Large buildings meant to store enormous machines in which workers produced manufactured goods
Factories
A belief held by many Jewish people in Europe that the area of Palestine should be reclaimed to form the nation of Israel as a homeland for the Jews
Zionism
"The sun never sets on" this largest empire in history
The British Empire
Out of all of the countries on the continent of Africa, only Liberia and this country remained independent of European control
Ethiopia
The British triggered a war with China when it refused to stop illegally trading this substance
Opium
A person who invests money to start a business of their own
Entrepreneur
The ideology held by many Europeans that certain physical traits justified a belief that they were superior to other races
Racism
This country claimed large portions of North Africa including Algeria
France
Emperor of Ethiopia who became famous for his ability to keep his country free of European colonization when all other African territories were claimed during the Scramble for Africa
Menelik II
A Chinese uprising led by a semi-Christian peasant in retaliation for the humiliating defeat that China suffered during the Opium Wars
Taiping Rebellion
A type of business that forms when multiple investors purchase "shares" in the company
Corporation
An address made by President Lincoln that promised an legal end to slavery in the United States when the Union won the American Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
Great Britain won this colony as a result of the Opium Wars
Hong Kong
The Dutch exploited the people of this central African country as workers extracting rubber
The Congo
In 1853, US gave this Pacific country an ultimatum, open up to trade or risk war
Japan
The political philosopher who invented Communism, an extreme form of socialism that challenged the capitalist ideas of industrial countries
Karl Marx
The right to vote, often associated with women’s struggle for the right to vote
Suffrage
The US aided this colony in its efforts to throw off the rule of Spain, triggering the Spanish-American War
Cuba
This waterway was built jointly by the British, French, and Egyptians in order to connect the Mediterranean and the Red Seas
Suez Canal
This colony was a strategic location for Great Britain because it is at the end of the Malay Peninsula along some of the busiest waterways for trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and has a deep natural harbor for shipping
Singapore
The document published by Marx and Engles that criticized capitalist practices in industrial countries
The Communist Manifesto
A racial ideology based on the theory of evolution that was used by Europeans to justify their take over of colonial peoples
This type of colony is a place to take prisoners when your own jails are full, Australia is a prominent example
Penal Colony
These were Dutch farmers who were among the first Europeans to settle in South Africa
Boers
This country was unique among its neighbors in Southeast Asia because it strategically avoided being colonized by European powers
Siam (Thailand)