Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization/Imperialism

Question 1

How did new modes of transportation affect urbanization in the 19th century?

Answer 1

Internal and external migrants relocated to cities contributed to the significant pattern of urbanization.

Question 2

What were some examples of new methods of transportation allowing migrants to return to their homes?

Answer 2

Japanese agricultural workers in the Pacific.
Lebanese merchants in the Americas.
Italian industrial workers in Argentina.

Question 3

In what situations did individuals freely choose to relocate in search of work?

Answer 3

Irish to the U.S.

British engineers and geologists to South Asia and Africa.

Question 4

What were some examples of the new global capitalist economy contributing to labor, migration, and slavery?

Answer 4

Chinese and Indian indentured servitude.

Convict labor.

Question 5

Why were women left to take on roles in the home society that had formerly been occupied by men?

Answer 5

Men were often used to do hard labor, so women had to fulfill their roles at home.

Question 6

What were some examples of ethnic enclaves created by migrants?

Answer 6

Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, South America and North America.
Indians in East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and S.E. Asia.
Irish in North America.
Italians in North and South America.

Question 7

What are some examples of hostility from receiving societies toward migrants?

Answer 7

The Chinese Exclusion Acts.

The White Australia Policy.

Question 8

What did the development of industrial capitalism lead to?

Answer 8

Increased standard of living (for some).
Continued improvement in manufacturing methods that increased availability, affordability, and variety of consumer goods.

Question 9

How did state industrialization affect other empires?

Answer 9

Helped expand existing overseas empires.

Established new colonies and transoceanic relationships.

Question 10

What did the 18th century mark the beginning of?

Answer 10

An intense period of revolution and rebellion against existing governments.
Established new nation-states around the world.

Question 11

How did the emergence of transoceanic empires and global capitalist economy affect the world?

Answer 11

Migration patterns changed dramatically.

Numbers of migrants increased significantly.

Question 12

What were a range of cultural, religious, and racial ideologies that were used to justify imperialism?

Answer 12

Social Darwinism
Nationalism
Missionary impulse

Question 13

How did some states strengthen control over colonies and in some assume direct control?

Answer 13

Shift private ownership of the Congo by King Leopold II to the Belgium government.
Shift from the Dutch East India company to the Dutch government in Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Shift from private ownership of the British East India Company to the British government.

Question 14

What territories were given to the United States after the Spanish-American War?

Answer 14

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

Question 15

What are some examples of European states that used both warfare and diplomacy to expand their empires in Africa?

Answer 15

Britain in West Africa
Belgium in the Congo
French in West Africa
Britain in South Africa

Question 16

What contributed to anti colonial movements?

Answer 16

Political authority and growing Nationalism.
Tupac Amaru II’s rebellion in Peru
Samory Toure’s military battles in West Africa
Yaa Asantewaa War in West Africa
1857 Rebellion in India (Sepoy Rebellion)

Question 17

What are some new states that were formed from Anti-imperial resistance?

Answer 17

Establishment of independent states in the Balkans
Sokoto Caliphate in modern day Nigeria
Cherokee Nation
Zulu Kingdom

Question 18

What are some examples of rebeliions that were influenced by religion?

Answer 18

Ghost dance in the United States
Xhosa Cattle-Killing movement in Southern Africa
Mahdist wars in Sudan

Question 19

What were some natural materials needed for production and export

Answer 19

Cotton production in Egypt 
Rubber extraction in the Amazon and Congo Basin
The Palm Oil trade in West Africa
Guano industries in Peru and Chile
Meat from Argentina and Uruguay
Diamonds from Africa

Question 20

What were some industrialized states that practiced economic imperialism?

Answer 20

Britain and France expanded their influence through China during the Opium wars.
The construction of the Port of Buenos Aires with the support of British firms

Question 21

Who was given an advantage in Europe and the U.S since trade was organized in some commodities?

Answer 21

Merchants and companies

Question 22

What are some examples of commodities that contributed to Global Economic Expansion?

Answer 22

Opium produced in the Middle East or South Asia exported to China
Cotton growth in South Asia, Egypt, the Caribbean, or North America and exported to Great Britain and other European countries.
Palm oil produced in Sub-Saharan Africa and exported to European countries.
Copper extracted from Chile and the Western United States.

Question 23

What did changes in food production improve?

Answer 23

medical conditions which contributed to the rise in population of both urban and rural areas.

Question 24

What contributed to global urbanization during the 19th century?

Answer 24

internal and external migrants increasingly relocating to cities.