Ind. Rev. Background
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people worked where?
Their own homes, towns or farms
Before this invention, people communicated through telegraph machines
Telephone
The ____________ directly helped in starting the Age of Imperialism due to its innovations and mass production
Industrial Revolution
The continent where a large amount of Imperialism took place
Africa
Define the word Industry
trade or manufacturing (factories) in general
Great Britain, AKA England, AKA United Kingdom
"I created the light bulb so people would stop burning down their houses"
Alexander Graham Bell
The Age of Imperialism was...............?
A time where European countries began taking over other lands to take the resources and use people there
Name three of the countries that took place colonizing Africa
France, England, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany
Define the word Industrialize
develop industries in (a country or region) on a wide scale
The most common source of fuel during the Industrial Revolution was?
Coal
The name of this invention helped increase the production of cotton by incredible amounts...
Cotton Gin
What word means to take over another land for your own country
Colonization
The belief that one race is superior to another
Social Darwinism
Define the word Exploit
make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)
A big source of labor during the Industrial Revolution was?
Children
This invention helped power boats and trains which created a new mode of transportation
Steam Engine
" We had advantages over other European countries due to the fact we had better technology, factories, and weapons" (name the countries)
England and France
What modern day nation, that didn't colonize Africa, was at one point an Empire and still holds a lot of their prior colonies?
United States of America
In your best academic language, explain to me how the Industrial Revolution led to the Age of Imperialism
New technologies and industries created during the Industrial Revolution created a great need for resources and raw materials. Europeans looked to colonization to fill that need
A sickness of the lungs people get from breathing in too much coal?
The Black Lung
"We created the world's first mode of transportation that took to the air"
The Wright Brothers
An Empire
"I was one of two African countries the remained independent during the Age of Imperialism"
Ethiopia or Liberia
WWI !!!! (And guess what we are learning about when we get back?!?)