Topic 15
What was the Spinning Jenny?
A machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, which made large-scale weaving possible.
What is Socialism?
A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.
Who was Pancho Villa?
Pancho Villa was a Mexican revolutionary general and folk hero.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
A 1900 anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China led by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists."
What was the "Banana Republic?"
A nickname for the American multinational company-United Fruit Company.
Which type of jobs increased the speed of urbanization?
Factory and industrial jobs.
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was about what?
The poor conditions of the meat packing industry.
Which European country colonized the Congo region of Africa?
Belgium
What were the consequences of the Boxer Rebellion?
Foreign nations sent militaries to restore order in China.
What was the name of the British company responsible for the Opium Wars?
East India Company
Who were the authors of The Communist Manifesto?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
What is Zionism?
An international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine, where ancient Israel was located, and later for the support of modern Israel.
Name one country where the United Fruit Company controlled.
Which US president supported Panama's separation from Colombia?
Theodore Roosevelt
What year did Jose Marti form the Cuban Revolutionary Party?
1892