Asia and Africa in the 1800s
When did most African colonies gain independence?
During the Cold War
What was the Scientific Method in the Enlightenment?
Logical method of gaining knowledge based on experimentation and evidence.
When did the Industrial Revolution start?
The late 1700s
Who unified Germany?
Otto von Bismarck.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
16th U.S. President.
Which continents were colonized in the 1800s?
Asia and Africa
What was the Haitian Revolution?
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
It began in Great Britain
What is Risorgimento?
Italian unification movement.
What did Charles Darwin develop?
Evolution theory.
In what year did the Berlin Conference regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa as seen as the "scramble?"
In 1884
Main cause of the French Revolution?
Social inequality.
Name an important invention.
When was Italy unified?
1861
Who was Marie Curie?
Pioneer in radioactivity.
Why did Europeans colonize these regions?
For raw materials
What were Latin American revolutions about?
Independence
What happened to cities?
Urbanization
Who led Italy’s unification?
Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Who was Queen Victoria?
British monarch.
What did colonization cause locally?
Exploitation
One key figure in Latin American revolution?
Simón Bolívar.
One bad effect?
Poor working conditions.
Key German unification event?
Franco-Prussian War.
What did Thomas Edison invent?
The Light Bulb