AMSCO WHAP 5.4-5.6

human capital

the value of your work-place

trans-siberian railroad

railroad that stretched from Moscow to the Pacific Ocean

company rule

period where most of South Asia was administered by the East India Company

steam engine

an engine that turned the kinetic energy of water vapor into kinetic energy elsewhere

James watt

inventor of steam engines

coal

solid fossil fuel that releases a great deal of energy when burned

oil

liquid fossil fuel that releases a great deal of energy when burned

coaling stations

resupply stations around the world that refuel steam vessels

second industrial revolution

advancements made in steel, chemicals, and electronics

steel

alloy of carbon and iron, stronger than iron

Alexander graham bell

inventor of telephone

gugliemo Marconi

Inventor of the radio

transcontinental railroad

railway in the US that connect west and east coasts

capital

money available to invest in business

mamluks

former Turkish slaves who ruled Egypt

Muhammad ali

Albanian ottoman officer who overthrew the mamluks

commodore

Matthew Perry- us military officer who forced Japan open

meiji restoration

end of Tokugawa shogunate and the reinstallation of the empire. ambitiously industrial

charter oath

Japanese law that abolished feudalism

zaibatsu

powerful Japanese business organizations

automatic loom

loom that weaves almost automatically