AP World unit 9 review questions and answers 100% pass

What were the effects, characteristics, consequences of the original Industrial Revolution? coal and iron became more widely used resources. population increase (birth rate up, death rate increase then plateau). new methods of transportation (ex: steam ships, railroads). More communication (ex: telegram) Living standards decreased. job/worker rights and policies were created. women had more rights and influence. urbanization increased. Huge expansion of middle class. Define Marxism a system of political and economic thought by Karl Marx & Freidrich Engles that class struggle has been an agency of historical change and that the capitalists bourgeousie system must be eradicated in order to have a socialist classless society. What enabled Europe to expand into Asia in the 19th century? European states had become very powerful because of the industrial revolution, then established control over Asian ports and trade areas. What was the "Canton" or "port" system and why were Europeans upset by this? served as a way for china to control trade with west within its own country by forcing all trade to the southern port of Canton. Europe wanted to trade with china (especially Great Britain and Opium trade.) What was the premise of the "self-strengthening" movement in china and what was the main result