Unit 5 Study Flashcards
What is the socialism and communism
communism means that each person works and is paid according to their ability needs and socialism is a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned by government
What are the 3 main ideas of capitalism
Free-market ,laissez faire and fair taxes
Who invented the light bulb and when
Thomas Edison in 1879
Who and when invented the steam engine
Thomas savery 1968
Who and when invented the steam locomotive
Richard Trevithick in 1804
What invention helped trigger the industrial revolution
Steam engine
5 factors that made Great Britain the starting point of industrial revolution
Agriculture, enclosure movement, wealthy merchant class, natural resources and British manufactures
Goal of direct and indirect rule
Indirect rule allowed local political rulers to maintain their positions. Direct rule was when countries removed all local rulers from power and replaced them with new officials brought over from the mother country.
Benefits of the building suez and Panama Canal
Reduce travel distances between economic regions and shortcuts/faster and constant speed
Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
Mexico lost half of its land
What kind of colony did austrailia start out as
Penal colony
What caused famines to start in India
The medicine the British brought in and they also switched to cash crops instead of food crops.
3 reasons for sepoy rebellion against British in India
Lack of food and changes British made for their country
How did Ethiopia survive imperialism
Ethiopian forces defeated Italians and remained in independence
What is the scramble of Africa and which country started it
Europe started it
