Vocabulary
What is the vocabulary word that describes the building up of a city, including buildings and population?
Urbanization
What continent is Great Britain a part of?
Europe
Name one innovation of the Industrial Revolution.
Spinning Jenny
Water wheel
Factories / gears
Plow
Loom
Steam Engine
Where did the Great Hunger occur?
Ireland
Define isolationism in Japan
Japan closed its borders from outside influence, killing outsiders or those who would attempt to leave.
What does Laissez Faire mean?
Government remains HANDS OFF of the ownership of privately owned companies or property
What raw natural resource was abundant in Great Britain that helped the Industrial Revolution begin in this area?
Coal
Natural Flowing Rivers
Name a cause of the Industrial Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Geography of GB
Colony resources
What is the word used to describe the disease that occurred to the potato?
Blight
Meiji Restored the empire which led to
the industrialization of Japan
What is the system of government derived from the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which all factories, farms, and other valuable things are owned and controlled by the government
Communism
What did Great Britain have that helped with trade?
Natural Harbors
Access to water ways / ocean
What happened to the population after the agricultural revolution?
Population grew in the cities
Who had control over Ireland during the time of the Great Hunger?
England
Who was Mathew Perry?
An American who demanded Japan open its borders to trade
Who was the Scottish economist who wrote "The Wealth of Nations" who supported laissez faire policies and supported capitalism?
A. Karl Marx
B. Abraham Smith
C. Adam Smith
D. Mathew Perry
Adam Smith
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin and why?
Great Britain because of the geography, power/ access to resources in the colonies, the agricultural revolution, and need for innovation.
Why did urbanization occur?
Not as many people were needed on the farms because of the plow and other inventions.
People were in search of jobs in the factories.
What population was impacted the most during the Great Hunger?
Poor Irish-born natives of Ireland
Why did Japan open its borders?
The United States threatened war. They wanted Japan open to trade
Name and define one enduring issue that is seen in this unit.
Environmental Impact
Human Rights Violation
Urbanization
Population Growth
Conflict
Impact of Innovation
What benefits did the natural flowing waters in Great Britain have on the Industrial Revolution?
What two reforms occurred because of this time?
Labor reforms
Women's suffrage
Why did the population of Ireland decrease?
Mass death
Mass Migration
What are the outcomes of Japan opening its borders?
modernization of cities
westernized education
Centralized government
more trade
modern navy and army