Industrial Revolution
The factors needed to produce a good
What are the factors of production?
Stronger, larger countries taking control of smaller countries
What is imperialism?
Territory taken over by an empire
What is a colony?
This man's assassination is considered the "spark" that led to WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Who were the Allied Powers?
The industrial revolution began in this country
What is Britain?
The changing of a minority group’s culture to resemble the majority
What is cultural assimilation?
Drug deliberately introduced by British merchants into the Chinese population
What is opium?
Strong feelings of pride and devotion to one’s country or cultural group
What is nationalism?
Famous passenger ship sunk by German U-Boats
What was the Lusitania?
Informal categorizations of people based on wealth and income
What are socioeconomic classes?
King of Belgium that enacted brutal rule in the Congo
Who was Leopold II?
In 1823, Japan was visited by this country, prompting its adopting of Western culture and technology
What is the United States?
Formal agreements made between countries to support one another in times of war
What are alliances?
Side of WWI consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Who were the Central Powers?
The purchasing and fencing-in of large swaths of farmland by wealthy individuals, driving farmers to the cities
What was the enclosure movement?
Native Indian troops for the East India Company
Private British company that effectively ran a country in Southeast Asia
What was the British East India Company?
The growth of militaries
What is militarism?
Payments made to make up for a past wrong
What are reparations?
Large communities set up by business owners for their employees to live
What are company towns?
This large meeting was set up to certify European claims in Africa. However, no Africans were invited!
What was the Berlin Conference?
Anti-foreigner Chinese nationalist group
Who were the boxers?
Young assassin of Austro-Hungarian royalty
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
Formal stoppage of fighting. WWI's most famous example of this went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
What is an armistice?