Modern World History Midterm Terms to Study

Industrial Revolution

The change from making things by hand to machines, caused imperialism.

Tenements

A type of housing where many families lived in

Rural

Not settled, mostly farms & forests/countryside

Urban

Very settled, city like/High population density

Textile Industry

The clothing industry - used to be made in cottages

Fossil Fuels

Used to fire up machines

Berlin Conference

1884, Meeting of Nations (no Africans were invited) where they decided on the "rules" that would be used to colonize Africa.

1. Anyone can claim anywhere if they can hold the territory decided on the rules

2. Free trade was protected

3. Respect other European countries

Social Darwinism

Is the idea that the survival of the fittest applies to the people too and was used to justify colonization especially from an ideological perspective

King Leopold II

Belgian King who privately colonized the Congo and used brutal tactics in the production of rubber

Raw materials

Natural resources that were often a motive for imperialism (examples: coal, rubber, oil)

Industrial Revolution (Imperialism Motive)

The Industrial Revolution provided a powerful economic motivator for countries to colonize places around the world rich in natural resources.

Alice Harris

Missionary who used her photography to spread awareness of the atrocities committed by Leopold II in the Congo.

White Man's Burden

Based on a poem by Kipling, this is the idea that civilized people or nations have a duty to bring elements of civilization to native/indigenous societies (very ethnocentric perspective).