vocab
government in which the power of a king or queen is restricted by written laws
constitutional monarchy
What were the 3 revolutions talked about in the chapter?
Scientific
Industrial
Political
The two countries that had the largest amount of control over other countries during the mid-late 1800s
England and France
The man who lead the first voyage around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
What did Spain and Portugal most hope to find in their voyages?
gold, silver, and spices
When an empire has total control of another country by using force
imperialism
Name one invention during the scientific revolution
microscope
watch
teloscope
What was the "Jewel in the Crown" for England
India
Who did the Spanish send on a voyage to discover a new route to Asia but instead found America
Christopher Columbus
How did European nations get along in the 1800s (age of exploration)
They competed for colonies and riches
people available for work
labor force
What was the point of the industrial revolution?
improvements on how the working class lived and worked
Name one resource England gained from India
Tea, spices, cotton
A scientist whose idea was the sun was the center of the universe and not the Earth
Galileo
How did the Aztec tribes die out after the Spanish landed in Central America
War
Disease
weapons
private ownership of the equipment needed to produce goods
capitalism
Scientific revolution was responsible for changes in how people
learned
Why did empires seek new countries to control?
for new materials, new places to sell products from their factories, new mines and plantations
The queen of England that held control of India
Queen Victoria
How did exploration of the Americas change European Farming?
they brought back new foods to grow
government by a group of elected citizens
republic
What year did the French revolution begin?
1789
What King was overthrown during the French Revolution and sentenced to death?
King Louis XVI
How did countries become large empires in the 1800s
many valuable colonies