Life during the Industrial Revolution
When did the Industrial Revolution begin?
18th century
What was the idea behind Imperialism?
Strong nations should rule the weak.
Two political ideas dominated the 19th century, these were...
Democracy and Nationalism.
A slave can be defined as a
person who is owned
What benefit did the agricultural revolution bring?
a surplus of food
The revolution led to the manufacturing of goods becoming...
mechanised
This period also saw the emergence of the Age of...
Enlightenment.
Which of these was a cause for the First World War
Nationalism
Abolition is the movement which
tried to ban slavery.
This led to _____ growth
population
The other revolution which occurred at the same time was...
The agricultural revolution
Explorers opened up the world in what centuries?
15th and 16th centuries.
1962
black birding is
A disease known as ______ destroyed much of this crop in 1845.
potato blight
In the 19th Century London’s population exploded from around a million in 1800, to...
over 7 million
Name three countries that 'carved up the world'...
Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands.
Democracy means?
rule of the people
convict
a criminal sent to australia
To escape the famine the Irish emigrated to the...
United States and Australia
the colonisation of Australia
The Age of Enlightenment saw the emergence of political ideas such as
liberalism
The Enlightenment brought renewed interest in the thoughts of...
ancient greek philosophers
Xenophobia is
a fear of anyone who is an outsider, or from another country, religion, ethnic group, or race
The famine lasted for _____ years
seven