Industrial Revolution
When and where did the Industrial Revolution start?
Great Britain / 1750 (ish)
The first Europeans to set up trading stations in Africa were the ___________ during the _____________.
Portuguese; 15th century
At the time of the early Scramble for Africa, the Congo region was called:
The Congo Free State
This terms refers to evaluating a primary document's reliability
Sourcing
This was the "father of Capitalism"
Adam Smith
This was the early power source of the cotton mills
Water
The "3 C's" of Colonialism were
Christianity, Civilization, and Commerce
Who is the explorer that was responsible for getting many treaties signed by Congolese leaders
Henry Morgan Stanley
This term means checking to see where sources agree
Corroboration
This was the "father of Communism"
Karl Marx
Before the Industrial Revolution (1750), in Europe, roughly __________% of people lived in cities; after the Industrial Revolution (1900), that percentage was roughly _____________.
15%; 85%
The 4 factors that "Hip Hughes" explains as causes of Imperialism are:
Hunger for Resources, Nationalism, Balance of Power, and bringing "civilization"
What are the two main resources that King Leopold sought in the Congo
Ivory and Rubber
What is the B.A.S.I.C acronym?
Background Knowledge
Argument
Symbols
Indicators
Caricatures
This is the fundamental principal behind Capitalism
The Invisible Hand
Before the railroads were developed, what development enabled the ease of shipment of goods
Canal Building
The White Man's Burden was a poem written by:
Rudyard Kipling
This was the name of King Leopold's militia in the Congo
Force Publique
What is "historiography"?
The study of the methods used to investigate history
This is a system that embraces a degree of competition while aiming for more economic equality among people
Socialism
One of the reasons that the industrial revolutions started in Great Britain was due to a small ___________ and high _____________.
Population; wages
What was the name of the conference in which Europeans officially "carved up" Africa?
Berlin Conference
Over the course of about two decades, roughly ________ native people died in the Congo as a direct result of Leopold’s rule
10 million
When writing a paragraph, what are 3 things that you should include in the "analysis" section?
Sourcing, Corroboration, and explanation of your evidence
These are the 3 economic questions that all societies must answer
What to produce?
How to produce it?
How to distribute it?