Asia and Africa in the 1800s
What resource did China mainly trade?
Silver.
What caused the French Revolution?
The lower classes hated the Three Estates System, there was a famine due to the terrible wheat harvest, and finally, France was going through an economical crisis.
What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on slavery?
It caused an increase in slavery.
Through what method did German countries unite, defined as a mutual dislike for others?
Negative integration.
He is the most influential and relevant French Leader.
What drug did Great Britain and France sell to China?
Opium.
What started the French Revolutionary Wars?
The French Government declared war on Austria and Leopold ll. They also voted to abolish the monarchy and execute King Louis XVl.
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
Great Britian.
Who was the leader of Italy?
Guiseppe Garibaldi.
Who is Queen Victoria?
Queen of Great Britain and all of its territories during the 1800s.
What caused the opium war?
The outlawing of opium in China.
What was a cause for both the Haitian AND the Latin American revolutions?
Racial Discrimination.
What resources allows the Industrial Revolution to begin where it did?
Coal, iron, and textile mils.
What was the primary religion for both Prussia and Austria?
Catholicism.
Who is Otto Von Bismarck?
Leader who helped accomplish the German Unification.
What meeting was held that discussed how to split up Africa?
The Berlin Conference
What major imperial nations suffered losses of colonies during the Age of Revolutions after the people in the colonies declared independence?(4 of them)
Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal.
What invention directly contributed to the increase in slavery in the United States?
The cotton gin.
What was the Blood and Iron speech about?
The idea that Germany should unify even if it leads to war
Who is Eli Whitney?
The inventor of the cotton gin.
Who sent Henry Morton Stanley to explore Africa?
King Leopold II
The "storming" and takeover of this building started the French Revolution.
The Bastille.
Who created the Flying Shuttle?
John Kay.
What states made up ethnic Italy in the 1800’s?
Piedmont-Sardinia, Papal States, Sicily
Who is Karl Marx?
The father of communism.