Demand
The rise in popularity and demand for rubber in the 1900's is commonly referred to as this.
What is "The Rubber Boom"?
The name of the process of how latex is taken from the trees.
What is rubber tapping?
These are 3 countries that made up French Indochina
What are Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos?
The name of a city in Brazil which was a major producer for rubber.
What is Manaus, Brazil?
Rubber is being used the most for this product today.
What are tires?
The name of the English Planter who invented vulcanization.
Who is Charles Goodyear?
This is an area where rubber trees are grown at a large scale.
What are rubber estates?
The name of the English planter who shipped 70,000 rubber seeds to England.
Who was Henry Wickham?
List 3 of the items that caused demand for rubber.
What are hoses, engine parts, bicycle tires, waterproof clothing, boots, and sporting balls? (list 3)
This is the process where ammonia and acid are added to the natural rubber.
What is coagulation?
List three steps that French colonizers had to do to be able to set up their rubber plantations
Acquire the land, clear the surrounding forests, and find ways to feed and house workers
The mortality rate of slaves on rubber plantations in Brazil.
What is 60%?