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Capital

Published on Jun 28, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Capital- money available for investment

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entrepreneur- a person who finds new business opportunities and new ways to make profits

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cottage industry- a method of production in which tasks are done by individuals in their rural homes

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puddling- the process in which coke derived from coal is used to burn away impurities in crude iron to produce high quality iron

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industrial capitalism- an economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing

socialism- a system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production

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universal male suffrage- the right of all males to vote in elections

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multinational empire- an empire in which people of many nationalities live

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militarism- the reliance on military strength

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plebiscite- a popular vote

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emancipation- the act of setting free

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abolitionism- a movement to end slavery

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creole- a person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently

peninsulare- a person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a Spanish or Portuguese official who resided temporarily in Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe

mestizo- a person of mixed European and Native American descent

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caudillo- in post-revolutionary Latin America, a strong leader who ruled chiefly by military force, usually with the support of the landed elite

cash crop- a crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal use

romanticism- an intellectual movement that emerged at the end of the eighteenth century in reaction to the ideas of the Enlightenment; it stressed feelings, emotion, and imagination as sources of knowing

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secularization- indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration

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natural selection- the principle set forth by Charles Darwin that some organisms are more adaptable to the environment than others; in popular terms, “survival of the fittest”

realism- a mid-nineteenth century movement that rejected romanticism and sought to portray lower- and middle-class life as it actually was