Before the Magna Carta, the King of England was similar to
All powerful Dictator
What was the main reason France sought to colonize North America
To profit from trading in furs and other goods.
Which group was responsible for these contributions to American Culture?
German Americans
What is the name of the British law making assembly?
Parliament
What is the MOST important effect of Europe being a peninsula of peninsulas
Most countries depend on the sea for much of their livelihood
Fill in the blank: _______=rural _______= urban
Country/rural City/urban
Which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Britain
What is a recent example of European cooperation?
European Union
The greatest effect the European Union had on it’s countries
Economy
Iron Curtain divided Germany into which two directions.
East and West
A leader with unlimited power in an unlimited government is called a
Dictator
During the late 1700’s many young women in England where employed by
Cloth weavers in textile mills
In the 1840’s, thousand of Irish immigrants came to the U.S. to escape
Famine / potato crop
Economic system in which colonies sent raw materials to the mother country in return, colonist were expected to buy products from that country