machine that burns coal to release the heat energy it contains- perfected by James Watt

A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances

A process for making steel more efficiently, patented in 1856.

a machine that converts mechanical energy, or motion, into electrical energy

A steam engine connected to two huge paddle wheels mounted on a raft- created by Robert Fulton.

Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in order to improve communication

Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks

an engine that burns fuel inside cylinders within the engine

time when Japan modernized itself and borrowed European ideas

powerful banking and industrial families in Japan- after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and that expanded rapidly during World War I

A five point policy issued by Japan's Meiji emperor, which described Japan's plan for modernization calling for democracy, equality of class, rejection of outdated customs, and acceptance of foreign knowledge.

Series of reforms in the Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876; established Western-style universities, state postal system, railways, extensive legal reforms; resulted in creation of new constitution in 1876

A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

self strengthening movement

A late 1800s movement in which the Chinese modernized their army and encouraged Western investment in factories and railways

limited liability corporations

a type of business with limited liability for the owners, with the advantage of not paying corporate income tax- they only risked the amount they put in, thus making corporations more appealing.

venues where buyers and sellers meet to exchange equity shares of public corporations

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

A series of Western-style reforms launched in 1898 by the Chinese government in an attempt to meet the foreign challenge- New laws were created that modernized civil service exams, streamline government, and encouraged new industry.

Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands

a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

poor, crowded, and run-down urban neighborhoods

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Question	Answer
steam engine	machine that burns coal to release the heat energy it contains- perfected by James Watt
telegraph	A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances
Bessemer Process	A process for making steel more efficiently, patented in 1856.
electric generator	a machine that converts mechanical energy, or motion, into electrical energy
steam boat	A steam engine connected to two huge paddle wheels mounted on a raft- created by Robert Fulton.
telephone	Invented by Alexander Graham Bell in order to improve communication
assembly line	Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks
internal combustion	an engine that burns fuel inside cylinders within the engine
meiji revolution	time when Japan modernized itself and borrowed European ideas
zaibatsu	powerful banking and industrial families in Japan- after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and that expanded rapidly during World War I
charter oath	A five point policy issued by Japan's Meiji emperor, which described Japan's plan for modernization calling for democracy, equality of class, rejection of outdated customs, and acceptance of foreign knowledge.
tanzimat reforms	Series of reforms in the Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876; established Western-style universities, state postal system, railways, extensive legal reforms; resulted in creation of new constitution in 1876
socialism	A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.
self strengthening movement	A late 1800s movement in which the Chinese modernized their army and encouraged Western investment in factories and railways
limited liability corporations	a type of business with limited liability for the owners, with the advantage of not paying corporate income tax- they only risked the amount they put in, thus making corporations more appealing.
stock markets	venues where buyers and sellers meet to exchange equity shares of public corporations
communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
suffrage	the right to vote
hundred days reform	A series of Western-style reforms launched in 1898 by the Chinese government in an attempt to meet the foreign challenge- New laws were created that modernized civil service exams, streamline government, and encouraged new industry.
mass production	Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply
Cult of Domesticity	idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands
tenement	a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
slum	poor, crowded, and run-down urban neighborhoods

Created by: Daniel Volynets

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