History Terms
The study of the past, why it matters, and how it affects the present.
What is history?
The argument, point, or thesis of a piece of writing.
What is a claim?
This country was the first to Industrialize.
What is England?
The policy or practice of spreading a country's power or influence over other countries or territories.
What is Imperialism?
This range of dates is the time period of major European imperialism.
What is 1800-1914.
The study of money, markets, and labor and how it affects human life.
What is economics?
The supports that help prove an argument using sources or texts.
What is evidence?
This amount of people in a given area. During the Industrial Revolution, it went up in urban areas.
What is population density?
The idea that one's own nation or group is superior to those of other nation's or people.
What is nationalism?
This idea focused on the "survival of the fittest" and helped lead to European imperialism.
What is Social Darwinism?
The study of government, citizenship, rights, and responsibilities.
What is civics?
Explaining your evidence and analyzing how it supports the claim.
What is reasoning?
This fossil fuel was the major source of energy during the Industrial Revolution.
What is coal?
These economic concerns helped lead to European imperialism.
What are raw materials and new markets?
This European country created the largest empire during the time period 1800-1914.
What is the British Empire?
The study of the physical world and how it affects humans and how humans affect it.
What is geography?
Making notes, comments, and highlights in order to better understand specific parts of a text.
What is annotation?
The Industrial Revolution led to a shift from agriculture to this...
What is manufacturing?
A primary goal of European imperialism was to spread this religion.
What is Christianity?
The amount of these things helps makes countries more powerful and leads to their dominance.
What are resources? (specific answers are also acceptable)
The things that stay the same over a given period of time.
What is continuity?
A type of writing which condenses a text and includes the main points, arguments, and ideas.
What is a summary?
The 19th century takes place in these years.
What is 1800-1899?
or
What is 1801-1900?
In this poem, Rudyard Kipling made the argument that it is the responsibility of White Europeans/Americans to civilize and care for minorities.
What is "The White Man's Burden?"
This poem argued against the idea that white people need to take care of or civilize people in Africa or Asia.
What is "The Black Man's Burden?"