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apwh 3-2-23
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Berlin Conference of 1884 | Africa divided unequally among European nations. The rights of Africans were disregarded. |
| Imperialism in Africa | Loss of tribal independence and freedom Ruined the economy |
| British Raj in India | the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. |
| East India Company | British joint-stock company that grew to be a state within a state in India; it possessed its own armed forces. |
| Sepoy Mutiny | The revolt against the British by many different groups across India 1857 but led particularly by some of the disgruntled Indian soldiers working for the British, who felt their religious beliefs were not being respected. |
| French Indochina | Area of southeast Asia controlled by France during Imperialism. Includes Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. |
| Industrial Revolution | A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s |
| Urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. |
| Pull Factors of Immigration | Reasons to migrate to a new area such as Economic Opportunity ($) Jobs/ workers were needed Land Peace and stability Freedom to make a better life |
| cottage industry | Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the Industrial Revolution. |
| cotton gin | made to separate and clean cotton; Eli Whitney; huge achievement with huge effect on the South |
| Steam Engine | Innovated by James in mid 1700s, powered by steam and coal that could pump water from mines three times as quickly as previous engines. |
| Luddites | Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment. |
| Women in the Industrial Revolution | Migrated to cities to work in factories at less than the pay of men, faced dangerous work environments. |
| Children in the Industrial Revolution | Kids were forced into hard labor. Most of the children who worked in the factories were orphans. Lots of them got sick and hurt. |
| Black Country | Industrial centers of Britain where smoke from factories filled the air |
| Reform Movements of 1800's | public education (esp. for women), improved conditions for workers, temperance movement, abolitionist movement, women's rights |
| Industrialization and imperialism | needed raw materials and new markets ; the countries that were more industrialized were more likely to expand and grow -wanted natural resource and places to sell goods & colonies |
| Age of Imperialism | A time period lasting from 1850-1914, where colonial powers (Great Britain, France, United States) were able to seize control over many territories, mainly in Africa and Asia. |
| Scramble for Africa | Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa, France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain) acquired lesser amounts. |
| Rat Hunt | Period in French Indochinese history were locals were hired to hunt rats, but instead only removed their tails and allowed the rats to breed. Fight against imperialism. |
| Chinese Spheres of Influence | The sphere of influence was created in the late 1800s when Japan and European nations weakened China. |
| opium | a highly addictive substance made from the sap of the opium poppy |
| opium war | a conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's opium trade in China |
| Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) | peace treaty signed by China and Great Britain, ending the Opium War but also greatly restricting Chinese control over their own trade with western countries |
| Canton | One of two port cities in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty |
| Tokogawa Shogunate | a dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603 to 1867 |
| Feudal Japan | Tiered system with Emperor (who was ceremonial) at top and Shogun, with Daimyo below, below them Samurai and then common people. Similar to Medieval Europe. |
| Meiji Restoration | The political program that followed the destruction of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1868, in which a collection of young leaders set Japan on the path of centralization, industrialization, and imperialism. |
| imperial japan | When Japan becomes a highly militarized nation, becoming a large Empire (1930's when Japan began an aggressive military expansion throughout Asia) who conquered Korea, Taiwan, and East China. |
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