________ was one of the investors of Britains railroad system design stretching from Cape Town to Cario, Egypt, in order to connect Britains colonies and make governing them easier.
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De Beers Diamonds
diamond monopoly that controlled the demand and supply of the diamond industry
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Subsistence Farming
farming where most of the crops/livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family, with any, surplus for sale or trade
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Cash Crops
agricultural harvest that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit
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Guano
seabird and bat excrement used as fertilizer; a major trade item of Peru in the late nineteenth century
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Export Economies
An economy specialized in production of one or a few natural resources (often cotton, rubber, sugar) which are exported to other countries
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Apartheid
20th century South Africas policy of segregation and discrimination based off of race
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Mono-culture Farming
practice of using large amount of farming land for a single crop
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Telegraph
A device that allowed instant long-distance transmission of information through an electric wire
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What country produced the majority of **silver?**
Mexico
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What country produced **copper** for telegraph cables and power lines?
Chile
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Where was tin produced for the industrial age?
Bolivia, Nigeria, Malaya, Dutch East Indes.
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Where was gold produced for the industrial age?
Australia, South Africa, West Africa, Alaska.
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Ivory
A hard white material used for decorative purposes provided by the tusks of elephants and rhinoceroses
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Palm Oil
Oil used for candle making was highly demanded for European machine lubrication.
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Rubber
Material made from latex sap of trees/vines, softens when warm and hardens when cold. Used in tires, gaskets, waterproof clothing, and shoe soles.
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Vulcanization
Process created by Charles Goodyear in 1839, made modern industry rubber not highly vulnerable to temperature.
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Cape to Cairo Railway
Unfinished project to create a railway line crossing Africa from south to north, in order to connect British trading posts.
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Diamond Rush
Period of migration of workers to South Africa where diamonds were newly discovered and highly profitable.
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Cape Colony
Dutch colony located at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to/from Asia.
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