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Reaching Out
Trade
Capitalism
Industrialization
Imperialism
100
This "Road" was several interconnected roads between Europe and Asia
What is the Silk Road
100
This government system ruled in Europe for hundreds of years, often the heads of state had absolute power
What is a monarch (king or queen)?
100
Another word for money or profit.
What is capital?
100
This invention drove industrialization.
What is the steam engine?
100
unprocessed natural resources such as logs and iron ore.
What are raw materials?
200
This group discovered Canada first
Who is the French?
200
The belief that European and European values are superior to anyone else.
What is Eurocentrism?
200
An economic system based on free markets and private ownership.
What is capitalism?
200
This means moving from agricultural society and living in a city
What is urbanization?
200
an area that ruled itself but was guided by another, more powerful, country
What is a protectorate?
300
The exchange of raw materials, goods, and services among distant groups of people?
What is international trade?
300
A system of trade that developed, whereby monarchs increased their wealth through international trade
What is mercantilism?
300

Usually in another country where someone can buy and sell raw materials or manufactured goods. 

Market
300
This type of production became possible during the Industrial Revolution, making individual artisans unemployed
What is mass production?
300

The name given to the route used by European countries to exchange goods and slaves across the Atlantic Ocean. 

The Middle Passage

400
This highly valued cloth was coveted by Europeans
What is silk?
400
The process of Europeans developing distant places, and beginning to living there for economic benefit.
What is colonization?
400
The government does not interfere with business activities, and supply and demand are not regulated
What is a free market?
400
These people were used as labourers and were often underpaid or not at all.
What is children?
400
The term given for Europeans taking on the task of "civilizing" other cultures.
What is the "White Mans Burden"?
500

The process of expanding the mother countries territory as well as developing infrastructure to control them. 

Empire building

500
Occurred when a monarch would grant one individual or a single company the sole right to gather and trade a particular good.
What is a monopoly?
500

Capitalism influenced this specific form of trading because it was used to create a cheap labour force to maximize profits. 

The Slave Trade

500

This natural disaster caused by increased populations in the cities, poor sewage system and industrial waste caused an unbearable stink to cover London, England. 

The Great Stink 

500
A region in which and outside country influences or controls political or economic events for its own gain.
What is a sphere of influence?