Industrial Revolution
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
Great Britain
Describe the conditions in the factory system
Mass production, dirty, long hours, low pay, women paid less, children as young as 5
What are the motives for imperialism?
Nationalism, cultural and religious, Economics
Why did the Chinese rebel in the Opium Wars?
Britain refused to stop sending Opium to China
What does the acronym MAIN stand for?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What items were necessary to start the Industrial Revolution?
coal, iron ore, waterways, harbors
Why did the Industrial Revolution lead to urbanization?
Workers flocked to the cities in search of jobs
What is the purpose of Quinine
it treats malaria and allowed Europeans into Africa's interior
Why did the Boxer Rebellion occur?
Chinese citizens wanted to expel all foreigners
What was the immediate cause of WWI?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
______ is when workers focused on specific tasks, increasing efficiency
Labor specialization
_______an economic system in which private individuals and businesses own and control the means of production (factories, land, resources) and operate for profit
Capitalism
What happened at the Berlin Conference in 1884
Europeans divided up Africa into colonies to avoid competition on colonization
What started the Sepoy Rebellion?
The British lined ammo cartridges with pig (against Muslim beliefs) and cow (sacred to Hindu) fat
What front was Trench Warfare mainly used on and why was it so bad?
The Western Front.
Exposed to the elements, dead bodies, trenchfoot, lice, disease
What did James Watt invent that improved transportation?
Steam engine
Who is the Father of Capitalism?
Adam Smith
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
He owned DeBeers diamonds and wanted to build a railroad from South Africa to Egypt
What was the effect of the Sepoy Rebellion?
The British created the British Raj and controlled India (as its crowning jewel) until the 1940s
What city did the Schlieffen Plan want to capture to knock the French out of the war?
Paris
What were the three main places the Industrial Revolution spread to?
Germany, Japan, and US
________ is wealth redistribution (to decrease income inequality), collective ownership, planned economy (more government intervention), limited private property
Socialism
Asia was exploited for raw materials and trade and created “_______________”—where they had exclusive trading rights.
Spheres of Influence
USA proposed an ____________ so merchants from all nations could trade freely in china
Open door policy
What made the Treaty of Versailles a "treaty built on quicksand"?
1. War Guilt Clause: Germany blamed for the war
2. War Reparations: Germany forced to pay $33B dollars
3. US never signed or joined the League of Nations