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- 3. The Cotton ________ was a machine that removed seeds from raw cotton, thus making cotton cloth much more affordable.
- 12. The Spinning ____________ allowed thread to be spun much more rapidly and efficiently than had ever been possible before.
- 13. This refers to when a stronger country uses its power to seize land or resources from less powerful countries.
- 14. The __________ Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. They would eventually lose World War I.
- 15. The __________ machine allowed garments to be stitched together much more quickly and cheaply than could ever be done by hand.
- 17. This is any government where one person holds all the power, like dictatorships and some monarchies.
- 18. This means having no government at all.
- 22. This empire controlled all the land around the Mediterranean Sea and had a profound impact on the history and culture of Europe.
- 23. This refers to the mass killing of one specific race of people.
- 24. The ___________ engine revolutionized the world by letting factories be placed anywhere, letting humans turn heat into work, and eventually making it possible to create vehicles that could move by themselves.
- 26. Any type of government where the common people can vote and their vote actually matters is this type of government.
- 27. The electric _____________ tied the world together by letting people communicate easily over very long distances.
- 28. The Black ___________ was a huge epidemic where somewhere between one third and more than half of all Europeans died.
- 29. The _____________ Revolution was the beginning of our modern world: a world in which new ideas and new inventions would continually reshape our lives.
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- 1. Any government that has a king or a queen and has that office passed down through the family line is this type of government.
- 2. This era, whose name means “rebirth”, saw amazing works of art and a renewed interest in the classics of the Greek and Roman world.
- 3. This man invented the movable type printing press, which made books drastically cheaper and paved the way for a new era of sharing knowledge and learning.
- 4. This is the idea that one country is inherently better than other countries.
- 5. The mechanical _____________ was an invention which allowed farms to harvest their crops much more rapidly.
- 6. This type of democracy is where regular citizens vote on laws themselves.
- 7. A country where only a small, elite few are in charge would have this type of government.
- 8. The sinking of this British ship by a German submarine angered Americans and helped push America towards declaring war against Germany.
- 9. In this type of government one person has seized control (often with the military) and controls all aspects of the government.
- 10. Fighter planes, tanks, flamethrowers, poison gas, and many other weapons of human destruction were first introduced in __________ War I.
- 11. This system of agreements in which countries pomised to protect one another caused a chain reaction which saw what might have been a small war grow into the largest conflict the world had yet seen.
- 16. This type of democracy is where regular people elect presidents, senators, and others to hold offices in the government.
- 17. The Renaissance was most famous for encouraging great works of ______ and culture.
- 19. The Treaty of Versailles treated the country of ____________ very harshly.
- 20. The Treaty of _____________ brought an end to the First World War.
- 21. This type of government is where religious teachings and laws overtly control the government.
- 25. The Triple _____________ included the United Kingdom, France, and Russia. This side was the eventual victors of the First World War