Farm to Factory
This change in farming produced more food with fewer workers and freed people to move to cities.
Agricultural Revolution
Watt’s improved version of this machine let factories be built anywhere, not just beside rivers.
Steam Engine
Factory owners hired these workers because they were small and could be paid very little.
Children
Factories needed cotton, rubber, copper, and palm oil. These are examples of...
Raw Materials
An imperial power governing through local rulers who follow its orders.
Indirect Rule
Indian soldiers rose up against the British in this 1857 rebellion.
Sepoy Rebellion
Britain’s irregular coastline created many of these safe places for ships to dock.
Natural Harbors
In 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester line opened, carrying passengers and goods by this new form of transportation.
The Railroad
Crowded apartment buildings where working-class families often lived in a single room.
Tenements
Colonies gave industrialized nations millions of customers. Places to sell goods are called...
Markets
The British forced Indian farmers to grow cotton and indigo instead of food. These are called...
Cash Crops
In 1896, this African nation defeated Italy at Adwa and stayed independent.
Ethiopia
Turnips and clover let farmers stop leaving fields empty in this system.
Four-crop Rotation
Samuel Morse’s invention sent messages almost instantly along a wire using dots and dashes.
The Telegraph
This 1833 law banned children under 9 from working in most textile mills.
Factory Act (1833)
Strong pride in one’s nation pushed rival countries to race each other for colonies.
Nationalism
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The right of foreigners in China to be tried under their own country’s laws.
Extraterritoriality
A Chinese secret society attacked foreigners and Christians and besieged the embassies in Beijing in this 1900 uprising.
Boxer Rebellion
The system that replaced spinning and weaving at home, with workers running machines in one building for wages.
Factory System
Henry Bessemer’s 1856 process turned iron into this stronger, cheaper metal used for railroads and skyscrapers.
Steel
In 1842 Manchester, laborers and factory workers lived to this average age, compared with 38 for the wealthy
17 Years Old
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This medicine made it possible for Europeans to survive malaria and move inland in Africa.
Quinine
I couldn't think of another question for this category. What is the name of Mr. Caldwell's orange cat?
Benito
In 1879, warriors from this kingdom defeated a British army at Isandlwana.
Zulu Kingdom
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The first industry transformed by new machines.
Textiles (Cloth)
One thinker praised free markets and the other predicted workers would overthrow the owners. Name both thinkers, or the two economic systems they are linked to.
BONUS +500 Name both of their most famous works.
Free Markets: Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations)
Workers Movement: Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
About 1 million people died and another million or more left Ireland after this development.
Potato Blight
Christians who traveled to Africa and Asia to spread their faith.
Missionaries
The 1899 U.S. policy asking that all nations be allowed to trade equally in China.
Open Door Policy
Educated Indians founded this organization in 1885 to peacefully demand a voice in government.
Indian National Congress
Between 1801 and 1851, the population of England and Wales did this.
A) Dropped by 1/2
B) Doubled
C) Tripled
B) Doubled
~9 million to ~18 million
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
In Japan, after this movement, Japan this built railroads and factories and became an industrial power.
Meiji Restoration
Marx and Engels called the workers who owned nothing but their labor by this name.
The Proletariat
Between 1870 and 1914, European control of Africa grew from about 10 percent to about this much.
BONUS +400 Which European country controlled the most?
~90%
BONUS: France
European nations drew Africa’s borders at this 1884–1885 meeting, with no Africans invited.
Berlin Conference
E. D. Morel founded this group in the early 1900s to expose abuses in King Leopold’s colony.
Congo Reform Association