AP World Era Three (1750-1900)

Political Revolutions

100

This revolution began as a protest against unfair taxation in British colonies

What is the AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

200

This revolution is best-known for being a successful slave rebellion against the plantation system

What is the HAITIAN REVOLUTION?

300

This series of revolutions weakened the Spanish Empire and led to the creation of many new republics

What are the LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS?

400

This philosophical movement produced many of the ideas and policies of the Atlantic revolutions

What is the ENLIGHTENMENT?

500

The belief that nations should have their own independent nation-states, with borders that match the homelands of their people

What is NATIONALISM?

Industrial Revolution

100

This energy source powered most early industrial machines

What is COAL?

200

This country was the first to develop coal-powered industrial technologies in this era

What is ENGLAND/BRITAIN?

300

This new energy source powered lights, making it easier to work or read after dark

What is ELECTRICITY?

400

This technology made transport over land faster and cheaper, driving economic growth

What are TRAINS/RAILROADS?

500

In the late 1800s, this valuable resource replaced coal for many uses, and unlocked new technologies like the automobile

What is OIL/PETROLEUM?

Industrial Empires

100

This empire was the largest, wealthiest, and most technologically advanced for most of this era

What is the BRITISH EMPIRE?

200

This empire, unified from several European states in 1871, quickly became a major industrial power but never acquired many colonies

What is GERMANY?

300

This empire was the only major power in Asia to industrialize in this era

What is JAPAN?

400

This region of the world, mostly independent in 1860, was almost completely conquered by European empires by 1900

What is AFRICA?

500

This major empire tried to industrialize in this era, but failed due to mismanagement, civil wars, and conflict with Japan

What is CHINA/QING EMPIRE?

Social Changes

100

A term that refers to things used to produce wealth- including money, land, factories, work equipment and natural resources

What is CAPITAL?

200

This ideology, supported by Karl Marx, calls to overthrow capitalism and replace it with a collectivized economy

What is COMMUNISM?

300

When workers refuse to work until their employer negotiates with them, often used to gain better pay or working conditions

What is a STRIKE?

400

This ideology influenced many revolutions of the era and argued for individual rights, limited government, and a market economy

What is LIBERALISM?

500

A name for the new social class which lived in cities, worked in factories, and generally had horrible living conditions

What is the PROLETARIAT/WORKING CLASS?