Industrial Revolution
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain
How did Christianity spread between the 1500s-1750s?
Through missionaries or forced conversion of populations such as Native Americans or enslaved peoples.
What are necessary for the industrialization of a nation.
Raw resources such as iron and coal, and the building of infrastructure to support factories and urbanization.
What was the name of the Ottoman movement to modernize and industrialize?
The Tanzimat Reformation
What was a major population demographic affect of the Industrial Revolution?
Many people left rural areas to go to urban cities in look for work and better lives.
How did Enlightenment Ideals affect people in Latin American, Asian or African movements?
• Anticolonial movements in Latin America, Asia, and Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries often cited Enlightenment ideas of liberty, equality, and natural rights to garner public and international support for ending European rule.
• Nationalist movements in Latin America, Asia, and Africa often used Enlightenment ideas of communal fraternity to advocate for their goals.
• Prodemocracy groups in Latin America, Asia, and Africa in the twentieth century often cite Enlightenment ideas of equality and natural rights to achieve their goals.
Why was the Industrial Revolution seen as an economic turning point in World History?
People entered the workforce in droves, items began to become mass produced and the new economic model, capitalism, allowed the opportunity for potentially unlimited growth as long as people chose to buy those products.
How could a nation with multiple ethnicities and divisions maintain order and cohesion? What are some examples of nations like this?
Create a unifying national movement that incorporates those differences. The United States, Qing China, and the Ottoman Empire.
Why did Marx critique the Industrial Revolution and Capitalism?
He believe that it exploited the working class (proletariat) and that it created an unequal society where all wealth was siphoned to the top. The Bourgeoisie didn't get rid of the nobility, they replaced them.
How did Japan originally deal with Western Influence, how and why did they change?
Japan enacted Sakoku to isolate themselves, they were forced out of isolation by the US with Commodore Perry and gunboat diplomacy. They used the Meiji Restoration to give back power to the Emperor.