AP WORLD HISTORY – PERIOD V (1750-1900)
Week of February 22nd -26th. Chapters 17 & 18 Responses due to turnitin.com by 11:59pm, 3-28-16
World History Concepts for the Week:
 As new methods of industrial production became more common in parts of northwestern Europe, they spread
to other parts of Europe and the United States, Russia, and Japan.
 New patterns of global trade and production developed and further integrated the global economy as
industrialists sought raw materials and new markets for the increasing amount of array of goods produced in
their factories. The need for raw materials and increased food supplies for the growing population in urban
centers led to the growth of export economies that specialized in mass producing natural resources in places
such as Latin America.
 Industrializing powers established transoceanic empires through the assistance of weaponry, transportation,
and communication technologies mass produced used advanced scientific processes in factories.
 States with existing colonies, such as the British in India, strengthened their control over those colonies.
 Many European states used both warfare and diplomacy to establish empires in Africa, in some places such as
Southern Africa establishing settler colonies.
Vocabulary for 3x5 Cards: Crimean War, Russian Revolution of 1905, caudillos, haciendas, Social Darwinism, Social
Darwinism, Suez Canal, British East India Company, Scramble for Africa, bwana, Sepoy Rebellion
Monday, February 22nd. Read from “Russia: Industrialization and Revolution” on page 850 through page 852.
Prompt: Analyze political and economic influences that shaped Russian industrialization and explain how these
influences led to problems is Russian in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Use and underline the following terms in your answer: Serfdom, Crimean War, Russian Revolution of 1905
Tuesday, February 23rd. Read from page 853 to “Reflections: History and Horse Races” on page 859.
Prompt: Analyze political and economic factors that delayed development in Latin America and led to a focus on raw
materials instead of manufactured products.
Use and underline the following terms in your answer: Caudillos, haciendas
Wednesday, February 24th. Read from “Industry and Empire” on page 880 to “A Second Wave of European Conquests”
on page 884.
Prompt: Identify three ways in which Industrialization led to European Imperialism.
Use and underline the following terms in your answer: Social Darwinism, Suez Canal
Thursday, February 25th. Read from “A Second wave of European Conquests” on page 884 to “Under European Rule”
on page 889.
Prompt: Compare and contrast the process of European imperial expansion in Asia versus Africa.
Use and underline the following terms in your answer: British East India Company, Scramble for Africa
Friday, February 26th. Read from “Under European Rule” on page 889 to “Ways of Working: Comparing Colonial
Economies” on page 893.
Prompt: Analyze the social and economic consequences of European Imperialism in the 19th century.
Use and underline the following terms in your answer: bwana, Sepoy Rebellion,
Glossary:
Serfdom: System of un-free labor wherein peasants are required to work the land of lords in exchange for protection
and other forms of support in times of trouble. Peasants under serfdom are not allowed to leave the land since Serfdom
is hereditary.
Crimean War: War between Russia, the Ottoman Empire, France, and Britain. France and Britain supported the
Ottoman Empire against Russia in an effort to restrain Russian imperial ambitions.
Revolution of 1905: Revolution in Russia resulting from the loss the Crimean War, low literacy rates, autocratic rule of
the Czars, lack of modernization, and most proximally the loss of the first Russo-Japanese War.
Caudillos: Exploitative landlord class in some of the independent countries of Latin America who contributed to
persistent exploitation of the rural working class by perpetuating the plantation system and a focus on raw materials
export.
Haciendas: Plantation estates of the elite in the Americas, similar to those of the Southern states in North America
where large numbers of un-free laborers worked to provide commodities for a global marketplace under a wealthy
planter class.
Social Darwinism: Ideology, based on the work of Herbert Spencer, holding that Europeans were able to establish global
hegemony in the 19th century due to the inherently superior qualities of European Culture and the white race.
Suez Canal: Canal between the Mediterranean and Red Sea that provided more direct access to the Arabia Sea, India
Ocean, and beyond for Europeans who no longer needed to round Africa to reach the Asian Trading Zone.
British East India Company: British Chartered company given the right to establish trade relations, production facilities,
and ultimately state-level governance in British territories in the Asian Trade Zone. Effectively ruled a large area of India
until the British government took over after the Sepoy Rebellion.
Scramble for Africa: European imperialist rush to occupy most of Africa in an attempt to claim territory following the
Berlin Conference of 1885.
Bwana: East African term meaning “boss” or “master”, often reciprocated with the use of “boy” for grown men. Used by
whites in European colonies as part of a demeaning system of economic exploitation and cultural imperialism.
Sepoy Rebellion: Rebellion of hired Indian mercenaries (Sepoys), who refused to cross the Irrawaddy River or use the
rifle cartridges of their British-provided Enfield rifles. The cartridges were rumored to be lubricated with pig or cow fat,
and since their use required pulling a cotton plug out with the teeth, this violated Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh practices. A
watershed moment resulting for long-standing discontent with rule of the BEIC.