Industrialization
Besides natural resources, name one reason the Industrial Revolution began in Britain.
What are inventions (like the steam engine), a relatively stable government, money to invest, or large labor force?
What is imperialism (general def, does not have to be test specific)?
What is when a stronger country takes political, economic, and/or military control over a weaker region or people, often by force, to gain resources, markets, or power?
In capitalism, who owns businesses?
What are individuals (private ownership)?
What was a short term/ immediate cause of World War I?
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Name one way the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany.
What is making Germany demilitarize, pay reparations, and restrict the military from certain lands?
What major social change happened as a result of urbanization?
What is the rapid growth of crowded, unhealthy cities, and the spread of disease?
How did industrialization make imperialism more desirable for European powers?
What are industrialized countries needing more raw materials and markets to sell goods?
What is The Communist Manifesto?
What is a political pamphlet published in 1848 that discussed the exploitative nature of capitalism, proletariat vs. bourgeoise?
Name one of the MAIN causes of WWI and explain the cause you named.
What are militarism, alliances, nationalism, and imperialism?
Explanations are subject to teacher
How did the Great Depression help dictators rise to power?
What are the economy being extremely weak, people were desperate for answers and wanted societal problems to be fixed?
How did the steam engine impact factories and transportation?
What is allowed factories to move away from rivers and powered trains/ships for faster transport?
How did imperialism disrupt native people in colonized areas and give one specific example?
What are loss of land, forced labor, destruction of cultures, and violence?
Examples: French in Algeria (colony), Belgian in Congo (colony), British in India (colony)
What class did Karl Marx call the "working class"?
What is the proletariat?
What is fighting from deep ditches due to the newer deadlier technology invented during the early 20th century called?
What is Trench-warfare
Name one method that Hitler, Mussolini, or Stalin used to control their countries and explain how it kept them in power.
What is censorship, propaganda, secret police, or violence (example: Stalin used secret police to arrest or kill opponents, Mussolini and Hitler censored the press, they all used propaganda to spread their ideas)?
Why were factory conditions often dangerous during early industrialization?
What are lack of safety laws, long hours, poor ventilation, child labor (especially in the beginning)?
What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference (1884–1885), and which major problem did it create for some people in the African continent?
What is to divide Africa among European powers without the input of Africans, leading to artificial borders that ignored ethnic and cultural groups (borders based on what Europeans wanted), causing long-term conflict?
What is the main goal of socialism?
What is to reduce inequality and meet the needs of the people in society?
What new weapon made WWI especially deadly?
What are more advanced machine guns (poison gas, tanks, artillery)?
What is fascism?
What is a political system where a dictator controls everything, uses extreme nationalism, limits individual freedoms, and often uses violence to stay in power?
How did industrial technology (like new weapons and transportation) help European countries succeed in taking over colonies during the Age of Imperialism?
What are inventions like steamships allowed Europeans to travel inland into Africa faster, and advanced weapons like the Maxim machine gun gave them a military advantage over indigenous people?
How did imperialism increase tensions between European powers before World War I?
What is competition for colonies created rivalries and mistrust between European countries that were industrializing/ militarizing?
In communism, theoretically what happens to private property?
What is private property is abolished and shared by everyone?
What treaty officially ended WWI and identify one clause from the Treaty?
What is the Treaty of Versailles and the war guilt clause?
How did the Treaty of Versailles help Hitler rise to power in Germany?
What is the treaty humiliated Germany, caused more economic hardship, and made people angry and resentful — Hitler promised to overturn the treaty, rebuild Germany’s military, and restore national pride?