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51 Cards in this Set
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steel plow
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John Deere
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first practical steam ship
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Robert Fulton
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steam engine
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James Watt
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flying shuttle
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John Kay
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process for converting iron to steel
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William Kelly
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seed drill
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Jethro Tull
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spinning jenny
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James Hargreaves
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miner's safety lamp
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Sir Humphrey Davy
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cotton gin
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Eli Whitney
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reaper
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Cyrus McCormick
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introduced dialectic thinking
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G.W.F. Hegel
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organized Young Italy
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Giuseppe Mazzini
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Jewish prime minister of England
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Benjamin Disraeli
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famous cricket player who became a missionary
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C.T. Studd
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organized the Red Shirts
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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"Prince of Preachers"
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Charles Spurgeon
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taught idealism
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Immanuel Kant
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founded the London police force
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Robert Peel
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founded the Salvation Army
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William Booth
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English prime minister during the French Revolution
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William Pitt
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T/F
Cyrus Field perfected the electric telegraph. |
Samuel Morse
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Cuba and the Philippines were Spanish colonies ceded to the United States. |
True
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Capitalism is an economic system in which there is government control of the means of production. |
private
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The first world's fair was called The Great Exhibition. |
True
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Clipper ships were long, lean sailing vessels known for their tremendous speed on the high seas. |
True
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George Müller is remembered for establishing The YMCA. |
orphanages
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Ira Sankey was D.L. Moody's song leader. |
True
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Henry Bessemer laid the first transatlantic cable. |
Cyrus Field
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The Boer War was an attempt to stop Russian dominance of Turkey. |
Crimean
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The British North America Act make Newfoundland a self-governing commonwealth. |
Canada
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Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?
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Adam Smith
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What American missionary to Japan that invented the rickshaw?
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Jonathan Goble
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What is the name of the uprising against the East India Company?
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Sepoy Rebellion
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Who was England's longest reigning monarch?
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Queen Victoria
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Name one of the men responsible for developing the first modern automobiles.
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Karl Benz or Henry Ford
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Who created the modern nursing profession?
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Florence Nightingale
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Who founded China Inland Missions?
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J. Hudson Taylor
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Who was considered the greatest inventor in history?
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Thomas Edison
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What is the system in which many people were employed to produce manufactured goods in a systematic way?
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factory system
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Who invented the telegraph?
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Samuel Morse
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Who built the first practical steam-powered locomotive?
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George Stephenson
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____ was a giant in the banking industry.
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J.P. Morgan
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What does the Dutch word "Boer" mean?
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farmer
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What was NOT a cause of the July Revolution?
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Louis XVIII cruelly crushed a peaceful demonstration.
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What was NOT part of Metternich's fourfold plan for peace in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon?
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assisting the French as they rebuilt their military after Napoleon's defeat
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What led to the biggest increase in Australia's population in the 19th century?
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gold rush
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Who introduced the use of antiseptics to fight germs following surgery?
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Joseph Lister
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What area was NOT explored by Captain Cook?
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Japan
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Who led in the unification of Germany?
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Otto von Bismarck
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____ proposed the atomic theory.
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John Dalton
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ESSAY: Discuss the three major reasons for British expansion. be sure to define each factor. |
Include these in your answer:
gold (financial factors), God (religious factors), glory (patriotic factors) |
