Technology
Inventions like the compass, the astrolabe, and caravel ship led to what era?
What is the Age of Exploration. (These inventions helped explorers navigate the oceans and chart their travels.)
What is a result of the Columbian Exchange?
European countries sought to gain new resources for trade, get raw materials for industry, and create a market for manufactured goods. How did they attempt to do this?
What is colonizing other territories.
The Spinning Jenny and Power Loom contributed to which economic development?
What type of trade resulted in a growing market for American manufactured goods?
What is the triangular trade?
During the Industrial Revolution, what is the meaning of urbanization?
What is people moving to the city for work?
What resulted from the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution?
What is a reliable source of energy. (Ships no longer had to rely on favorable weather for travel.)
What is the best description of the Columbian Exchange?
What is a transfer of goods, animals, people, ideas, and diseases between the Old World and New World.
What is a transition from household production to mass production? (From Chris- our shoemaker who makes 5 pair of shoes in a week to a factory which makes 1000 pair of shoes in a day.)
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution led to lasting impacts on the environment. What is one impact?
What is pollution from factories. (Factories were built as well)
Why did European nations have conquered other lands, colonized them, and controlled the economy?
What is a need for raw materials for manufacturing purposes? (More cotton, more gold, etc.)
What policy refers to countries taking over weaker nations by use of military force?
What is imperialism?
New inventions and factories actually increased immigration and poverty on some levels. Why did this happen?
What is there were not enough jobs for everyone that moved to the cities. (No job, no money, no money, no home, etc.)
What is the reason behind the need for raw materials?
What is industrialization caused the need for materials to benefit the economy (more resources, more money, more money, more power.)
What was the purpose of a Labor Union?
What is an organization that will help employees get better wages and shorter work days. (They would improve working conditions.)