Industry Spreads
Vocabulary
Europe
Asia
The Americas
100

This country’s industrialization was delayed by a political revolution and a series of wars.

France

100

This term refers to coal, iron, and other materials used in production.

Natural resources

100

This country industrialized first.

Britain

100

This was the first country to industrialize in Asia

Japan

100

This raw material from the Brazilian Amazon was used in products like tires and footwear.

Rubber

200

Political fragmentation delayed industrialization in this country until unification in 1871.

Germany

200

This word refers to money available for investment in factories and industry.

Capital

200

This railroad connected Moscow to the Pacific.

Trans-Siberian Railroad

200

British interference led to a decline in India's production of this raw material.

Iron

200

This crop from the Caribbean was refined and consumed in large quantities by Britain.

Sugar

300

This Asian country industrialized through “defensive modernization.”

Japan 

**BONUS** (100 pts) 

Explain the term "defensive modernization"

300

The AMSCO reading uses this term to describe a country’s workforce.

Human capital

300

DAILY DOUBLE

In 1863, the British Royal Navy took complete control over this body of water

The Indian Ocean

300

European industry led to a reduction in the production of this good in Egypt and India.

Textiles

300

This crop from the southern United States supplied British textile factories.

Cotton

400

By 1900, this country had become a leading industrial force because of resources and human capital.

United States

400

This method of transportation helped facilitate the movement of raw materials

Railroads

400

In the late 19th century, Germany became a leading producer of these two commodities.

Steel and coal

400

The Japanese wanted to adopt certain western technologies and institutions while preserving this

Their traditional culture
400

The United States had ample human capital because of this group of people

Immigrants OR migrants from rural areas within the U.S.

500

This country was the first to industrialize after Britain.

Belgium

500

This term refers to the time period where the British East India Company controlled large sections of the Indian subcontinent.

Company rule

500

Russia remained overwhelmingly agricultural until this event in 1917

NORMAL POINTS:

Communists seized power

DOUBLE POINTS:

The Bolshevik Revolution

500

This term refers to the period of rapid industrialization as well as social and political reform in 19th century Japan

The Meiji Restoration

500

This invention dramatically increased the demand for cotton from the American South by making it much faster to separate cotton fibers from seeds.

Cotton gin

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