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The Industrial Revolution began in … Great Britain The Country Had land, Capital, and Labor – the basic resources or … needed to industrialize Factors of Production The Industrial Revolution…

deficency lack of something that is necessary Replenished been refilled Incessant continues without stopping Alleviate make it less painful or difficult to deal with Obscured has been prevented from being…

Polis City-state form of government used in Greece 800-400BCE Socrates Late 5th cBCE Athenian philosopher; Urged rational reflection of moral decisions; Condemned to death for corrupting minds of Athenian young…

Industrial Revolution The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation. Queen Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901. Charles Dickens English…

Hernando Cortes well educated conquistador that traveled to Cuba to become famous but left due to it already being conquered; conquered Mexico and Aztec Indians Encomienda used by Spanish to…

What evidence supports the belief that eastern Pacific islands were settled as a result of planned expeditions by Polynesian mariners? The languages on the islands are similar and there were…

Gilded Age 1870s – 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor Industrialization Development of a system which…

Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) John Wilkes Booth was an American…

Vasco de Gama Portuguese mariner, first European to reach India by sea in 1498 Christopher Columbus Italian navigator in the service of Aragon and Castile; sailed west to find a…

Republic A government of elected officials. Senate The elected officials in the Roman Republic (only the wealthiest were represented) Magistrates Officials who carried out the day-to-day operations of the government…

old immigrants immigrants who came to the us before the 1880s; mostly protestants from northwestern europe tenements poorly built apartment buildings that housed many impoverished city-dwellers in the late 1800’s…

Amazon Rainforest This large area of Brazil has been deforested since the 1990s. Deforestation The systematic removal of all vegetation in order to provide farmland to increase a nations productivity….

Jim Crow laws laws that aimed at separating the races 3 reasons WWII was important for civil rights 1. demand for soldiers created a shortage of workers 2. one million…

13th Amendment a constitutional change ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery Freedman’s Bureau a federal agency established in 1865, at the end of the Civil War to help and protect the…

Who were Mountain Men? Fur trappers who opened up the west by finding mountain passes. Why did the fur trade decline? Silk was over taking the fur industry Why did…

Treaty of Brest-Litousk Ended Russian participation in World War I, and Soviets agreed to massive territorial losses. Paris Peace Conference Members of the winning nations of World War I met…

1491 The Americas were populated by millions of Native Americans —The king and queen of Spain agreed to fund Christopher Columbus in his expedition to the New World. This critical…

Social Class A group of people in a society who are considered nearly equal in status or community esteem, who regularly socialize among themselves both formally and informally, and who…

19th amendment passed by congress on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920; granted women the right to vote Agriculture Adjustment Administration AAA 1933 Axis powers Germany, Italy,…

Where did Columbus first sail to? Bahamas Where did Columbus think he first sails to? East indies What did Columbus name his first conquered island? San Salvador What was Columbus…