Global Effects of Exploration, Trade & Revolution

Russian revolution

The collective term for a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union

Wealth

the abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions

Flash pan

The _____ pan or priming pan is a small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzleloading guns

French and Indian War

Comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756-1763

Townshend acts

A series of acts passed - beginning in 1767 - by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America

Duma

A Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions

Quebec act

The ____ Act of 1774 , formally known as the British North America Act 1774, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec

Prince Henry of Portugal

Was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire

Conspicuous consumption

The spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power-of the income or of the accumulated wealth of the buyer

Christopher columbus

An Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa

Thomas jefferson

An American Founding Father and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Industrial revolution

The transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840

Benjamin franklin

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Irrigation

The method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture

Renaissance

A period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history