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| 6822540845 | Industrialization | the process of developing machine production of goods | 0 | |
| 6822540846 | Industrial Revolution | A change that began in Britain in the 18th to 19th centuries where more innovations in machinery were made along with more incorporation of factories | 1 | |
| 6822540847 | Factories | buildings with the intent of mass producing a certain product or number of products with the use of machines and engines | 2 | |
| 6822540853 | Corporation | A company owned by investors who take in the profits but are not responsible for its debts. | 3 | |
| 6822540854 | Trans-national Businesses | A group of individuals who partnered together to form a more profitable business. Were very popular to help transcontinental trips to the New World | 4 | |
| 6822540855 | Capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital | 5 | |
| 6822540856 | Adam Smith | thinker who supported a economic system based on private enterprise and free trade | 6 | |
| 6822540857 | Socialism | an economic system based on state ownership of capital | 7 | |
| 6822540858 | Karl Marx | wrote the Communist Manifesto and supported a state run economic system | 8 | |
| 6822540859 | Marxism | the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded | 9 | |
| 6822540860 | Communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 10 | |
| 6822540861 | Unions | an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages | 11 | |
| 6822540862 | Labor Strikes | labor unions were groups of workers who wanted to obtain better working conditions, strikes were held in order to obtain such conditions. | 12 | |
| 6822540863 | Tokugawa Japan | a family that took over Japan; like a dynasty; reimposed centralized feudalism; closed Japan to foreigners; forbade Japanese people to travel overseas; lasted for about 200 years; a time of economic prosperity but also some political strife; internal rivalries between rulers (different shoguns jealous of others that had more power); some trade (merchants wealthier, but still lower class, which angered them) | 13 | |
| 6822540864 | Meiji Restoration/ Era | period of swift modernization and reform for Japan induced by Emperor Meiji. European ideals adopted and applied, bringing outstanding social, governmental, and economic reform as well as inducing the country's change from isolationist to imperialist. | 14 | |
| 6822540865 | Suffrage Movements | groups that protest for voting rights and equality. | 15 | |
| 6822540866 | Imperialism | a superpower extending its reach to less powerful areas usually in the forms of colonies or protectorates. | 16 | |
| 6822540867 | Berlin Conference | meeting in Berlin where many superpowers met to divide up the African continent. | 17 | |
| 6822540868 | Scramble for Africa | phrase used to describe the rush to take land in Africa | 18 | |
| 6822540870 | Economic Imperialism | a doctrine that states that a superpower uses a poorer region for its profit and resources. | 19 | |
| 6822540871 | Protectorate | a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs | 20 | |
| 6822540872 | Colonies | lands that are controlled by another nation | 21 | |
| 6822540874 | Zulu Kingdom | founded by Shaka in 1818, the british and the dutch settlers broke up the kingdom in the 20th century | 22 | |
| 6822540875 | Nationalsim | feeling partiotic pride and devotion | 23 | |
| 6822540876 | Nation-state | a state containing one homogeneous race | 24 | |
| 6822540877 | Social Darwinism | The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle. | 25 | |
| 6822540878 | Enlightenment | a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions | 26 | |
| 6822540879 | Voltaire | an Enlightenment thinker who criticized a absolute monarchy | 27 | |
| 6822540883 | Revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed | 28 | |
| 6822540884 | Declaration of Independence | the document that started the American Revolution formally | 29 | |
| 6822540885 | American Revolution | a rebellion in the British colonies of the northeast of north america which led to the formation of the United States | 30 | |
| 6822540886 | French Revolution | the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799. | 31 | |
| 6822540888 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | guidelines demanded by the people rebelling in France at the beginning of the French Revolution | 32 | |
| 6822540892 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. | 33 | |
| 6822540893 | Latin American Independence Movements | states that were once under the rule of European counties became independent and led to a drastic loss of power for European powerhouses | 34 | |
| 6822540894 | Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule | 35 | |
| 6822540895 | Haitian Revolution | Toussaint l'Ouverture led this uprising, which in 1790 resulted in the successful overthrow of French colonial rule on this Caribbean island. This revolution set up the first black government in the Western Hemisphere and the world's second democratic republic (after the US). The US was reluctant to give full support to this republic led by former slaves. | 36 | |
| 6822540896 | Young Turks | reformists that led the Ottoman Empire to change and hoped to promote a secular government and to spread equality | 37 | |
| 6822540898 | Maroon Societies | communities of runaway slaves, survival of african traditions such as house designs, community organizations and language in caribbean | 38 | |
| 6822540900 | Indian Revolt of 1857 | Revolt of Indian soldiers against British officers when they were required to use greased cartridges they suspected were being used to pollute them and cause them to convert to Christianity; the revolt spread across north India | 39 | |
| 6822540901 | Boxer Rebellion | 1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops | 40 | |
| 6822540902 | Taiping Rebellion | The most destructive civil war in China before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. Leader claimed to be the brother of Jesus. | 41 | |
| 6822540903 | Abolitionist Movements | a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free. | 42 | |
| 6822540904 | Feminism | the movement aimed at equal rights for women | 43 | |
| 6822540905 | Mary Wollstonecraft | English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women | 44 | |
| 6822540907 | Olympe de Gourge's Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen. | the rights of what women thought they should have like voting and stature in government. | 45 | |
| 6822540908 | Seneca Falls Conference of 1848 | first conference of women for women's rights which was made up of women of the Quaker belief | 46 | |
| 6822540909 | Migration | moving to another area for a seasonal time or more permanent time | 47 | |
| 6822540911 | Chinese Exclusion Acts | Act that banned the immigration of Chinese to work in the United States because they were willing to work low wages and were seen as taking American citizens' jobs | 48 | |
| 6822580678 | Self-strengthening movement | Following their defeat in the Opium Wars, China believed that Confucian ethics should form the foundation of Chinese society, however China should make use of western science and technology Not complete westernization >>> Chinese learning (fundamental) Western learning (practical use) | 49 | |
| 6822589821 | United Fruit Company | U.S. corporation that controlled the banana trade in much of Latin America. | 50 | |
| 6822591784 | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | is a prominent bank established and based in Hong Kong since 1865 when Hong Kong was a colony of the British Empire. It is the founding member of the HSBC Group and since 1990 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company's business ranges from the traditional High Street roles of personal finance and commercial banking, to corporate and investment banking, private banking and global banking. It is the largest bank in Hong Kong with branches and offices throughout the Asia Pacific region including other countries around the world. | 51 | |
| 6822594553 | Muhammad Ali (not the boxer) | Individual who led the Egyptian resistance to the French invasion, which seized control of the country in 1805. Introduced more efficient agricultural techniques. He had dykes and irrigation canals built so that arid land could be cultivated. Sent peasant farmers to new lands to grow cash crops (cotton, sugar, and tobacco. Things that can be sold for money on the world market. He brought European experts to Egypt to help set up textile mills, iron works, and shipyards. He also invited French military officers to reorganize, train, and equip the Egyptian army | 52 | |
| 6822602500 | Opium Wars | The British East India Company was making profits by exchanging opium for tea in China. When Chinese authorities tried to obstruct this traffic, Britain waged the Opium War (1839-1842) and through the treaty of Nanjing forced them to allow trade and to cede the island of Hong Kong. | 53 |
