Vocabulary
The increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century.
Industrial Revolution
The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land.
Crop Rotation
The growth of cities and the migration of people into them.
Urbanization
The three "G's" of exploring, conquering, and imperializing around the world.
God, Glory, and Gold
The seizure of a weak country by a stronger country in order to dominate the political, economic, and social life of a weaker country.
Imperialism
The practice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual property.
Enclosure Movement
The practice of breeding animals or plants that have the best characteristics.
Selective Breeding
A group of people with the common interest to represent factory workers.
Union
This caused imperialism because European nations needed raw materials (like cotton and rubber) in order to produce more goods in factories.
A country that is governed internally by a foreign power.
Colony
Cloth or fabric made from yarn or thread
Textile
A railroad that connected the east coast to the west coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
The development of a connected global economy due to increased free trade.
Globalization
This took place in 1884-85 and divided African lands among different European nations.
The Berlin Conference
A country with its own government but under the control of a foreign power.
Protectorate
Resources used to produce goods and services (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship)
Factors of Production
A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.
Threshing Machine
These included long hours, low wages, dangerous machines, poor air quality, and often led to serious injury or death for factory workers.
Poor Working Conditions
This included the search for new lands, people, and the desire for adventure!
Exploration & Curiosity
An area in which a foreign power claims exclusive trade treaties
Sphere of Influence
An ideology that focuses on loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation.
Nationalism
A horse-drawn invention invented by Jethro Tull to plant seeds at equal distances.
Seed Drill
The new government in Japan in 1868 that industrialized the country.
Meiji Japan
Many European nations felt this because they thought that their culture was more advanced than other societies around the world.
Sense of Superiority & Racism
Independent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests rather than by other governments.
Economic Imperialism