unit 6 consequences of industrialization Flashcards

1750-1900

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Social darwinism

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survival of the fittest spread of Europeans and us power proved the biological superiority of the whites

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david livingstone

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went missing is subsaharan africa just spreading his faith

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East India company EIC

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drove the portuguese out of india
engaged in slave trade and exported opium to china

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After the industrial revolution who was the leading economic power

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Britian used settler colonies to provided markets for their goods

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suez canal

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save a trip around the entire continent of africa
britian seized control from the ottomans

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what was the scramble for Africa

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industrialized european nations competed for natural reasources in africa

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berlin conference

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1884
orderly colonization of africa
no africans were invited

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Boer Wars

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between British and afrikaners fought over land

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China did not experience imperialsim the same way south asia or africa did due to

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spheres of influence- European nations had exclusive trading rights and access to natural resources

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Sepoy Mutiny

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indian soldiers found out that british used pig fat on rifle cartridges result was indian nationalsim ended mughal rule british took more active rol in the ruling of india

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Treaty of Paris

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transferred control of the philippines from spanish to us

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Cecil Rhodes

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founder of de beers mining company
invested in the railroad preojectthat streatched from cape town to egypt however the project was never completed bcbritain never never fully gained control of the land it was going to take build over

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Cash crops

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crops grown for commericial value tea cotton sugar rubber coffee

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Technological developments

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railroads
steamships
and telegraph

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Opium War

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Britian imported the opium citizens got addicted and that led to criminalized use led to war britian won and treaty of nakning resulted in china to open up four additional ports

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