Vocabulary 1
a research process
What is the scientific method?
the private ownership of the equipment to produce goods
What is capitalism?
`Europeans were hoping to find a shortcut to this place during the Age of Exploration
What is Asia?
this revolution changed the way people learn
What is the Scientific Revolution?
this is what European countries were competing for in the 1800s
What are colonies and riches (or power)?
people available to work
What is labor force?
a government by elected citizens
What is a republic?
some of the foods that explorers brought back from the Americas
What are maize (corn), potatoes, chocolate
during this revolution, more goods were made in factories instead of by hand
What is the Industrial Revolution?
the reasons India was a valuable colony for Great Britain
What is it has spices, cotton, and tea?
to sail completely around the world
What is circumnavigate?
pride in one's country
What is nationalism?
this made countries like Spain in the 1500s, and later Great Britain in the 1800s, so powerful
What is having a lot of colonies?
prior to the French Revolution, the middle and lower classes felt that taxes were too ____________
What is high?
using nonviolent methods, he helped end British rule over India
Who is Gandhi?
term referring to the native-born inhabitants of a country
What is indigenous?
one appointed by Britain's Queen Victoria to head the Indian government
What is a viceroy?
this explorer led an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Magellan?
the year the French Revolution began
What is 1789?
European explorers took these items from their colonies to use in their factories
representatives of the British king sent to rule India
What is a governor-general?
a Hindu word meaning rule; used to describe British rule over India
What is raj?
in addition to guns and enemy forces, this also contributed to Cortes victory over the Aztecs
What is disease?
this describes cities during the Industrial Revolution
What is dirty, crowded, full of disease, but also with water and sewer systems?
this Indian material was important to the British economy because it was used in the textile industry
What is cotton?