Chapter 14 Bullet Points

What textile is most used around the world and who is the largest producer?

Cotton, China

What did Free trade replace?

Mercantilism

Why did mining companies have so much power when it came to expansion in foreign territories?

What was the Boer War fought over?

Britain tried to annex Afrikaner/Boer republics that had goldfields and diamond mines

Although Afrikaners lost the Boer War, why was it a success in the long run?

Britain expected European colonizers to manage their own affairs but in the Union of South Africa, Afrikaners became more dominant.

what prevented Russia from the full exploitation of its territories

-limited access to technologies

• lack of infrastructure

Why did Latin American countries not industrialize after their independence from Spain and Portugal?

• unstable government

• violent uprisings

• low wages

• civil wars

General Porfirio Diaz’s motto: Liberty, Order, Progress

Liberty: freedom from rich plantation owners

Order- rigged elections and bribes

Progress- importing foreign capital, tech and technicians take advantage of labor, soil and natural resources

What group looked at the leadership of Mexico as a failure and why?

Educated middle class- Diaz’s devaluation of culture

Although the Ottoman Empire was reforming and industrializing it could not make up for what?

Declining revenue, debt and corrupted government

How did the creation of the Suez canal ultimately lead to the debt crisis in Egypt?

Overspent on the Suez canal

where did people from India migrate to?

Africa, Southeast Asia

Where did people from China migrate to?

East Indies, SE Asia and carribean

where did people from Japan migrate to?

Brazil, Latin America

where did people from the phillipines migrate to?

Hawaii, California what did the Chinese

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 do?

Eliminated most Chinese immigration

What two important people played a major role in American conservation efforts?

John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt