Industrial Revolution Vocab
This resource powered steam engines and factories during the Industrial Revolution.
Coal.
This ideology envisions a classless society with shared resources.
What is communism?
This ideology justified imperialism by claiming that only the "fittest" cultures deserved to survive.
Social Darwinism
A major war where Britain forced China to trade opium, gaining control of Hong Kong.
Opium Wars
This natural disaster devastated Irish crops and led to mass immigration.
Irish Potato Famine
These structures created job opportunities and led to rapid urbanization.
Factories
The economic system where businesses succeed or fail based on consumer choices.
Capitalism?
This colonization policy aimed to replace local cultures with European norms.
Assimilation
This policy ensured China remained open for trade with all powers but free from colonization.
Chinese Open Door Policy
Agricultural tools like this fencing material increased efficiency and aided urban growth.
Barbed Wire
A person who starts and manages their own business.
Entrepreneur
This British imperialist sought to expand influence across Africa and founded Rhodesia.
Cecil Rhodes
An uprising in China against foreign influence, ultimately crushed by a coalition of nations.
Boxer Rebellion
The company that played a key role in British control over India.
The British East India Company
This economic principle, advocated by Adam Smith, involves little government interference in business.
Laissez-faire?
This group forms to advocate for workers' rights and benefits.
Unions
A strategy used by colonizers to justify their control, claiming to "civilize" African nations. (Rule like a Parent might over their child)
Paternalism
This Japanese war resulted in control over Korea and marked Japan's rise as a regional power.
Sino-Japanese War
England's geographical benefit that facilitated industrial growth with water-based power.
Good Harbors
This term describes societies that have undergone the process of industrial development.
Industrialized
A critical man-made waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea to enhance trade.
Suez Canal
The naval conflict where Japan defeated Russia, gaining control of Manchuria.
The Russo-Japanese War
The war that resulted in the U.S. gaining territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
Spanish-American War