seymous	22
1698663032	Henry's third child	Edward	23
1698663033	Henry dies in_____	1547	24
1698663034	Edward VI dies at age ______	16	25
1698663035	Marry becomes Queen after _____	Edward VI	26
1698663036	Mary is known as _____ because _______	"Bloody Mary" she kills many protestants	27
1698663037	Elizabeth Becomes Queen after______	Mary	28
1698663038	______ Marry's Phillip II	Mary	29
1698663039	Philip II is ______'s son	Charles V	30
1698663040	Elizabeth I's reign is known as _______	the "Golden Age"	31
1698663041	Elizabeth supports _________(4)	arts, exploration, toleration of other faiths, defeats Spanish Armada	32
1698663042	meeting of the church	"council of Trent"	33
1698663043	how long was the council of Trent?	1545-1563	34
1698663044	Good works and faith were	EQUAL	35
1698663045	Priests __________	were God's "special" servants, NO MARRIAGE	36
1698663046	Confession was_________	appropriate and proper	37
1698663047	Transubstantiation	communion in mass	38
1698663048	the bible and church	were equal	39
1698663049	The bible should be in Latin	In Church	40
1698663050	People _______ interpret the bible as they wish	COULD NOT	41
1698663051	stop ______&_______	simony and indulgences	42
1698663052	Create more and better ________	schools	43
1698663053	wanted to crusade to _________ pretestants	re-convert	44
1698663054	Church fights ______	Slavery	45
1698663055	Spain fought Protestants and spread_____	Catholicism	46
1698663056	St. Ignatius Loyola saw himself as a _______, he established the __________	"Christian Soldier" , "Society of Jesus"	47
1698663057	Created over _______ Catholic schools in the new world and Europe	500	48
1698663058	The Jesuits were also an _______________ to try and convert non-Christians and re-convert Protestants	International missionary force	49
1698663059	mission to New World is ______	evangelical	50
1698663060	The "dark side" of the counter-reformation	the inquisition	51
1698663061	church "secret police" arrested suspected "non-believers" and sometimes used _______ to get them to _____	torture, confess	52

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Out of Many, Chapter 24 Terms Flashcards

Out of Many, AP Edition, 5th edition, Chapter 24 people, places, and events.

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2185304346	Bull Market	A period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices during the late 1920s	0
2185304347	Great Depression	the nation's worst economic crisis, extending through the 1930s, producing unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and industrial and agricultural collaspe	1
2185304348	Margaret Mitchell	author of Gone With the Wind, a sweeping story of the Old South set during the Civil War and Reconstruction	2
2185304349	margin accounts	very useful, permits an investor to borrow part of the cost of investments from brokerage firm	3
2185304350	Emergency Banking Act	gave the President power over the banking system and set up a system by which banks would be reorganized or reopened	4
2185304351	swing era	Jazz in the 30's and 40's. Used sections, "Big Band Jazz." Was very composed	5
2185304352	Black Tuesday	October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression.	6
2185304353	National Labor Relations Board	also known as the Wagner Act; right to form a union, bargain with their employer, and participate in concerted union activities	7
2185304354	Eleanor Roosevelt	(1884-1962) Author, diplomat, humanitarian, and first lady of FDR, she supported much New Deal legislation aimed at young people and minorities(e.g. NYA)	8
2185304355	POUR	the President's Organization for Unemployment Relief; was created by Hoover but wasn't very effective and only encouraged local groups to help the unemployed	9
2185304356	Fair Labor Standards Act	1938 act which provided for a minimum wage and restricted shipments of goods produced with child labor	10
2185304357	court packing	FDR plan to add up to six new justices to the nine member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled that some New Deal legislation was unconstitutional; was fiercely opposed and rejected	11
2185304358	RFC	Gave government credit to institutions like insurance companies and railroads. Also lent money to banks so that they can extend loans.	12
2185304359	Fireside Chat	A series of informal radio speeches given by FDR to calm fears of the Depression and to explain his policies to the American public.	13
2185304360	Roosevelt Recession	Economic downturn in 1937 which happened when FDR tried to reduce government spending on relief and job programs	14
2185304361	Bonus Army	Group of WWI vets. that marched to D.C. in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of their goverment war bonuses in cash	15
2185304362	Okies	Displaced farm families from the Oklahoma dust bowl who migrated to California during the 1930s in search of jobs.	16
2185304363	RA (Resettlement Organization)	led by Ruxford Tugwell,it helped to relocate poor farm families to more productive areas; however, because of its lack of funds and poor management, it only moved 1% of the intended families	17
2185304364	Election of 1932	Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, beat the Republican, Herbert Hoover, who was running for reelection. FDR promised relief for the unemployed, help for farmers, and a balanced budget	18
2185304365	Federal Communications Commission	It has limited the number of stations a company can own	19
2185304366	New Deal	A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.	20
2185304367	John Steinbeck	United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers such as Of Mice and Mien and The Grapes of Wrath	21
2185304368	Hundred Days	100 days after FDR was sworn into office. Congress passed into law every request of FDR enacting more major legislation than any single Congress in history	22
2185304369	Black Cabinet	Group of African Americans FDR appointed to key government positions; served as unofficial advisors to the president.	23
2185304370	American Liberty League	formed by anti-New Deal politicians and business leaders to oppose Roosevelt's policies	24
2185304371	Frances Perkins	U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the cabinet.	25
2185304372	Father Charles Coughlin	"The Radio Priest" who blamed the problems on the Jews and the banking system and preached "social justice"	26
2185304373	public works	1933; set aside $3 billion to create jobs and build roads, sewers, public housing units, and other civic necessities; also created jobs	27
2185304374	Upton Sinclair	Socialist writer and reformer whose novel The Jungle helped bring about government regulation of meatpacking and other industries	28
2185304375	CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)	proposed by John L. Lewis in 1932. a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955.	29
2185304376	Francis Townshend	an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression	30
2185304377	Huey Long	Louisiana Senator who opposed FDR's New Deal and came up with a "Share the Wealth" policy that wanted to give $5k to all families; was later assasinated	31
2185304378	Dust Bowl	when a region of the Great Plains experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.	32
2185304379	New Deal Coalition	Alliance of southern conservatives, religious, and ethnic minorities who supported the Democratic Party for 40 years	33
2185304380	Schecter vs. US	declared the NRA unconstitutional because it gave government too much control of business	34
2185304381	Indian Reorganization Act	reversed the provisions of the Dawes Severalty Act and permitted the reorganization of surplus lands to tribes and allocated funds for the purchase of more Indian lands	35

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Christopher Columbus Study Guide Flashcards

Study guide for Christopher Columbus - VA Third Grade

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1744795337	Where was Christopher Columbus born?	Italy	0
1744795338	What did Columbus want to be?	Sailor	1
1744795339	Who gave Columbus money, men, and ships?	Queen Isabella	2
1744829936	How many ships did the Queen give Columbus?	Three	3
1744829937	What year did Columbus sail the ocean?	1492	4
1744829938	What direction did Columbus sail?	West.	5
1744829939	What country was Columbus trying to find?	Asia	6
1744829940	How many men did Columbus take with him?	90.	7
1744829941	What did Columbus hope to discover?	Gold	8
1744829942	What island did Columbus land on?	San Salvador.	9
1744829943	What did Columbus name the natives he met on the island of San Salvador?	Indians	10
1744829944	How old was Columbus when he died?	Around 60. He was born in 1451 and died in in 1506. Subtract.	11
1744829945	Who taught Columbus to make maps?	His brother	12
1744829946	What date did Columbus' voyage (trip) begin?	August 3, 1492.	13
1744829947	What problems did Columbus face?	Small ships, weather, and disease.	14
1744829948	What was his motivation or the reason for his travel?	To find a western route to Asia.	15
1744829949	He was the first European to discover what?	A sea route to America; Discovered the New World.	16
1744829950	What was the region in the Americas that he explored	San Salvador in the Bahamas.	17

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Chapter 22 Campbell Reece 8th Edition Flashcards

Vocabulary words from Chapter 22 of Campbell Reece Biology 8th Edition for AP Biology.

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128417072	Aristotle	Living things can be arranged on a scale of increasing complexity, species are fixed	0
128417073	Carolus Linnaeus	binomial nomenclature	1
128417074	Georges Cuvier	Studied fossils (paleontology); proposed theory of catastraphion	2
128417075	Catastraphion	Boundaries between fossil strata correspond to catastrophic events	3
128417076	James Hutton	Geological processes are very slow and continuous	4
128417077	Charles Lyell	Uniformitarianism - mechanisms of change are constant over time	5
128417078	Jean Lamarck	Evolution is driven toward complexity a. use and disuse b. inheritance of acquired traits	6
128417079	Charles Darwin	Evolution is driven by natural selection	7
128419909	Evolution	Descent with modification - Earth's many species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present-day species	8
128419910	Members of a population often vary greatly in their traits Traits are passed from parents to offspring All species are capable of producing more offspring than their environment can support Because of limited natural resources, many of these offspring do not survive	Observations of Natural Selection	9
128419911	Individuals whose inherited traits given them higher probability of surviving and reproducing in a given environment tend to leave more offspring than do other individuals This unequal ability to survive and reproduce will lead to the accumulation of favorable traits in the population over generations	Inferences of Natural Selection	10
128423340	Direct Observation, Fossil Record, Homology, and Bio-geography	Evidence for Evolution	11
128423341	Divergent Evolution	Two or more species originate from a common ancestor	12
128423342	Convergent Evolution	Two unrelated species share similar traits due to similar ecological conditions or lifestyles	13
128423343	Parallel Evolution	Two related species undergo similar evolutionary changes after their divergences from a common ancestor	14
128423344	Co-evolution	Tit-for-tat evolution of one species inn response to new adaptations that appear in another species Occurs between predator and prey, symbiotic species	15

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AP World History Ch 24 Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order Flashcards

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2152233972	Sepoys	Troops that served the British East India Company; recruited from various warlike peoples of India	0
2169916894	British Raj	British political establishment in India; developed as as result of the rivalry between France and Britain in India	1
2169921296	Plassey	Battle in 1757 between troops of the British East India Company and an Indian army under Siraj ud- daula, ruler of Bengal; British victory resulted in control of Northern India	2
2169924837	Robert Clive	1725-1774 Architect of British victory at Plassey in 1757; established foundations of British Raj in northern India (1700s)	3
2169930253	Presidencies	Three districts that made up the bulk of the directly ruled British territories in India; capitals at Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay	4
2169934922	Princely States	Domains of Indian princes allied with the British Raj; agents of East India Company were stationed at the ruler's courts to ensure compliance; made up over one-third of the British Indian Empire	5
2169941748	Nabobs	Name given to British representatives of the East India Company who went briefly to India to make fortunes through graft and exploitation	6
2169944421	Lord Charles Cornwallis	Reformer of the East India Company administration of India in the 1790s; reduced power of local British administrators; checked widespread corruption	7
2169951398	Ram Mohun Roy	Western educated Indian leader, early 1800s; cooperated with British to outlaw Sati	8
2169955690	Isandhlwana	Location of battle fought in 1879 between the British and Zulu armies in South Africa; resulted in defeat of British; one of few victories of African forces over western Europeans	9
2169959574	Tropical Dependencies	The greater portion of the European empires consisting of Africa, Asia and the South Pacific where small numbers of Europeans ruled large populations of non-Western peoples	10
2169964045	Settlement Colonies	Areas such as North America and Australia that were both conquered by European invaders and settled by large numbers of European migrants who made the colonized areas their permanent home and dispersed and decimated the indigenous inhabitants	11
2169970068	White Dominions	Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 1800s	12
2169978231	White Racial Supremacy	Belief in the inherent mental, moral, and cultural superiority of whites; peaked in acceptance in decades before World War I; supported by social science doctrines of social Darwinists such as Herbert Spencer	13
2169983922	Boer Republics	Transvasal and Orange Free state in southern Africa; established to assert independence of Boers from British colonial government in Cape Colony in 1850s; discovery of diamonds and precious metals caused British migration into the Boer areas in 1860w	14
2169991544	Cecil Rhodes	British Entrepreneur in south Africa around 1900; manipulated political situation in south Africa to gain entry to resources of Boer republics; encouraged Boer war as means of destroying Boer independence	15
2169999106	Anglo-Boer War	Fought between 1899-1902 over the continued independence of Boer Republics; resulted in victory of the British, but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa	16

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2114790586	Causes of the Industrial revolution	1. population boom-more people to make goods 2. new technology-iron 3. 2nd agricultural revolution	0
2114790587	Thomas Newcomen; James Watt	person who invented the steam engine; man who improved the steam engine	1
2114790588	Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?	they had the proper resources (coal and iron) and a stable economy	2
2114790589	George Stephenson	man who built the world's first railroads	3
2114790590	Impact of the Locomotive	cheap transportation for goods and people, jobs for miners and railroad workers	4
2114790591	Robert Fulton	man who built the Clearmont steamboat	5
2114790592	Life during the industrial revolution	city crowding, tough working conditions, women and child labor	6
2114790593	Describe the factory system	lots of hours, child labor, unsafe	7
2114790594	Impact of the IR on people	good-new jobs, new inventions bad-city crowding, divisions of classes, rough working conditions	8
2114790595	Laissez Faire	idea of hands off economy	9
2114790596	Thomas Malthus	man who decided that population will outpace food supply: need war, famine, disaster to keep population in check	10
2114790597	David Ricardo	man who came up with the iron law of wages (more money you have the more children you will have)	11
2114790598	Utilitarianism	group who believed in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people (followers included Bentham and Mill)	12
2114790599	Socialism	the idea that people should own the mean of production; government owned farms, factories, railways, large businesses	13
2114790600	Means of production	factories, machines, and tools (things needed to produce wealth)	14
2114790601	Communism	the system where everyone is equal; no government	15
2114790602	Karl Marx; Communist Manifesto	man who wrote the .......; ..... is where he outlined the Communist idea where everyone is equal and there is no government because of equality for all	16
2114790603	Proletariat	the workers in the system of Communism (outlined in the Communist Manifesto)	17
2114790604	Bourgeoisie	the owners in the system of Communism (outlines in the Communist Manifesto)	18

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