Beginnings of Industrialization
This invention, created by James Watt, helped to power factories and revolutionize transportation during the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
What is the Steam Engine
Who sparked the arrival of foreign warships, and forced Japan to open its ports and begin the process of modernization during the mid-1800s?
The Industrial Revolution came after this other revolution.
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
This is the technique factory owners would use to keep children awake and attentive during a 16 hours shift.
What is whipping? (Acceptable answers include slap/ hit)
The Meiji Restoration began after Japan was forced to sign unfair trade treaties with these countries
America and Europe
This key invention by Samuel Morse in 1837 revolutionized communication by allowing messages to be sent over long distances using electrical signals.
What is the telegraph?
This person invented the Cotton Gin
Who was Eli Whitney?
This British city was the birthplace of Industrialization. Manchester or London
What was Manchester?
What type of document did Japan adopt from Western countries?
This economic system is based on private ownership of the means of production, where supply and demand in a free market drive prices and production.
What is capitalism?
What is the definition of Industrialization
From hands to factories
These geographical features helped Britain become the first nation to Industrialize.
What are rivers and oceans. (One answer will be acceptable)
The Meiji Restoration led to the abolition of this class system in Japan, which had previously held power and land.
In a purely capitalist system, these individuals or groups control the means of production, such as factories, land, and resources.
Who are the capitalists or business owners?
This is the invention that allowed for cloth to be woven more quickly.
What was the flying shuttle? (Spinning jenny or power loom are also acceptable.)
The movement of people from rural areas to cities in Britain during the Industrial Revolution, driven by job opportunities in factories, is known as this. It led to overcrowded living conditions and the growth of urban areas.
What is urbanization?
This foreign leader’s arrival in Japan in 1853, with a fleet of "black ships," forced Japan to open its ports to Western trade, leading to the end of Japan's isolationist policy and setting the stage for the Meiji Restoration.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
This was the name of the book by Karl Marx in which he laid out his communist theory.
What was the Communist Manifesto?
This industrialist became one of the wealthiest men in the world by revolutionizing the steel industry with his use of the Bessemer process.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?