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Unit4-EmpireBuilding
Industrialization-Imperialism
Term | Definition |
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Agriculture Revolution | Improved agricultural methods like the reaper, iron plow, etc. increased food supplies, which lead to population increases. |
Industrial Revolution | Began in Great Britain in the late 1700s and later in other countries; hand tools were replaced with power-driven machines in factories; leads to urbanization |
Urbanization | the process by which cities grow and societies become more city-like |
Resource | the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth (collection of goods) |
Economy | the management of resources |
trade | the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods |
Nation | land and people under control of a single ruler or government; a country |
Nationalism | love and loyalty for one's nation or people |
Unification | the forming of one nation from two or more |
Oppression | the exercise of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner |
Racism | the belief that one race is superior to another |
Labor Union | organizations formed by groups of workers to protest working conditions |
Imperialism | Europeans viewed other lands as an opportunity to expand their empires; Lands such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America were viewed as a source for human and material resources |