globalization (unit two)

Question 1

james watt

Answer 1

he invented the steam engine (coal powered)

Question 2

jethro tull

Answer 2

• agricultural

- solved the problem of scattering seed (solution: seed drill)

Question 3

francisco pizzaro

Answer 3

he was an explorer, soldier and best known for conquering the Incas

Question 4

richard arkwright

Answer 4

he created the water frame (for spinning)

Question 5

samuel slater

Answer 5

memorized spinning frame from great britin brought to u.s.

Question 6

aztec empire

Answer 6

an alliance of three nahaltepetl city-states in mexico

Question 7

unions

Answer 7

to ensure fair wages, benefits, and better working conditions

Question 8

francis lowell

Answer 8

centralized mill operations to single location, relied on women for labor

Question 9

incan empire

Answer 9

south-american indians who ruled an empire that extended along the pacific coast and andean highlands from the northern border of modern ecuador to the maule river in chile

Question 10

charles “turnip” townsend

Answer 10

problem: letting fields lie follow (dormant)
food for people & animals

solution: crop rotation (4 field system) & drained swamps

Question 11

hernan cortes

Answer 11

conquering the aztecs and claiming mexico on behalf of spain

Question 12

natural resources

Answer 12

copper, coal, and iron

Question 13

caravel

Answer 13

easier to steer

easier to protect (cannons, guns mounted on)

Question 14

middle passage

Answer 14

was the stage of the atlantic slave trade - enslaved africans were transported to the americas

Question 15

encomienda

Answer 15

a grant by the spanish crown to a colonist in america conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the indian inhabitants of an area

Question 16

capitalism

Answer 16

make more money - invest extra capital in underdeveloped countries

Question 17

triangular trade

Answer 17

the trade between three ports or regions

Question 18

militarism

Answer 18

when you build a big military - you want to use it

Question 19

capital

Answer 19

wealthy people have $$$ necessary to start a business

Question 20

suffrage

Answer 20

the right to vote in political elections

Question 21

reform

Answer 21

make changes in order to improve something

Question 22

public transportation

Answer 22

a system to transport people in groups

Question 23

entrepreneur

Answer 23

a person who organizes and operates a business(es), taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so

Question 24

enclosure

Answer 24

large landowners buy gov. land & can afford new tech
fewer farmers but more food
small farmers run out of work & need jobs

Question 25

white men’s burden

Answer 25

a false european attitude that people of advanced nations
had to help the less fortunate in the world
education for natives or “savages”
bring religion, medicine, tech

george orwell - 1984, animal farm

Question 26

industrial revolution

Answer 26

poor european farmers allotted small pots/stripes of land

rise of gentleman farmers with less need-based motivation

Question 27

urbanization

Answer 27

higher quality of life

education increased, public places, lesser worker hours

Question 28

textile

Answer 28

an industry responsible for making raw materials into finished goods
ex. textile development, manufacturing, distribution

Question 29

migration

Answer 29

the movement of people from one place to another with intention of settling permanently or temporarily

Question 30

free market

Answer 30

a system in which the prices for goods and services are self-regulated by buyers and sellers, negotiating in an open market

Question 31

interchangeable parts

Answer 31

parts or components for practical purposes identical

Question 32

treaty of tordesillas

Answer 32

an agreement between spain and portugal dividing the rights to colonize all lands outside of Europe

Question 33

agricultural revolution

Answer 33

enclosure movement
fewer farmers but more food
small famers run out of work & need jobs

Question 34

mass production

Answer 34

the manufacturing of large quantities of standardized products

Question 35

tenement

Answer 35

a room or set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartment

Question 36

strike

Answer 36

workers refusing to work if employers ignored wishes of employees

Question 37

colonization

Answer 37

the act of setting up a colony away from one’s place of origin

Question 38

imperialism

Answer 38

the invasion and continued domination of regions by a home country
ex. colony

Question 39

compass

Answer 39

a needle that used magnetic energy to determine north and navigate in open water

Question 40

astrolabe

Answer 40

applied astronomy and geometry to navigate using the stars

Question 41

legislation

Answer 41

laws considered collectively

Question 42

immigrants

Answer 42

a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

Question 43

water frame

Answer 43

was used for spinning

Question 44

colonialism

Answer 44

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country - occupying with settlers and exploiting it economically

Question 45

nationalism

Answer 45

nations in europe thought they were the best and that they showed that through power
ex. belgium