Movements & Restorations

Question 1

Industrial revolution

Answer 1

Term first used by Arnold Joynbee
Happened because of major economic changes in Britain, northwestern Europe & North America
Lots of little inventions, their applications & diffusion across the Atlantic world gradually built up a stock of tech. Knowledge & practice

Question 2

Industrious revolution

Answer 2

Begin in the 2nd half of 17th century and gained spread in the 18th century
Period of time where households spend less leisure time & more time working to improve their standards of living
Led to the industrial revolution.

Question 3

Mfecane movement

Answer 3

Lasted from 1815-1840
Caused by the expansionist methods of king shaka of the Zulu people
African political revolts

Question 4

Restoration period

Answer 4

Lasted from 1815-1848
European movement after the defeat of napoleon
To restore Europe to its pre French Revolutionary status and to squash radical movements

Question 5

Meiji restoration

Answer 5

Named after emperor mutsuhito the Meiji (enlightened rule) became symbol of new Japan
Reign lasted from 1868-1912
Founded schools, initiated propaganda campaign and revamped army to create a single national fighting force

Question 6

Self strengthening movement

Answer 6

Starting in the 1860s reformist bureaucrats sought to adopt elements of western learning and technological skills in China
Wanted to keep Chinese culture at core
Included new ventures like shipyards, coal mines and even schools for teaching foreign ways and language

Question 7

Pan movements

Answer 7

Sought to link people across state boundaries
Grabs aspiration was the rearrangement of borders in order to united dispersed communities
Of these movements : pan Islamism pan Africanism

Question 8

Great Depression

Answer 8

Begin with the Wall Street crash of 1929
Longest lasting economic down turn of the western industrialized world
Cause the country’s banks to close
Millions of investors lost their jobs