Industrialism and Imperialism

Urbanization is

• when people like to wear certain clothes

• when a place becomes more "city-like" & people move to cities

• Farmers grow crops in empty lots

• people move to farms

A tenement is

• when ten people live in an apartment

• an expensive high-rise apartment in the 1800s

• overcrowded and usually unsafe dwelling in the early 1900s

What are 2 reasons Labor Unions began?

• To reduce working hours & increase tenements

• To increase working hours and worker safety

• To help new immigrants get jobs & better housing

What was a negative social change of the Industrial Revolution?

• Women worked outside the home

• A limited supply of housing led to overcrowding & unhealthy conditions

• Labor Unions began forming

What is the meaning of "agrarian"?

• having to do with farming

• people moving into cities

• not very populated

What are 2 Economic reasons for Imperialism?

• manufacturing more goods led to the need for more raw materials

• colonies became markets where manufacturers could sell goods

• countries wanted to be number 1!

• for military advantages

Social Darwinism is

• gaining military advantages over your neighbors

• believing that society is "survival of the fittest" - the best will win

• A theory developed by Darwin Rimplestein

Steamships were a driving force of Imperialism because

• They allowed Industrialized nations to move people, products & weapons faster

• They used more natural resources to make the fires needed to heat the water

• They impressed the native people of the lands Europeans were looking to conquer

By 1913 the 2 biggest European colonial powers in Africa were

• Belgium and Germany

• Britain and France

• Spain and Portugal

The Industrial Revolution was a driving force of Imperialism because

• People had the opportunity to travel to other nations

• Weapons became much more impressive

• industries need raw materials for production