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unification, industrial revolution, and imperialism review Flashcards

1
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which area of Italy did Garibaldi unify?

A

South, conquered the Two Sicilies

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2
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which area did Count Cavour unify?

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central Italy

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3
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which area of Italy was last unified with the rest of Italy?

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Papal States

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4
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who believed that government should not interfere in a free market economy?

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Adam Smith

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5
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list the three principles of communism

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wealth should be redistributed to everyone

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6
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if you worked in a factory or in a mine, which revolution would that be in?

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industrial revolution

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7
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king William 1 was from what German state?

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Prussia

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8
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the right of a nation-state to pursue its own advantage by any means is called what?

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Real Politik

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9
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what war in 1870 played an important part in unifying both Germany and Italy?

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Franco-Prussian War

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10
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list three effects of the enclosure movement in England.

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division of public land, destroyed village lifestyle, farmers moved to the city

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11
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name two things that contributed to the success of the industrial revolution and Great Britain

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seed drill and cast-iron plow, crop rotation, plow, reaper

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12
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the first steam engines, such as the one improved by James Watt, were used for what purpose?

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as a source of power

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13
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what did the cotton gin do?

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pick cotton seeds out of cotton fiber 50 times faster than person

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14
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what did Henry Bessemer invent that helped the steel industry?

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steel converter – Bessemer converter

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15
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why would early factories hire women and children?

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they worked for less pay

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16
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what did the spinning Jenny produce?

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thread (8x as much thread as a spinning wheel)

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17
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list three bad things the industrial revolution caused in industrialized countries

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demand for laborers reduced, factories couldn’t always be by river for power,

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18
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the use of the cotton gin in the United States increased the demand for what?

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slaves

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19
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as a result of the industrial revolution, women called for what?

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higher wages and labor unions were created

20
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why were labor unions created?

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to fight unfair labor laws

21
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what is it called when the government owns the means of production?

A

communism

22
Q

who wrote the Wealth of Nations?

A

Adam Smith

23
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what form of socialism calls for violent uprisings?

A

communism

24
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who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

A

Karl Marx

25
Q

what did Edward Jenner develop that saved many lives?

A

smallpox vaccination

26
Q

who discovered bacteria and the germ theory

A

Louis Pasteur

27
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what form of imperialism involves direct rule by a mother country?

A

colony

28
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in what form of imperialism as a foreign power have indirect control of another countries trading rights?

A

sphere of influence

29
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what form of imperialism involves a country having its own government, but an outside government dictating decisions?

A

protectorate

30
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how much of Africa became colonized by the late 1800s?

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90%

31
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Great Britain gain control of what major transportation link in Egypt by 1875?

A

Suez Canal

32
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the East India Company laid the groundwork for what European country to take direct control of India in 1858?

A

Great Britain

33
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the US convinced what country to accept an open door policy towards trade?

A

China

34
Q

in 1853 Admiral Matthew Perry of the US used what to convince Japan to open up trade?

A

military fleet

35
Q

what caused the boxer rebellion in 1900?

A

believing fighting would stop the bullets

36
Q

what incident sparked the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898?

A

Spanish conflicts in Cuba that America demanded to be resolved

37
Q

the founding of the Indian national congress in the 1880s is an example of what?

A

nationalism

38
Q

what US document threatened European countries to stay out of the Americas?

A

Monroe Doctrine

39
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in what country did the industrial revolution start?

A

Great Britain

40
Q

the Berlin conference in 1884 divided up what continent?

A

Africa

41
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what was the name of the product that Great Britain was trying to sell in China that started a war in 1842?

A

Opium, started the Opium War

42
Q

who was the person that became a master of using Real Politik?

A

Otto von Bismarck

43
Q

what was the response of colonies to European imperialism?

A

conflicts were spread to the colonies

44
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colonies, protectorates, and spheres of influence are examples of what?

A

imperialism

45
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according to communism, history is dominated by the struggle between what two groups?

A

economic classes and working class

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