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Mr. Pridgen - 7th Grade World History
World Studies Chapter 13 Review Sheet
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7th Grade
04/22/2013

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This man developed a seed drill for placing seeds in even rows?
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Jethro Tull
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Who developed a self-propelled steam engine and tractor?
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John Flowler
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Who led the British parliament to end the British slave trade?
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William Wilberforce
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What French colony won independence from Napoleon's rule by a slave rebellion?
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Haiti
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In 1787 abolitionist found the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in what nation?
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Britain
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George Whitefield preached the gospel in England, Wales, and...
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American Colonies
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This is the practice of growing different crops in the same field from year to year?
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Crop Rotation
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John Newton wrote the words to what famous hymn?
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Amazing Grace
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What European country was the first to experience the Industrial Revolution?
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Britain
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The Society of Friends is another name for what religious group?
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Quakers
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What animal did many landowners raise to provide raw material for textile industries?
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sheep
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What is the name of the era that was characterized by immense manufacturing changes during the 18th and 19th centuries?
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Industrial Revolution
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Who did the Mines Act bar from working in coal mines?
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Women
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During the 18th and 19th centuries many British farmers moved to where?
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cities
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Who invented the reaping machine?
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Cyrus McCormick
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This man invented the spinning jenny.
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James Hargreaves
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Invented the flying shuttle?
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John Kay
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This man improved the steam engine?
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James Watt
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Who used patents to control the sales of inventions?
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Richard Arkwright
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This American invented the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney
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Who developed a threshing machine?
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Andrew Meikle
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In 1833 factory Act placed limits on...
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child labor
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Which nation was dominant in Europe after Napoleon's defeat?
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Britain
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What American edited an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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John Wesley was part of what religious group?
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Methodist
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What American abolitionist was once a slave in Maryland?
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Frederick Douglass
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What was the first known religious group to fight against the slave trade?
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Quakers
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Who was involved in slave trade as a slave-ship captain before he was saved?
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John Newton
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The African slave trade became a major industry during the age of...
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Exploration
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The Great Awakening in the American colonies lasted how many years?
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