Colonialism/Imperialism & Industrialization
What is Colonialism?
the practice of a foreign government exercising political or economic control of another community
What is a reform?
the improvement of wrong or bad conditions
What is nationalism?
the idea that citizens of a country are part of something bigger than themselves and that they are loyal to a set of national ideals and practices
The era is known as the “Enlightenment” because it emphasized which key idea or value?
Scientific Reasoning and Intellectual Discovery
What is Capitalism?
a competitive economic system in which products and production means are owned by individuals or private groups
open rebellion of subordinates against their established leaders, especially of military personnel against their superior officers
mutiny
Name one theory as to why slavery was abolished
free labor/wages, morality, actions of enslaved Africans
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution
Ideology
a law or body of laws considered to be inherent in nature, right reason, or religion, and believed to be morally binding on human actions
Natural law
What is socialism?
a political or economic theory in which community members own all property, resources, and the means of production, and control the distribution of goods
The conference held in 1865 to partition Africa into territories held by European colonial powers
The Berlin Conference
the refusal to purchase certain types of goods, refusal to engage in commercial relations with a particular entity
boycott
Who was the French ruler that rose to power in 1799, following the French Revolution?
Napolean Bonaparte
a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation
citizen
Who wrote the Communist manifesto?
Karl Marx (and Friedrich Engels)
The name of the Indian soldiers that revolted against the British in 1857
Sepoy soldiers
What does suffrage mean?
the right to vote
a people living in the same geographic region and having a common history, language, and culture
nation
the power of self-government, with independence from outside control; autonomy
sovereignty
What is the Proletariat?
the working class, especially those that lack wealth and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive
The name of the Ghanean resistance leader and Queen Mother of Ejisu
Yaa Asantewaa
Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
New Zealand
relating to democratic forms of government rather than monarchies or aristocracies; (in a political context) relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise
liberalism
Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792"
Mary Wolstonecraft
What is the name of the socialist democrat who recently became mayor of New York City?
Zohran Mamdani