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Chp 9
Vinton Campo CHS9
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History
9th Grade
11/14/2012

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What did the Dutch contribute to England's I.R.?
Definition
paper money and banking
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How did political stability relate to Britain's economic system?
Definition
Though Britain took part in many wars during the 1700s, none occurred on British soil. Their military successes gave the British a positive attitude. Parliament also passed laws to help encourage and protect business ventures
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What were the causes and effects of the agricultural revolution?
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Causes:
Large land owners began being up all the land
Effects:
People began moving to the cities to make more money
cities began to grow and so did the population
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How did the railroad change Britain?
Definition
growth by giving manufacturers a cheap way to transport materials and finished created hundreds of thousands of new jobs for both railroad workers and railroads boosted England's agricultural and fishing industries, which could transport their products to distant cities
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What were some results of industrialization?
Definition
more jobs and poorer living conditions mass production and higher population
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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
Definition
had many workers ready to go also had plenty natural resources and political stability
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How did population growth spur the Industrial Revolution?
Definition
the growth of people means that people needed more things to survive and thrive like cloths and there was a lot more wants and needs that had to be satisfied
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What led to England's Industrial Revolution?
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developments in machinery the steam engine train went across the country developments in agriculture factories
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How did industrialization change people's lives?
Definition
Created more jobs which made them more money which boosted the economy to grow and the people wanted more things
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What is the connection between the Industrial Revolution and urbanization?
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Most people worked in farms to make a living which gave them the barebones of living and when they heard you could make a lot more money working in machines people came to the city this process was called urbanization
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What were the working conditions?
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Owners wanted to keep machines running as long as possible they worked 14 hors a day 6 days a week, with this challenge they didn’t focus on the working conditions therefore most factories were not well lit and boilers might explode or peoples well being were at stake and accidents were common
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what were the living conditions?
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Because England's cities grew rapidly, they had no development plans, sanitary codes, or building codes, they lacked adequate housing, education, and police protection for the people who poured in from the countryside to seek jobs and unpaved streets had no drains, and garbage collected in heaps on them. Workers lived in dark, dirty shelters, with whole families crowding into one bedroom. Sickness was widespread. Epidemics of the deadly disease cholera regularly
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To which European country did industrialization first spread?
Definition
Great Britain was the first country to be hit with the industrial revolution
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How did industrialization contribute to the rise of global inequality?
Definition
Cause some countries had more resources and had the power to dictate where things would go and to who and some other countries didn’t have the resources to have an industrial revolution
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What ideas about society and economics grew out of the Industrial Revolution?
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socialism communism capitalism utopianism laissez faire marxism abolition of slavery women's rights
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What term did Marx use to refer to the workers?
Definition
proletariate
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44. What was the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Definition
reduce CO2 admissions
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42. Name the movement which tries to increase food resources world wide.
Definition
Green movement
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