WHAP Unit 5.6 Industrialization: Government's Role | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Why was electricity vital to industrialization?

longer working hours, electric-powered machines

What were three negative consequences of urbanization? (notes)

pollution, overcrowding, and spread of diseases

What European power took advantage of the Ottoman Empire's weakening in order to expand its own empire?

Russia

What were the two "great humiliations" suffered by China at the hands of Europeans in the 1800s?

Defeat in the Opium Wars and division of China into spheres of influence

What was the result of secularizing religious lands in Egypt?

It put more agricultural produce in control of the government and resulted in larger wheat profits during the Napoleonic Wars

What was the name of the military class of former Turkish slaves who had ruled Egypt for about 600 years?

Mamluks

What technology did Toyota Motor Company initially use to become an industrial power?

Automatic loom

What were the powerful Japanese family business organizations (like US conglomerates) called?tes)

zaibatsu

What was the most glaring social problem that Japanese industrialization had?

abuse and exploitation of female Japanese mill workers

What are three Western reforms that Japan instituted in order to industrialize?

abolished the feudal system, established a constitutional monarchy, est. equality under the law and no cruel punishment, reorganized military, public education

In 1868, Japanese reformers overthrew the shogun and restored the emperor so that Japan could industrialize and protect themselves in what was known as?

The Meiji Restoration

What American opened up trade with Japan in 1853?

Commodore Matthew Perry

In what two ways did Muhammad Ali improve Egypt's military?

Styled it after European militaries and sent officers to France for education

Who was the former Turkish slave who eventually became governor of Egypt and helped Egypt industrialize?

Muhammad Ali

Why was the Ottoman Empires called the "sick man of Europe"?

rampant corruption and widespread unrest had led to a decline in the empire

What are the three new economic philosophies created as a result of the Industrial Revolution (notes)?

Communism, socialism, capitalism

What are the FIVE positive effects that labor unions had on society (notes)?

Ban on child labor, Public education system, Insurance, Pensions, Increased suffrage

What are the three main conditions of improvement that labor unions argued for? (notes)

Labor unions argued for better pay, safer working conditions, fewer working hours

What are the three main reasons for the formation of labor unions (notes)

Income inequality between factory owners and factory workers, Dangerous working conditions, Long hours