Industrial Revolution
What are the factors of production?
Land, labor, entrepreneurship, and capital
What is the concept most closely associated with the theory that Europeans believed that their advanced technology made them superior to people whose societies were not technologically advanced?
Social Darwinism
POLITICAL CARTOON - Based on the title and cartoon, who is experiencing the burden?
The native people
What is the theme of Rudyard Kipling's "White Man's Burden?"
Modernization/"civilizing" of non-western people
True or False: During the 19th century, Europeans were able to colonize Africa to create and control plantations of cash crop.
True
Urbanization refers to the mass movement of people to what areas?
Cities with factories and growing industries
The United States' created the "Open Door Policy" to do what?
Force China into free trade
POLITICAL CARTOON - What political strategy is displayed in the cartoon that was developed in the late 1800s?
Spheres of influence by imperial powers
In the 19th century Great Britain was importing what product into China and hurting their social and economic life?
Opium
Why did Europeans wait until the late 1800s to colonize Africa?
A. Europeans did not want to leave Europe yet
B. Diseases/landscape in Africa was too difficult to survive
C. There were no resources Europeans would need
D. European religions and leaders disagreed with imperialism
B. Diseases/landscape in Africa was too difficult to face
What is the telegraph and how did it support European imperialism?
An early messaging system, able to coordinate distant operations
What natural resource were Europeans colonizing Africa for in the late 1800s?
Precious jewels (diamonds/rubies/emeralds) and metals
POLITICAL CARTOON - This cartoon of Britain, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan cutting a “pie” that represents China. What are they looking for in China?
Dividing resources
What nation is associated with modernizing in the 19th century, creating a regional military empire in Asia/the Pacific during the 1930s-1940s, and transforming to democracy with a powerful manufacturing economy during the late 20th century?
Japan
How did steam-powered war ships and defeating China in the Opium Wars affect Japanese nationalism?
It was on the rise
Why was the steamship in European imperialism significant?
Increasing ability to travel against the current
Was European imperialism helped or harmed because of the need for raw materials in industry, new markets for goods, and cheap labor in manufacturing?
Helped
TEXTBOOK CHART - Looking at the image, what issue in the textile industry does William Cooper highlight in this timeline?
A need for child labor reforms
Which treaty gave the British government control of the Chinese port city of Hong Kong?
Treaty of Nanjing
Matthew Perry, the US Navy officer, is best known for what?
His role in influencing Japan out of isolationism
What is at least 1 result of introducing crop rotation during the agricultural revolution?
- Avoids depleting the soil
- Increased access to food in England
- Large variety of crops can be planted
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 established rules for European powers trying to ___ African nations.
Colonization
POLITICAL CARTOON - What was the cause of the conflict pictured in the cartoon?
Both Russia and Japan wanted to dominate the Far East
What was the war that Russia and Japan fought due to their growing spheres of influence?
Russo-Japanese War
Name 1 way Great Britain was able to control resources and trade internationally.
- Built a large navy to protect merchant fleets and colonies
- Largest and most technically advanced merchant fleet in the world
- Very active in international trade
- Maintained colonies around the world