Industrial Revolution
Paradigm shift.
What is a fundamental change in the basic concepts, practices, and underlying assumptions of a discipline or society. It represents a revolutionary transformation that replaces an outdated worldview or framework with a completely new way of understanding the world. The Industrial Revolution was a paradigm shift in the world.
John Locke
The need for raw materials and new markets to futher fuel industrialization in the European countries.
What are 2 primary causes of the Age of Imperialism?
Urbanization
What are the critical ingredients in a strong essay?
England with the textile industry
The first of many Enlightenment-inspired, democratic political revolutions that would ultimately topple the centuries-long absolute monarchy system that dominated most of Europe.
American Revolution
Scramble for Africa
What is a term that characterizes the invasion, conquest, and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers settled on at the Berlin Conference in 1885?
King Leopold II
Who is the Belgian King who was responsible for the brutal treatment and death of perhaps over 10 million Congolese rubber slaves while controlling "The Congo Free State"?
Fact-checkers, checking multiple sites for the same information, and using the RAVEN technique to gauge the credibility of the source.
What are the best ways for a researcher (or anyone) to safeguard themselves from using misinformation?
This innovation expanded the speed at which raw materials, finished products, people, and ideas were able to travel.
What are railroads?
Tennis Court Oath
What is a pivotal event on June 20, 1789, during the French Revolution where representatives of the non-privileged classes (the Third Estate) were locked out of their usual meeting hall, and in a dramatic act of defiance, they gathered in a nearby indoor tennis court and vowed not to disband until they had drafted a new constitution for France?
White Man's Burden
What is the concept that European powers used as justification and defined as a duty to civilize the tribal areas of the world?
Maximilien Robespierre
Who is the early leader of the French Revolution and the Jacobins who would eventually be sentenced to death by the guillotine during the Reign of Terror?
Transition sentences and transition words.
What are the key elements to provide smooth transitions and a strong flow of ideas throughout a piece of writing, and to keep your writing from being "machine-gun" in nature?
Dissident Elites, Mass frustration, and State crisis
What is a common variable in all political Enlightenment-inspired revolutions?
Exploitation
What is a word that means taking advantage of something or someone (e.g., Exploitative labor)?
Who predated imperialistic forces in the undeveloped/tribal areas of the world and helped to "open the door" for European imperialism?
Repetition and redundancy
What are two common flaws in writing that revolve around using the same word, or same phrase mulitple times in a short secession and/or repeating the same points over and over ("beating a dead horse")?
Anthropocene Epoch
What is the most current epoch (geological period of time) that is defined by human activity as the dominant influence on the planet's climate and ecosystems?
Toussaint Louverture
Who is the leader/general of the Haitian Revolution, the largest slave revolt in history, in which slaves revolted against the French and gained control of their own land and established an independent Haiti?
What are the common post-colonial conditions found in former colonies?
What are the effects of imperialism?
Rising atmospheric CO2 level, Climate Change, Consumerism/high consumption, Wealth gap, Sedentary lifestyle, loss of biodiversity
What are some of the consequences of the Industrial Revolution and industrialized modern lifestyle that we live today?
Author's voice and original thought