AP World History Chapter 15 Flashcards

2565642678	Power loom	A steam powered mechanically operated version of a regular loom , an invention that combined threads to make cloth.	0
2565690680	Alexander 2 ,Tsar	Russian leader who implemented a program of social reforms, such as freeing the serfs ,and modernization schemes during the latter half of the nineteenth century	1
2565904316	Vespucci , Amerigo	Explorer who wrote about the new world reached by European who he realized, had not indeed reached the Indies but rather continents previously unknown which led other European states to finance exploratory voyages.	2
2566102266	Alexander 3 , Tsar	Russian leader during whose reign Russia truly entered the Industrial Revolution in the 1890s.	3
2566132097	Cotton Gin	Invention of Eli Whitney that mechanically removed the seeds from raw cotton.	4
2566146311	Steam Engine	Invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1702 to help pump water out of coal mine shafts; transformed the iron industry in Britain, and the production of coal rose dramatically.	5
2566173394	Suez Canal	Built between 1859 and 1869 in Egypt between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez , a northern partof the Red Sea.	6
2566203300	Bourgeoisie	Middle class used by Karl Marx to reference workers who would join together in a revolution against the industrialists who controlled the means of production.	7
2566233442	First Industrial Revolution	Began in the late eighteenth century in Britain and later spread to other parts of Europe and to the United States.	8
2566252890	Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Company	Bank created in 1865 with one center in Hong Kong and one in Shanghai to meet the needs of European merchants who needed a local bank to finance the heavy transnational trade between China and Europe.	9
2566366064	Fly Shuttle	Invented by John Kay in 1733 a machine that was able to weave thread together better than a one-person loom.	10
2566395349	Banana Republics	Countries that were exploited by and whose economies were controlled by industrialized countries.	11
2566455954	Marxist Socialism	Theory of Karl Marx in which he advocated the interests of the working people; Marx believed that capitalism exploited workers and widened the gap between the rich and the poor; he envisioned that the conditions of the working class in capitalist.......	12
2566518592	Meiji Reforms	Changes made by the Meiji regime in which trade rues favored exportation rather than importation; foregin loans were repaid and no more were taken out; revenue was raised through a new agricultural tax of a 3 percent.......	13
2566585810	Panama Canal	Canal built between 1904 and 1914 across Panama between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that linked oceans and seas and made trade between industrialized markets....	14
2566697315	Internal Combustion Engine	Any engine that operates by burning its fuel inside; its development led to rise of the automobile industry in the early twentieth century.	15
2566728752	Insurance Companies	Establishments formed to cover the basses resulting from both long-distance and internal trade there by reducing the risks involved in establishing and operating business ventures.	16
2566781151	Factory System	Method of manufacturing adopted by the British during the industrial Revolution; an assembly system in which each worker was responsible for a separate part of an item.	17
2566828948	Communism	Marxist theory of a society of equality and cooperation.	18
2566931252	Limited Liability System	System that spreads the risks of a company, enabling business people to invest in the company and earn profits while not having to face the possible loss of the entirety of their investments investors......	19
2566944665	Mercantilism	A theory in which colonies supplied raw materials for the mother country and also could be subjected to taxes and other economic policies.......	20
2566955188	Mitsubishi Company	Transnational corporation founded by Iwasaki Yataro.	21
2566960027	Proletariat	The working class whose interests Karl Marx advocated for in The Communist Manifesto.	22
2566966953	Second Industrial Revolution	Begun in 1870 in Britain brought about by the development of more efficient ways to produce iron with the steam.	23
2566978994	Crimean War	Conflict between Russia and the allied forces of France and Britain for the territories of the crumbling ottoman empire.	24
2566983533	Textile Manufacturing	The chief industry of Britain and where the Industrial Revolution began.	25
2566992224	Spinning Jenny	Hand-powered multiple spinning machine that made it possible to pin more than one ball of yarn or thread.	26
2567005014	United Fruit Company	Based int the United States the largest banana company in the world when it was formed in 1899; also owned a fleet of steamships called the Great White Fleet as well as more than 100 miles of railroad track that connected the plantations to port cities.	27
2567017681	Upper-Middle Class	Social class that developed in the nineteenth century in the form of the most successful industrial business families.	28
2567019778	Water Frame	The first power-driven spinning mill invented by Richard Arkwright the father of the Industrial Revolution in 1769	29