Industrial Revolution/Imperialism

Question 1

Industrial Revolution

Answer 1

Period when countries started manufacturing goods with machines

Question 2

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 2

Crop rotation, breeding, and land owners change farming

Question 3

Textile

Answer 3

Fabric

Question 4

Capitalism

Answer 4

Own your own business

Question 5

Laissez-faire

Answer 5

Government lets people be.(They can do as they choose)

Question 6

Socialism

Answer 6

Government controls production

Question 7

Factory

Answer 7

Place for wealthy merchants to set up machines

Question 8

Communism

Answer 8

The government has control of everything

Question 9

Imperialism

Answer 9

Expanding one’s territory by taking over another country

Question 10

Nationalism

Answer 10

Pride in country

Question 11

Social Darwinism

Answer 11

The idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are naturally better (Survival of the fittest)

Question 12

Cultural blending

Answer 12

Two or more countries sharing their ways

Question 13

Factors of Production

Answer 13

Land - Place for business
Natural Resources - Make items with
Labor - Workers
Capital - Money

Question 14

Where did the Industrial Revolution start? Why do historians believe that it began here?

Answer 14

It started in Great Britain
- They had extensive natural resources
- They had a banking system

Question 15

What are some effects of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 15

Positives
- Increased jobs
- Increased production of goods
Negatives
- Child labor
- Poor living conditions

Question 16

How are the Industrial Revolution and Imperialism connected? How did one cause the other?

Answer 16

• They both needed raw materials
• The Industrial Revolution needed more raw materials so countries would go and Imperialism other countries for raw materials

Question 17

4 Types of Imperialism

Answer 17

Colony - Total take over
Protectorate - Stronger country takes a piece
Sphere of Influence - county takes trading rights
Economic Imperialism - business takes over trade

Question 18

What was the motivation that led Europeans to desire to take over Africa?

Answer 18

Africa had natural resources that they wanted

Question 19

What was the Open Door Policy of 1899 in China?

Answer 19

China was to trade with all nations’ merchants

Question 20

What did Britain gain as a result of the Opium War?

Answer 20

The Treaty of Nanjing

Question 21

Why was India the jewel in the crown for Britain?

Answer 21

India was a major supplier of raw materials

Question 22

What was the Sepoy Mutiny all about?

Answer 22

A failed rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company

Question 23

What area came after the agricultural revolution in factories?

Answer 23

Urbanization

Question 24

How did the Industrial Revolution create a shift in the world?

Answer 24

It created urbanization, a middle class, and increased economic growth

Question 25

What is Social Darwinism and how was it used?

Answer 25

- Survival of the fittest - Europe believed they were superior so they acted superior

Question 26

What items did China have that the Western world at the time desired to trade?

Answer 26

Silk, porcelain, and tea

Question 27

Describe the Berlin Conference

Answer 27

14 Europeans laying down rules for the division of Africa.

Question 28

What factors help promote imperialism in Africa?

Question 29

How did Colonialism affect India?

Answer 29

It promoted cash crops and caused famines

Question 30

What is urbanization and how did it affect the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 30

Urbanization is the growth of cities, and people moved to cities, so they could work in factories

Question 31

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? How did it change the world?

Answer 31

- Great Britain - The creation of machines made mass production a thing

Question 32

Why did China desire to stay away from the Western world and be self-sufficient?

Question 33

What is pride in your country known as?

Answer 33

Patriotic

Question 34

How did China get to be a sphere of influence and with whom were they?

Answer 34

The Qing government forced Japan to sign unequal treaties

Question 35

What are extraterritorial rights and how were they used in China?

Answer 35

The U.S. doesn’t have to follow Chinese laws because they aren’t a citizen, the U.S. got trading rights in China