Steam Again, but like, Way More
Socialism and Socialism 2: Even More Socialism
Nationalism (and case studies!)
The Empire Strikes Back
Random
100
A geographical feature that makes a good place for building industrial cities
COASTLINE, MOVING WATER, or VALLEYS
100
According to Marx, socialism will inevitably reach this form, which is more advanced, and includes such pleasant things as total employment, perfect resource distribution, and the abolition of private property
COMMUNISM
100
The theory of nationalism states that the most important part of one's identity should not be religion, class, or ruler, but rather this.
NATION
100
The primary driver for the second wave (1870s-on) of European imperialism
INDUSTRIALIZATION
100
The state that welcomed the highest number of Irish refugees from the potato famine as well as English colonial abuses
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
200
The invention of this form of transport makes travel from New York to California possible, and reduces mail travel time from months to days in some places.
RAILROAD / TRAINS
200
Marx, Smith, and many other economists use this term to refer to wealth, in all its many, many forms.
CAPITAL
200
This crop famously fails in the 19th century in Ireland, though the British Imperial government continues to export it from the island.
POTATOES
200
A conference in this central European city in the 1880s split Africa apart without the input of any African leaders or indeed African people
BERLIN
200
The process of converting a region's economy from agriculture-based to manufacturing-based
INDUSTRIALIZATION
300
The building of AND migration of people to cities
URBANIZATION
300
Under socialism, workers will own this, rather than capitalists, and therefore receive a fair share of the benefits that it produces.
THE MEANS/FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
300
The military dictator of Japan who ruled in the Emperor's name, but often without his consent or agreement.
SHOGUN
300
Empires are defined by their division into two parts: the core, which receives privileges, resources, and capital; and this other part, which has resources and capital extracted from it without many or any benefits
PERIPHERY / COLONIES
300
The racist theory that peoples can be well- or poorly-suited to their "environment (the entire world)" and therefore "deserve" to succeed or be annihilated
SOCIAL DARWINISM
400
This technology allowed farmers to bury seeds well below the depth that animals could eat them, and at regular intervals.
THE SEED DRILL
400
Marx theorizes that society has always been split into two classes: the bourgeois, those who have capital, and this other group, who do not
PROLETARIAT
400
This Emperor of Japan modernized the country by ending feudalism, nationalizing the army, and enforcing a "Japanese" identity rather than a local one on all members of Japanese society.
MEIJI / MUTSUHITO
400
This "state" was governed personally by Leopold II of Belgium, and was considered his personal property, as he enforced exorbitant rubber quotas and tortured those living under his rule
CONGO FREE STATE
400
Lord Byron, an English nobleman, fought (in the tradition of romanticism) for the freedom of this European nation
GREECE
500
Robert Bakewell famously anticipated Darwin's studies of natural selection by only allowing the strongest members of this farmyard staple to reproduce
SHEEP or MUTTON
500
"Workers of the World, Unite," says Marx. "You have nothing to lose but your" this!
CHAINS
500
This English military dictator, the self-styled "Lord Protector," offered English soldiers who served in the colonization of Ireland landlordship over Irish farmland.
OLIVER CROMWELL
500
After the Opium War, Europe divided China into these, which are zones of exclusive economic interest where each foreign power forms a monopoly.
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
500
This slogan was popularized by supporters of the Emperor of Japan after the arrival of American warships and the forcible opening of the country; it discredited the shogunate because they couldn't carry it out
SONNO JOI / REVERE THE EMPEROR, EXPELL THE BARBARIAN