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Capitalism Economic system based on private ownership and investment Colony General term for territory in the new world that was created to make money for its European home country. Favorable…

How many different species of living things exist today? More than 30 million. Which group of animals has the largest number of species? Arthropods How many mammal species exist today?…

border state slave state that didn’t secede blockade no hacking and trading allowed ironclad bulletproof ships that shoot at each other George McClellan commander of the Potomac Army; was fired…

Judaism One God Started in Middle East (6000 years old) Spread through family lines. Temple, Torah, Rabbi, Orthodox, Conservative Reform. Follow the laws of God as put forth in Torah;…

Dust Bowl Name given to parts of the Great Plains in the 1930s after severe drought stuck in the region. Huey Long US Senator from Louisiana who wanted to take…

Peter Parler 1330-1339 Greatest architect of 14th century Emperor Charless VI 1347-1378 hired Parler for the creation of the Bohemian capital Golden Bull edict of Emperor Charles VI in 1356–recognizing…

indentured servants poor immigrants paid for their trip to America by agreeing to work for 4-7 years Cause for fewer indentured servants in America economy in England improved Cause of…

Zaibatsu large family-controlled banking and industrial groups that owned many companies in Japan before World War II Zemstvoes local political councils created as part of Alexander II’s reforms; gave the…

Luke is known as the beloved , as well as a fellow laborer of the Apostle. physician Paul Both Paul and Luke may have been educated in: Tarsus Luke was…

Louisiana Purchase a land deal in 1803 between the US & France where the US got 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million (doubled…

Winston Churchill British prime minister during WWII who worked with the US to help defend democracy. Adolf Hitler Antisemitic leader of Germany and the Nazi Party during WIII. Called for…

Bantu Migrations 1000 BCE – 1100 CE Bantu speaking people of West Africa moved south and east into the rainforests and towards the Congo River. Sundiata (1217-1255) Founder of Mali…

the ________ company was responsible for the settlement of jamestown in virginia Virginia The attitude of King James I toward tobacco showed that, in the end, he valued revenue more…

Strait narrow water passage Homer Great poet who wrote the Iliad Knossos site of the palace of the Minoan ruler Heinrich Schliemann businessman who proved that the Trojan War really…

What ways did Paleolithic societies differ from one another and how did they change over time? miniaturization of stone tools: refined/smaller points collect wild grains beyond roots berries and nuts…

How many different species of living things exist today? 30 million Which group of animals has the largest number of species? Anthropods How many mammal species exist today? 4,600 Most…

Increase in the 20th century quadrupled For Chinese immigrants, one result of living in Chinatowns was _____. all of the above low income nations highest causes of death poverty, him…

The period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time form C. 1300 to 1600. The best synonym for secular is B. worldly. To become know as…

The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti uses ____ as a protest strategy. narrative . The function of this painting was to ____. spanish war painting illustrate an event that occurred…

Population Revolution huge growth in population in Western Europe beginning about 1730; prelude to industrialization Protoindustrialization Preliminary shift away from an agricultural economy; workers became full or part time producers…