Global Issues Spring Final Exam (S25)

King Leopold II

• King of Belgium who initiated the Scramble for Africa and is known for his severe abuses in the Congo.

• A famous explorer who discovered the Congo River and its tributaries.

• The first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after its independence.

• A British colonial administrator known for his role in the colonization of India.

Second Agricultural Revolution

• The introduction of machines to farming resulting in more production.

• The use of crop rotation to improve soil fertility.

• The development of organic farming techniques.

• The establishment of large-scale plantations for cash crops.

Enclosure Laws

• Laws that allowed peasants to reclaim common land

• Legislation that promoted rural farming techniques

• Passed to keep peasants off of formerly common land, increased urbanization. This allowed the wealthy to buy up farm land.

• Regulations that restricted urban migration to rural areas

Remanufacturing

• The process of creating a new product from raw materials.

• The rebuilding of a product to specifications of the original manufactured product using a combination of reused, repaired and new parts.

• The disposal of old products in an environmentally friendly manner.

• The assembly of new products using only new parts.

Spinning Jenny

• A machine that could spin several threads at once.

• A type of spinning wheel used in ancient times.

• A device for weaving fabric.

• A tool for measuring thread length.

World War I (1914-1918)

• Machine Guns, Trench Warfare

• U-Boats

• Causes: Alliance system, Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The Cold War (1947-1991)

Steam Engine

• A machine that turns the energy released by burning coal into motion.

• A device used to measure temperature changes in liquids.

• A type of engine that runs on electricity.

• A machine that converts solar energy into mechanical energy.

Cecil Rhodes

• Played a major role in colonial South Africa and founded DeBeers Diamond Company.

• Was a famous explorer of the Amazon rainforest.

• Developed the first successful vaccine for smallpox.

• Led the American Revolution against British rule.

Bolsheviks

• A group of revolutionary Russian Communists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917.

• A political party in the United States during the 19th century.

• A faction of the French Revolution that supported monarchy.

• A group of socialists in Germany during World War I.

Western Front (WWI)

• A stretch of battlefield between France / Belgium and German, trench warfare.

• A naval battle fought in the Atlantic Ocean.

• A series of air raids conducted over Germany.

• A peace treaty signed at the end of the war.