Political Beliefs
The belief that people should be loyal to and proud of their nation, often placing it above others.
Nationalism
This economic system, supported by thinkers like Adam Smith, is based on private ownership and free markets.
Capitalism
A method of production where goods were made in large batches assisted by machines.
Factory System
This country dominated India economically, politically, and socially .
Great Britain
Famous General who declared himself Emperor of France
Napoleon
The increasing interconnectedness of global economic forces and markets
Globalization
Factory owners lowering costs by producing large amounts of goods is an example of this economic concept.
Mass Production
This system was an early method of production used before factories became common during the Industrial Revolution, characterized by artisans working by hand from their homes.
Domestic System
This Asian nation began to have imperial ambitions of its own.
Japan
This invention by Eli Whitney helped increase cotton production but also expanded slavery in the United States.
Cotton Gin
This policy of building up a nation’s military strength and preparing for war played a major role in the tensions leading up to World War I
Militarism
This group sells their labor for wages during the Industrial Revolution.
Proletariat
The process of large populations moving into cities
Urbanization
This rebellion in China was an attempt to remove foreign influence and imperial control but was ultimately crushed by international forces.
Boxer Rebellion
The Mother of all Inventions
Necessity
This 19th-century concept, misapplying principles of evolution, was used to justify social inequality, imperialism, and racism by applying "survival of the fittest" to human societies.
Social Darwinism
This invention allowed for fast communication of prices over long distances
Telegraph
Large buildings in which many workers lived in cramped conditions
Tenement buildings
It was here that European countries met to divide Africa between themselves.
Berlin Conference
The name given to London after hot weather made the smell of human waste unbearable
The Great Stink
In Marxism, the names of the "owning class" and the "working class"
Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
A political and economic system in which all property and resources are owned collectively by the community rather than by individuals.
Communism
The first method discovered for mass-producing steel.
Bessemer process
Only country in Africa to protect itself successfully from imperialism
Ethiopia
The first country to successfully industrialize
Great Britain