Technology
The introduction of railroads helped open what for manufactured goods?
Colonial markets for manufactured goods.
What is a cash crop?
A crop grown to sell in another country.
What raw material was used to make tires, hoses, and shoe soles?
Rubber
What is a monoculture?
Growing only one crop in a designated area.
Technological developments' impacts were most clear in what?
Were most clear in the economic scope of the world at this time.
What did steamships transport?
Steamships transported people, mail, and goods on navigable rivers.
Which cash crop originated in West Africa
Palm oil
What were ivory's primary uses?
Its primary uses were piano keys, billiard balls, knife handles, and ornamental carving.
Farmers only grew what in hopes of making what?
Farmers only grew cash crops in hopes of making a profit.
What are rubber barons?
Rubber barons are enslaved indigenous people that extracted rubber.
What technological development allowed overseas communication between nations.
The telegraph
Raw cotton production from Egypt and India supported what?
They supported the manufacturing of textiles that Britain exported all over the world.
What material was extracted in Mexico?
Silver
What did monocultures lead to the lack of?
Monocultures led to a lack of agricultural diversity.
What is apartgheid
Racial segregation
Who wanted to make a railroad connecting the British controlled colonies.
Cecil Rhodes
What did the British India Office obtain from Brazil and send off to Sri Lanka?
The British India Office obtained seeds for rubber trees from Brazil and sent them off to Sri Lanka.
What company accounted for 90% of the world's diamond production
De Beers Mining Company
What is Cote d'Ivoire?
French trading posts where ivory and slaves were traded.
Name some places/areas that produced large gold deposits
Australia and South Africa, as well as parts of West Africa and Alaska, produced large deposits of gold.
Europe looked to Asia and Africa for what?
Europe looked to Asia and Africa to feed the industry's desires for raw materials at that time.