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Vocabulary ch 11 Sec 3
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Geography
6th Grade
03/10/2009

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Scientific Revolution
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a period of great scientific change and discovery during the 15th through 17th centuries
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Industrial Revolution
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a period of change in the 18th century during which goods began to be manufactured by industry and machines
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labor force
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a pool of available workers
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capitalism
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an economic system in which the factories and businesses that make and sell goods are privately owned, and the owners make the decisions about what goods to produce
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French Revolution
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a revolution that began on July 14, 1789, and that led to France becoming a republic
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Reign of Terror
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the period between 1793 and 1794 during which France's new leaders executed thousands of citizens
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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a French general who took control of France in 1799, thus ending the French Revolution
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