Leaving Luddites behind
These organizations represented workers of a specific trade and fought for their rights.
Unions
He led Russia in WWI.
Nicholas II
This African country was able to remain independent because of the strength and cunning of its leader, who played European countries against each other and built up an arsenal of weapons.
Ethiopia
This is when a company or private business controls a specific country or region, much like the British East India Company did in India before the British Raj.
Economic Imperialism
These were the two sides in WWI.
Central Powers
Allied Powers
This was the first Asian nation to industrialize.
Japan
This man started WWI by assassinating Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
In this country people were treated as slaves, forcing them to collect rubber from the trees and killing or maiming the native population when they did not comply or were able to collect the rubber quickly enough
Belgian Congo
This is when a country is governed internally by a foreign power. This happened in India during the British Raj.
protectorate
There was a genocide of these people during WWI, committed by this country.
Armenians / Turkey
The resources—including land, labor, and capital—that are needed to produce goods and services.
Factors of production
This man was the leader of Germany in WWI.
Wilhelm II
Name two causes of imperialism.
The Industrial Revolution created an insatiable demand for raw materials and new markets.
European nations wanted to demonstrate their power and prestige to the world.
The Europeans’ sense of superiority made them feel obligated to bring their version of civilization to areas they considered uncivilized.
This is when a country demands exclusive trading and investment privileges in another country. China was divided up into these after the Opium Wars.
Sphere of influence
This event is considered the immediate cause of WWI.
assassination of the archduke francis ferdinand
An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit.
capitalism
This man was the king of Belgium who was policies were responsible for genocide in the Congo.
King Leopold II
The British policy to separate the local population based on some perceived or real difference (example: religion, race, ethnicity, etc.) and encourage them to fight one another instead of the British is call this.
Divide and conquer
this is when a country is governed externally by a foreign power.
colony
Trench warfare was developed for this reason.
The high casualty numbers on both sides, due to modern weapons but old tactics, led them to dig in to protect their troops and defend their land.
Name 3 things that contributed to very poor public health for the majority of English people during the Industrial Revolution
urban overcrowding, poor diets, poor sanitation, and medieval medical remedies
He is considered the father of Capitalism.
Adam Smith
This was one result of the Sepoy Mutiny.
The British East India Company ended and the British government assumed direct control over India.
He was the leader of a successful African resistance movement against imperialism, the Ethiopian resistance movement.
Menelik II
These were the 6 causes of WWI.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
assassination
Balkans
An economy where everyone is equal, there is no private property, and goods and services are owned by the public.
socialism
He was the leader of France at the end of WWI
Georges Clemenceau
Japan won these two wars after they modernized.
Russo Japanese War
Sino Japanese War
Japan modernized for this reason
To protect themselves from being imperialized
Attack France first through invading Belgium, then attack Russia. This plan is known as what?
Schlieffen Plan