University:
Bradley University
Course:
HIS 340 | Twentieth-Century Europe
Academic year:

2022
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430

Pages:

2
Author:

Remington Spence

PDN’s 2022 #1. (9/13) What do you think makes up world studies? -Culture, government, history, geography, economy #2 (9/14) How does technology affect the economy? -Resources are being produced and sold at a faster rate #3 (9/15) What would the world be like today without the Industrial Revolution? -We would not have certain food, technology, and transportation #4 (9/16) What important contribution did James Watt make to the Industrial Revolution? -Steam engine #5 (9/20) List 2 reasons the Industrial Revolution started in Britain. -Natural resources and entrepreneurs #6 (9/21) Who supplied the capital that helped Britain industrialize? -Investors willing to take risks #7 (9/22) Why does an increase in demand cause prices to rise? Demand increase leads to a supply increase #8 (9/26) What statement best describes the industrialization of other western nations after Britain? -Some nations learned about the new technology and had more resources than Britain so they could advance quickly. #9 (9/29) What is an assembly line? - production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks #10 (10/3) What impact did improve medicine and health care have from 18001900? - Improved quality of life, longer life expectancy, lower death rates #11 (10/5) What does urban renewal mean? - the process of fixing up the poor areas of a city #12 (10/17) What is imperialism? - Policy of one country’s political, economic, and cultural domination over other lands. #13 (10/18) How were Western nations able to expand their control over Asia & Africa so easily? - Strong governments, advanced economies & technology, and military power. # 14 (10/19) How do direct rule and indirect rule differ? - Direct is when European officials governed the colonies - Indirect is when colonies govern themselves with no intervention. #15 (10/20) One way in which imperialism changed the economic lives of colonized people was by? - Making them grow cash crops instead of food for themselves. #16 (10/24) In your own words- what is an alliance? - union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations. #17 4 causes of war - Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism #18 What 3 countries made up the triple Entente? It became known as what? - Britain, France, Russia, - Allied Powers #19 On August 1, who did Germany declare war on? - Russia #20 What was the name of the plan designed to keep Germany from fighting a war on 2 fronts? - Schlieffen Plan