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Cecil Rhodes
________ 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.
De Beers Diamonds
diamond monopoly that controlled the demand and supply of the diamond industry
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
Cash Crops
agricultural harvest that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit
Guano
seabird and bat excrement used as fertilizer; a major trade item of Peru in the late nineteenth century
Export Economies
An economy specialized in production of one or a few natural resources (often cotton, rubber, sugar) which are exported to other countries
Apartheid
20th century South Africas policy of segregation and discrimination based off of race
Mono-culture Farming
practice of using large amount of farming land for a single crop
Telegraph
A device that allowed instant long-distance transmission of information through an electric wire
What country produced the majority of silver?
Mexico
What country produced copper for telegraph cables and power lines?
Chile
Where was tin produced for the industrial age?
Bolivia, Nigeria, Malaya, Dutch East Indes.
Where was gold produced for the industrial age?
Australia, South Africa, West Africa, Alaska.
Ivory
A hard white material used for decorative purposes provided by the tusks of elephants and rhinoceroses
Palm Oil
Oil used for candle making was highly demanded for European machine lubrication.
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.
Vulcanization
Process created by Charles Goodyear in 1839, made modern industry rubber not highly vulnerable to temperature.
Cape to Cairo Railway
Unfinished project to create a railway line crossing Africa from south to north, in order to connect British trading posts.
Diamond Rush
Period of migration of workers to South Africa where diamonds were newly discovered and highly profitable.
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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