AP World History Chapter 30 Flashcards
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| 9566967033 | Bessemer Converter | Invented in 1856, this device allowed for the production of cheaper, stronger steel. | 0 | |
| 9566967034 | Coke | A form of coal that was unlimited in supply and therefore easier and better to use. | 1 | |
| 9566967035 | Communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions | 2 | |
| 9566967036 | Communist Manifesto | Publication by Karl Marx encouraging workers to rise up against the wealthy | 3 | |
| 9566967037 | coporation | a business made of a number of owners but authorized by law to act as one person | 4 | |
| 9566967038 | Crystal Palace | Joseph Paxton, London, 1851 | 5 | |
| 9566967039 | Luddites | group of workers who broke into factories and destroyed machinery | 6 | |
| 9566967040 | Proletariat | The working class | 7 | |
| 9566967041 | Socailism | system in which government owns and operates major busineses | 8 | |
| 9566967042 | steam engine | an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power. | 9 | |
| 9566967043 | trade unions | workers' organizations that try to improve working conditions | 10 | |
| 9566967044 | Tsar (Czar) | The Russian term for ruler or king; taken from the Roman word caesar. | 11 | |
| 9566967045 | Zaibatsu | powerful banking and industrial families in Japan | 12 |