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6554271311IndustrilizationThe development of industries for the machine production of goods0
6554271312Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural Revolution was a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity that occurred during the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. In this lesson, learn the timeline, causes, effects and major inventions that spurred this shift in production.1
6554271313Who opposed laws to regulate and improve working condition in europeThe Luddites named after Ned ludd2
6554271314UrbanizationThe growth of cities and the migration of people into them3
6554271315Problem during industrilizationWorked under terrible conditions and hurt enviroment4
6554271316Berlin ConferenceThe Berlin Conference of 1884-85, also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.5
6554271317Impact of Imperialism in AfricaThe negative effects of European imperialism in Africa include loss of independence, slavery, disunity among Africans, exploitation of resources and deterioration of African culture. The positive impacts include introduction of trade, education, new religion and new administration system.6
6554271318European spheres of influence in chinaFollowing Britain's example, France, Germany, Japan and Russia forced China to sign similar treaties granting exclusive trading rights for each nation. This type of forced trade agreements came to be known as "Spheres of Influence.7
6554271319Why was India called the jewel in the crown?These included things like spices, textiles, cotton, and the opium that the British would sell in China to be able to buy tea. Because India had so many people and so much wealth, it was the "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire8
6554271320Sepoy RebellionAn 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India9
6554271321Open Door policy (china)A policy, proposed by the audited states in 1899, under which all nations have equal opportunities to trade in China10
6554271322Reasons for European imperialismFive Motives for Imperialism. Various motives prompt empires to seek to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives.11
6554271323Opium warA conflict between British and China, lasting 1839-1842 over britian opium trade in china12
6554271324PaternalismA policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights13
6554271325Direct controlDefinition of direct control. : a control that is directly imposed upon the manufacturing, pricing, and distribution of specific goods in contrast with an indirect or general control (such as a credit and fiscal policy) that affects the economy in its entirety and specific goods only indirectly.14
6554271326In direct controlIndirect rule is a system of government used by the British and French to control parts of their colonial empires, particularly in Africa and Asia, through pre-existing local power structures. These dependencies were often called "protectorates" or "trucial states"15
6554271327ColonyA land controlled by another nation16
6554271328King Menelik II and Ethopia"Ethiopia was the only African nation that successfully resisted the Europeans. Its victory was due to one man—Menelik II. He became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889."17
6554271329Negative effects of Colonial rule in africaSome of the negative effects are that the Africans were taken as slaves to the new world and forced to work on the plantations without pay. On the African continent the Europeans seized land from the Africans to establish plantations for the growing of cash crops and forced the people to work on these plantations for a meagre. The African culture was diluted, traditions were taken away and their ways of life were destroyed. The African tradition religion was also destroyed due to the introduction of Christianity, they forced the people to learn their language,18
6554271330Boers and the Boer warA Dutch colonist in South Africa, A conflict, a lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the bakers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa19
6554271331Crimean WarA conflict, lasting from 1853 to 1856, in which the Ottoman Empire, with the aid of British and France, halted Russian expansion in the region of the Black Sea20
6554271332Suez Canal and its importanceA human made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea21
6554271333Why did Britain sell opium to China?Wanted more money on their exports22
6554271334Sino-Japanese WarWar between Japan and China where Japan won, "He asked China for military help in putting them down. Chinese troops marched into Korea. Japan protested and sent its troops to Korea to fight the Chinese. This Sino-Japanese War lasted just a few months. In that time, Japan drove the Chinese out of Korea, destroyed the Chinese navy, and gained a foothold in Manchuria. In 1895, China and Japan signed a peace treaty. This treaty gave Japan its first colonies, Taiwan and the neighboring Pescadores Islands. "23
6554271335Russo-Japanese warA 1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries affords to dominate Manchuria and Korea, Japanese won24
6554271336Meiji Period in JapanThe period of Japanese history from 1867 to 1912 during which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito25
6554271337GeopoliticsA foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands.26
6554271338AnnexationThe adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.27
6554271339Why did Western nations desire land in the pacific rimBecause of the location and resources28

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