6.4 Global Economic Development Flashcards

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How did railroads help the colonizers of Asia and Africa?

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Railroads helped facilitate the transport of raw materials out of the colonized area and imports of manufactured goods into the colonized area.

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The more efficient steamships developed in 1870s allowed for what?

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Steamship transport across oceans.

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What did the telegraph do?

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The telegraph allowed communication to travel almost instantaneously.

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What is guano, a cash crop exported from Peru and Chile by the millions of tons between 1840-1880?

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Bat and sea bird poop. It makes very good fertizer.

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Why did Britain’s Parliament ban Indian cotton in 1721?

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India’s cotton was competing with Britain’s woold industry.

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Latex sap grew natively in the Amazon rainforest. Britain took rubber trees and planted them in what country?

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A

India

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7
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What is an export economy?

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Colonies that were used to grow raw materials for manufacture.

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What was the most common source of commercial ivory in the 19th century?

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Elephant tusks

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What important cash crop came from West Africa that was used to lubricate machinery in Europe’s factories and make candles?

A

Palm oil

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10
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What company was formed as part of the diamond rush in 1880?

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DeBeers Mining Company

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11
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Apartheid

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Segregation of people by race

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Monoculture

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When land is used to grow only one crop. Cash crops created problems associated with monoculture, specifically depleting nutrients in soil and spreading disease and pests.

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13
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What was Mexico’s chiefest mineral export?

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Silver

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What was Chile’s biggest export, used to produce telegraph cables and power lines?

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Copper

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How did the Ivory Coast on western coast of Africa get its name?

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Harvesting ivory from elephants.

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