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The policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
What is imperialism?
In this economic system, the government owns all factors of production
What is a command economy?
The extreme love for one's country
What is nationalism?
The first industry of the industrial revolution
What are textiles?
This was the one product the Chinese were interested in...and it led to a war!
What is Opium
This country, which is now modern day Thailand escaped imperialism by tricking the British and the French
What is Siam?
China, North Korea, and Laos are modern day countries that have this economic system
What is communism?
These two empires dominated the German confederation after The Congress of Vienna
What is Austria and Prussia?
Many factories were built by this geographical feature, due to waterpower and trading options
What are rivers?
The territory Japan gained after the Russo-Japanese War
What is Manchuria?
The Dutch nickname for Indonesia
What are the Spice Islands?
This man's The Wealth of Nations founded capitalism in 1776
Who was Adam Smith?
Otto von Bismarck's "The politics of reality"
What is Realpolitik
People often held this job prior to the Industrial Revolution
What are farmers?
This Chinese empress overthrew her own stepson out of fear of foreigners
Who was Cixi?
The name for the British government in India
Who were The Raj?
In this type of economy, everything is done out of custom or habit
What is a traditional economy?
What city is the capital of Italy?
What is Rome?
This process was when manufacturing was done in small workshops or homes. People used hands or simple machines as tools
What is the cottage industry?
This US policy explained to the world that there would be equal trading rights in China
What is "The Open Door Policy"?
This man was responsible for the deaths of about 3-8 million Congolese people during his reign as King of Belgium
Who was King Leopold?
This economic system was based off of utopian societies such as New Lanark and New Harmony
What is socialism?
What separated East Berlin and West Berlin in the 1900s
What is the Berlin Wall?
Dangerous, dirty, boring, and crowded
What were conditions in factories like?
What is the concept of a monarch maintaining total control of his/her region?
What is the Absolute Monarchy?