Industry!
It is the place where the industrial revolution began, in part due to its natural resources and navigable waterways.
What is Britain?
Ahoy! This Scottish teacher for the deaf is credited with inventing the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This "ism" describes an economic system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners.
What is capitalism?
This "s" simply means the right to vote. No pain involved!
What is "Suffrage?"
For Britain, the colony of Australia was initially this kind of institution. No wonder Australian people can be so rude!
What is a penal colony?
Until Queen Elizabeth II, this British ruler was the longest reigning monarch in world history. They oversaw the huge expansion of the British Empire during the imperialism period.
Who is Queen Victoria?
He was the first Prime Minister of Canada! Do you want fries with that?
Who is John MacDonald?
Some may call him a traitor, but this man is credited with beginning the Industrial Revolution in the United States. So what if he stole the plans for an industrial waterwheel!
Who is Samuel Slater?
This "Wizard of Menlo Park" led a team that created the first incandescent lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This German thinker would argue that “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."
Who is Karl Marx?
What is the Suez Canal?
This is the only country in Africa that was successful in repelling European Colonizers.
What is Ethiopia?
He has been called the “father of field epidemiology” after he discovered that a polluted water well was causing a cholera epidemic in Soho, England.
Who is John Snow?
This Belgian king wanted to rival other European powers in the conquest of Africa. He claimed the territory of the Congo, and his reign is defined by the terrible atrocities his colonists committed.
Who is King Leopold II?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most Europeans worked on farms and at home in small shops. This limited local production is called this cozy term.
What is the Cottage System?
What is the internal combustion engine?
This "ism" describes a form of complete socialism in which the means of production, all land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses would be owned by the people.
What is communism?
This term is from when the principals of Charles Darwin's biological theories are applied to society and culture. It unfortunately was used to justify racism and colonialism into Africa.
What is Social Darwinism?
This British businessman and politician dreamed of constructing a railroad that spanned from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo Egypt. Unfortunately for him, he never saw it completed.
He is the British explorer who discovered claimed New Zealand and Australia for Great Britain. he was stabbed in the neck and killed in Hawaii 244 years ago today!
Who is Captain James Cook?
This Ethiopian king was successful in repelling the Italians in the Battle of Adwa.
Who is Menelik II?
It is the economic policy of letting the industry and businesses set working conditions without interference. Hope you can speak French!
What is Laissez-Faire?
These are the first names of the brothers that achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane.
Who are Wilbur and Orville Wright?
The authors of the Communist Manifesto describe a struggle between the "haves" and the "have nots." They used these two terms to describe these two distinct classes,
What are the "Bourgeoisie" and the "Proletariet?"
This is a term for a native Indian soldier that was employed by the East India Company.
What is a sepoy?
English biologist Charles Darwin published this important work that argues that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection.
What is "On the Origin of Species?"
She was the last queen of Hawaii.
Who is Lili'uokalani?
He is the U.S. President that signed the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Because of this, any American could claim unclaimed islands in the world for the U.S.
Who is Franklin Pierce?
This economist wrote "The Wealth of Nations" and he often spoke about how an invisible hand were influencing the economy.
Who is Adam Smith?
This Italian inventor is credited with broadcasting the first radio signal.
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
This French socialist spoke on the problems of captialism "…in civilized societies liberty is illusory if the common people lack wealth. When the wage-earning classes are poor, their independence is as fragile as a house without foundations."
Who is Charles Fourier?
Because of its lack of income, a primitive economy, the oversized and incompetent bureaucracy, the declining Ottoman Empire was nicknamed this.
What is the "Sick Man of Europe?"
He was a Scottish missionary who deeply explored Africa. He converted many Africans to Christianity and named the largest lake in Africa after his Queen.
Who is David Livingstone?
This Maori explorer is said to have led the Maori people across the ocean to New Zealand.
Who is Kupe?
This is a name for the first King in Hawaii. He successfully united all of the Hawaiian islands into one kingdom. It is also the name of a super power attack performed by Goku.
Who is Kamehameha?