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| Prince Henry the navigator |
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| portuquese explorer who explored africa and started the 1st navigation school |
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| a system where a country maintains colonies (territory/community ruled by another nation) in another country |
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| to travel to another region for the purpose of discovery |
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| an explorer who is credited with discovering the north and south american continents |
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| when one country controls another's government and economy |
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| when machines now perform jobs once done by humans and animals. |
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| when the russian czar Nicholas the 2nd was removed from power and russia became a dictatorship |
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| russian term for king or queen |
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| czar of russia who was removed from power and murdered along with the rest of his family. |
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| king of austria Hungary and he was assisinated by a serbian terrorist. His assasination marked the beginning of WW1 |
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| an agreement between nations to unite for a common cause |
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| telegram sent by Germany that was urging Mexice to wage war on the U.S. This is why we joined WW1 |
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| British passenger ship that was torpeedoed by the germans.over 100 americans died. |
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| Peace treaty at the end of WW1 that made Germany disarm and pay back billions of dollars to the france and great britian. |
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| where people elect their own representatives to run the country |
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| having strong pride or love for one's coutry |
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| british term for king or queen |
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| government ruled by king or queen but their power is limited by a constitution |
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| british term for their legislative (lawmaking) body. Britian's parliment is broken down into the house of lords and the house of commons. The house of commons has more power. |
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| Leader of parliment and head of the national government |
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| when the power of a coutry is in the hands of one person or group. |
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| which parliment has more power? lords or commons? |
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| when the local or state governments have more power than the national governments |
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| when power is shared or divided between the state and national government |
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| when citizines have little or no control over their government |
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| when only a small group of citizens (usually the wealthy) have the control and make the decisions for a country. |
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| branch that ENFORCES the laws |
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| when citizens have the power and participate in their government by electing their leaders |
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| branch that MAKES the laws |
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| branch that interprets the laws |
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| Parlimentary system of government |
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| democratic form of government that is under the control of a parliment. A prome minister is head of the national government |
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| presidintial system of government |
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| democratic form of government where the president is head of the national government. |
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