Industrial Revolution
This country is where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is Great Britain?
James Watt is credited for this invention made in 1764
What is the steam engine?
Before industrialization, most people worked here
What are farms?
This meeting divided Africa among European powers.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Workers were able to stay out later and work longer hours because of this invention
What is the Lightbulb/Electricity?
This resource was used to generate power in the 1st Industrial Revolution.
What is the Steam Engine?
This invention removed seeds from cotton fibers
What is the Cotton Gin?
This term describes the movement of people from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
European countries wanted Africa mainly for this reason.
What are raw materials?
There were this many industrial revolutions?
What is five
This period (1870–1914) expanded steel, oil, and electricity production.
What is the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
This invention allowed goods to be produced faster by dividing work into small tasks
What is the assembly line?
Factory work often required workers to work this many hours per day.
What is 12-16 hours per day
These types of borders ignored ethnic and cultural divisions.
What are artificial borders?
The 5th industrial revolution focuses on this
What is Artificial Intelligence?
This is why the Industrial Revolution began in England
What is raw materials/natural resources/coal+iron?
This invention allowed messages to travel long distances using electrical signals.
What is the telegraph?
Women and Children were often hired because of this.
What is lower wages?
Name one long-term consequence of colonial borders in Africa.
What is conflict/instability/civil war/ethnic tension etc...?
This region of Somalia is currently seeking independence
What is Somaliland?
This was caused by the burning of coal during the Industrial Revolution
What is pollution?
This invention made it easier to transport goods over land
What is the railroad/train/locomotive?
Cities became this because of the Industrial Revolution
What is overcrowded/polluted/disease ridden?
Because of colonization, Africa does not have many of these. (think about last unit)
What are nation-states?
The world is scared to remake colonial borders in Africa because of this
What is instability/war/encouraging independence movements?