Introduction to History

Question 1

Industrial revolution

Answer 1

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing methods in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and the United States from around 1760 until between 1820 and 1840.

Question 2

Slavery

Answer 2

A situation in which one person is owned by another

Question 3

Empire

Answer 3

A large collection of nations or countries controlled by a single monarch, oligarchy, or sovereign state

Question 4

British Empire

Answer 4

The United Kingdom and its possessions, which reached their maximum extent at the end of World War I, encompassing more than a quarter of the world’s population and more than a quarter of the world’s land surface.

Question 5

Imperialism

Answer 5

A strategy for increasing a country’s power and influence through colonialism, military force, or other means

Question 6

Agricultural society

Answer 6

Is any community whose economy is dependent on the production and upkeep of crops and agriculture.

Question 7

Colonies

Answer 7

A country or area colonised by settlers from another country that is under the full or partial political control of that other country.

Question 8

Industrial society

Answer 8

A society driven by the use of technology and machinery to enable mass production, supporting a big population with a high capacity for division of labour.

Question 9

Nationalism

Answer 9

Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, particularly to the exclusion or damage of other nations’ interests.

Question 10

Revolution

Answer 10

A fundamental shift in the established order, typically including the established government and social institutions