social studies
industrial revolution
the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing
capitalism
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
socialism
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
slave trade
the movement, purchase and sale of enslaved people in africa
triangle trade
a model for economic exchange amoung three countries
imperialism
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
ethnocentrism
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standard of ones own culture
chattel
a persons possesion.
abolition
the act of stopping a system or practice
mercantilism
beleiving in the benifits of profitable trading
grand exchange
a trading process that started when christopher columbus brought seeds, livestock, and fruit trees to the americans
silk road
a network of paths connecting civilizations in the east and west
berlin conference
Meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa
white mans burden
the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the inhabitants of their colonies.