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Unit 5 AP Ethan
Unit 5 AP Stack FOR THE WIN
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolutism? | A monarch with complete control. |
| What did people move towards instead of monarchies? | Greater political representation. |
| What was a driving force of the modern age? | Industrialization. |
| What did they switch to instead of mercantilism/feudalism? | Capitalism. |
| What was the economy based upon instead of agriculture during the modern age? | Industry and commerce. |
| What happened to modern societies during the modern age? | They become urbanized. |
| What world view becomes dominant? | Scientific and secular. |
| When was Europe at the peak of its power? | The 19th century. |
| What sped up the process of European decline? | World War I. |
| What started most of the change in the West? | Exploration and colonization in the 1400s. |
| Who replaced Europe as the world power in the 20th century? | The U.S. |
| Industrialization? | Move towards factories and commerce. |
| What led to the first world war? | Political changes in Europe, the unification of Germany and Italy, and the end of absolute monarchies. |
| What connected with industrialization? | Imperialism. |
| When did the Western Hemisphere free itself from European control? | The early 19th century. |
| Where did Europe look to after it lost control of the Western Hemisphere? | Africa. |
| Why did Europe want to take control of Africa? | Exploitation was easy, and the markets were huge. |
| Nationalism? | Love of your country, not a specific leader. |
| Why did nationalism grow? | It sparked rebellions, independence movements, and unification movements. |
| What/who were social Darwinists? | People who tried to apply natural selection to sociology. |
| Where were the more dominant races according to Social Darwinists? | At the top due to "survival of the fittest". |
| Who was the most dominant species during this unit? | Britain. |
| Who were Eugenics? | People who attempted to breed humans. |
| Who wrote the poem "White Man's Burden"? | Rudyard Kipling. |
| Why did China call themselves the Middle Kingdom? | They believed that they were the center of the universe. |
| What was the difference between how China thought they were superior and how Europe thought they were superior? | Europe had the weapons and technology to act on their beliefs. |
| Why did changes occur so quickly during the modern ages? | Communicating was easier than ever before. |
| What were two things that were invented by 1914? | The telephone and the airplane. |
| Why does Unit 5 end in 1914? | World War I started in 1914. |
| How were crops chosen for trade in the modern age? | Based on the needs of the industrialized West. |
| Trade in which area increased significantly? | Latin America. |
| Why did trade with the Islamic World decrease? | The Ottoman Empire weakened, inner revolts, and disinterest in industrialization. |
| What were the Tanzimet Reforms? | A series of Ottoman reforms that facilitated trade, but came too late. |
| What made Egypt a significant commercial power? | The Suez Canal. |
| When did trade benefit China? | From 1644 to the 19th century. |
| What was the basis of economy for China? | Silver. |
| What switched the trade balance with China? | Indian opium. |
| How did the Opium Wars affect the flow of silver? | Instead of silver flowing into China, it flowed out of China. |
| Which expedition opened up Japan to trade and industrialization? | The Second Perry expedition. |
| Why did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade end? | Enlightenment thinking and religious conviction. |
| Where was the first successful slave revolt in history? | Haiti. |
| Who was the first nation to end its role in the Slave Trade? | Britain. |
| When did Britain end its role in the Slave Trade? | 1807. |
| When did the Slave Trade completely end? | 1867. |
| Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? | In Great Britain during the mid 1700s. |
| When did the Second Agricultural Revolution occur? | The 18th century. |
| What did the Second Agricultural Revolution do? | Improved farming techniques. |
| Why did the Second Agricultural Revolution take place? | Up to half the population left farms for cities, so increased crop yield was necessary. |
| Why so much more crop yield? | New technologies, such as chemical fertilizers and new machines for plowing and seeding, and crop rotation. |
| What caused the increase in population during the modern age? | More food available, less chance for famine, and life expectancy increased. |
| What caused the decrease in death rate? | Improved medical care, nutrition, and hygiene sanitation. |
| What were some new sources of energy that were invented? | The steam engine, and natural gas and petroleum, which were discovered later. |
| What was a new material during the modern age? | Steel. |
| What was a new method for the modern age? | The factory system. |
| What were some new inventions for the textile industry? | The flying shuttle in 1733, the spinning jenny in 1764, and the cotton gin in 1793. |
| What was the domestic system? | A system where cloth was woven by women who worked at home, who then sold the cloth to middlemen, who sold it to the buyers. |
| Who wrote Wealth Of Nations? | Adam Smith. |
| What was Adam Smith the father of? | Capitalism. |
| In capitalism, what determined the demand for goods and services? | The open market. |
| What were the main forms of transportation in the modern age? | Steam ships and railroads. |
| What was a main form of communication during the modern age? | The telegraph. |
| What were some innovations that revolutionized industry? | Interchangeable parts, and the assembly line. |
| Who invented interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney. |
| What were some important inventions during the Transportation Revolution? | The steam locomotive of the 1820s, the steamship of 1807, the internal combustion engine of 1885, and the airplane of 1903. |
| Proletariat? | Working class, according to Karl Marx. |
| Bourgeoisie? | The middle-ruling class, according to Karl Marx. |
| In what ways was industry so poorly treated? | Long hours, disgusting and crowded living conditions, unsafe working conditions, and child labor being common. |
| Who were some people belonging to the middle class? | Merchants, bankers, factory owners, and industrialists. |
| In which country was Marxism more appealing? | Russia. |
| What was the importance of the light bulb? | It allowed workers to keep working into the night. |
| Who wrote A Tale of Two Cities? | Charles Dickens. |
| What two cities were in the book A Tale of Two Cities? | London and Paris. |
| What book did Karl Marx write? | The Communist Manifesto. |
| What were the initial working conditions during the modern age? | 16 hours, sometimes with children as young as 6. |
| Why were reforms created in the first place? | Because the government felt that it had to act on behalf of the workers. |
| Why was reform not possible in Russia? | Because it had an autocracy. |
| Autocracy? | Basically a dictatorship. |
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