KEY INVENTIONS
FLYING SHUTTLE
SPED UP WEAVING THAT WEAVERS OUTPACED THEIR SUPPLY OF THREAD
KARL MARX
GERMAN PHILOSOPHER WHO CALLED FOR WORKERS TO UNITE IN A REVOLUTION TO BRING DOWN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
FACTORY SYSTEM
MACHINES RAPIDLY PRODUCE LARGE QUANTITIES OF GOODS IN FACTORIES
SUEZ CANAL
A WATERWAY BUILT IN EGYPT IN THE 1860'S TO CONNECT THE MEDITERRANEAN AND RED SEAS
Boxer Rebellion
An attempt to drive all the Westerners out of China
SPINNING JENNY
IT MADE THREAD FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE FLYING SHUTTLE
EMILIO AGUINALDO
FILIPINO REBEL LEADER
PLATT AMENDMENT
LIMITED CUBA'S SELF RULE
BERLIN CONFERENCE
INITIALLY HOPED TO DEVISE A PLAN TO SETTLE DISPUTES AND PREVENT FUTURE CONFLICTS
Spheres of influence
Areas over which other countries had economic power
STEAM ENGINE
IT WAS FIRST USED IN FACTORIES, THE STEAM ENGINE LATER POWERED LOCOMOTIVES AND SHIPS
JOSE MARTI'
SPOKE OUT FOR CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. HE IS A HERO TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE
SOCIALISM
A SOCIAL SYSTEM IN WHICH BUSINESSES ARE EITHER OWNED BY THE WORKERS OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT
BOERS
DUTCH FARMERS WHO ARRIVED IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE 1600'S
Guangzhou
The only city European traders were allowed to live in
COTTON GIN
EFFICIENTLY CLEANED COTTON
MARIE CURIE
ONLY PERSON TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE IN TWO SCIENCES
IMPERIALISM
AN ATTEMPT TO DOMINATE A COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT, TRADE, OR CULTURE
BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
A COMPANY CREATED TO CONTROL TRADE BETWEEN BRITAIN, INDIA, AND EAST ASIA
Aborigines
Native people of Australia. They are the longest ongoing culture in the world
BESSEMER FURNACE
MADE STEEL FROM MOLTEN IRON
ANDREW CARNEGIE
THE PRINCE OF STEEL
ENTREPRENEURS
INDEPENDENT BUSINESSPEOPLE
RAJ
THE BRITISH CONTROL IN INDIA. IT COMES FROM THE HINDI WORD FOR "RULE"
Maori
Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand