Imperialism and Industrial Revolution Flashcards
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Define agricultural revolution
Transformations that allowed humans to change from hunting and gathering to agriculture and animal domestications.
Define industrial revolution
The transition from creating goods by hand to doing it more efficiently with machines.
Define factory
A building where goods are manufactured by machines.
Define textile
A type of cloth or fabric.
Define child labor
The use of children in industry and business.
Define colony
A country governed internally by an foreign power.
Define protectorate
A country with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power.
Define sphere of influence
An area where a nation has exclusive investment or trading privileges in a region.
Define economic imperialism
An independent but less developed country controlled by a private business or company.
Define assimilation
Taking on the culture and practice of a dominant group.
Define nationalism
Pride in your country.
Define Berlin Conference
The discussion of European countries to partition Africa’s resources and regulate their activities to reduce conflicts among them.
Example of colony
European countries made all the decisions for the African nations they took over.
Example of protectorate
European countries mostly protected and oversaw the regions they took over.
Example of sphere of influence
European countries wanted the goods and trade.
Example of economic imperialism
Dole controlled the pineapple of Hawaii
Explain sepoy mutiny
Indian soldiers had an uprising against the British soldiers because of animal fat on rifle cartridges.
Explain jewel in the crown
The most valuable of all colonies.
Explain capitalism
Some government regulations, mostly individuals privately owning controlling factors of production.
Explain socialism
Government regulates or controls most factors of production, individual ownership of some factors of production.
Explain laissez-faire
No government interference, total individual control of factors of production.
Explain communism
A complete form of socialism, government controls all factors of production, idea is a classless society, against democratic decision making.
4 factors of production
Land, natural resources, labor, and capital.
Why did agricultural revolution start?
Climate change causing warmer temperatures provided longer growing seasons.
