Topic 18 L4-6 Industrialization and Imperialism

_____________________ was the first economic activity to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.

• agriculture/farming

• textile manufacturing

• mining

• ship building

European nations established ______________________ in China.

• spheres of influence

• gunboat diplomacy

• colonies

• the Raj

The spinning jenny made

• cotton

• cloth

• thread

• dresses

Match the following...

• principle that motivated non-Europeans to resist imperialism

• gunboat diplomacy

• The use of force to gain concessions

• nationalism

• set out to win higher wages and better working conditions

• assembly line

• New idea resulting from lack of workers' rights

• socialism

• Faster and cheaper way to produce cars

• labor unions

In addition to Ransom Olds, who else made a major contribution to the Second Industrial Revolution by introducing the assembly line (faster and cheaper way to make cars)?

• Matthew Perry

• Henry Ford

• Gandhi

• Karl Marx

Why did the Europeans want to intervene in China?

• to convert the Chinese to Christianity

• to convert the Chinese to Buddhism

• to stop the Opium trade

• to open Chinese ports to trade

How did the Industrial Revolution lead to imperialism?

• Industrialists needed access to raw materials to use in their factories

• Unemployment meant that workers wanted to settle in new lands

• Industrialists funded explorers

• Overcrowding led to city dwellers to seek new lands to live in

Which is NOT a factor that led to imperialism?

• need for raw materials

• desire to spread "superior" culture and religion

• need for new markets for factory goods

• need to spread industry to colonies

England's Factory Act of 1833 banned

• strikes

• industry

• use of oil

• child labor

What factor led to the spread of disease in industrial cities?

• overcrowding

• food shortages

• dangerous machines

• low wages