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Unit 8: Industrialization and Imperialism
Study Guide/Guide Notes
Chapter 19: Industrialization and Nationalism
Section 1: The Industrial Revolution
SG1: What three factors led to the Industrial Revolution beginning in Great Britain?
SG2: What was the enclosure movement? How did it affect migration of people in Great Britain?
SG3: Describe the process of making cotton cloth under the cottage industry system.
SG4: What were four key inventions (be sure to include who invented or improved them where
possible) that increased the speed of cotton manufacturing?
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SG5: In the 1780s Henry Cort developed a process that created a better quality or iron. Name the
process and briefly describe how it worked.
SG6: What were conditions for workers like in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
SG7: How did railroads help foster the process of Industrialization?
SG8: Describe economist Robert Malthus’s theory on population growth.
SG9: What was Industrial Capitalism? What two classes did it create? What were the effects?
SG10: Define socialism and explain why it grew in strength as a political movement as result of the
Industrial Revolution.
SG11: Robert Owen was a proponent of utopian socialism. Who was he and how did he attempt to
carry out utopian socialism?
Section 2: Reaction and Revolution
SG12: What was the goal of the Congress of Vienna? Why was it held? Who was the most influential
leader?
SG13: Define conservatism.
SG14: What was the principle of intervention?
SG15: Define liberalism.
SG16: What was the effect of Nationalism on Europe during the 19th century?
SG17: What four revolutions made up the Revolutions of 1848? What were the outcomes of each?
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Section 3: National Unification and Nationalism
SG18: What was the Concert of Europe? What led to its breakdown?
SG19: How did Italian unification occur, beginning in 1849?
SG20: How did German Unification occur, beginning in the 1860s?
SG21: What reforms were made in Russia by Tsar Alexander II? Why were these reforms made?
Chapter 21: The Height of Imperialism
Section 1: Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia
SG22: Define Imperialism. What were the motives for imperialism?
SG23: Define racism and Social Darwinism. How did these beliefs affect Imperialism?
SG24: What territories did Great Britain takeover in Asia? How was it accomplished?
SG25: What territories did France takeover in Asia? How was it accomplished?
SG26: What territories did the United States takeover in Asia? How was it accomplished?
SG27: Define indirect and direct rule.
SG28: Describe the economic policy of colonial powers.
SG29: How did many Asian colonies resist colonial rule by European powers?
Section 3: Empire Building in Africa
SG30: What does it mean for a country or territory to be annexed?
SG31: How and why did Egypt come to be a protectorate of the British Empire? Who were the
important figures during this period?
SG32: Who were Livingston and Stanley? What was their goal in Africa?
SG33: Why was the Berlin Conference held? How did it affect Africa?
SG34: What were the Boer Republics? How did the Boer War start and how was it resolved?
SG35: How was did colonial rule in Africa differ from Asia? How was it the same?
Section 3: British Rule in India
SG36: How did the British East India Company use sepoys to protect their interests in India?
SG37: What conditions led Indians to revolt against the British in 1857? What was the result of this
revolt?
SG38: What were the benefits of British rule in India?
SG39: What were the costs of British rule in India?
SG40: How did Indian nationalism arise? What were the effects of nationalist newspapers?
SG41: Who was Mohandas Gandhi? Where did his movement against British rule begin? What ideal
was his movement for Indian independence based on?
SG42: Who was Rabindranath Tagore? What was his life mission?