7. CAPITALISM
AND IMPERIALISM
1- THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN WORLD 1870-1914
1.
Why did Europe
experience a period of tense international relations between 1870 and 1914?
2.
Why did Spain
become a second-class power in 19th century?
3.
What did
European countries search for in its colonies?
4.
What new
artistic styles appeared in second half of 19th century?
2- POLITICAL TENSION IN EUROPE
5.
What was the
last war between European powers in nineteenth century?
6.
What were the
two phases in German foreign policy during the period from 1870 to 1914?
7.
What was the Weltpolitik? Who began the Weltpolitik?
3- THE BOURBON RESTORATION IN SPAIN
8.
The First
Spanish Republic began in 1868 and ended in…
9.
What were the
official political parties during the Bourbon restoration?
10.
When was the restoration
constitution passed?
11.
Between which
years did the Third Carlist War happen?
12.
Why was Maria Christina
regent for her son?
13.
Which
territories were lost for Spain as a result of Spanish-American War of 1898?
14.
What was the
political consequence of Spanish defeat in the Spanish-American War?
15.
What were the
economic consequences of Spanish defeat in the Spanish-American War?
16.
Why
was the compulsory military service unfair in Spain during Bourbon restoration?
4-
FINANCE
CAPITALISM
17.
The
industrial capitalism was based in…
18.
The
finance capitalism was based in…
19.
What
new sources of energy appeared in second half of 19th century?
20.
What
did Aristide Bergès invent? Who was Bergès? Investigate him.
21.
Who
invented the electric light bulb? When was it?
22.
Where
was this invention used?
23.
What
new fuels originate in second half of 19th century?
24.
Where
was the first oil refinery built? When was it?
25.
What
was Rockefeller’s company?
26.
What
invention was essential for the success of oil companies?
27.
Mention
some German electronics companies in this period?
28.
Why
did food industries grow in this period?
29.
Which
goods were produced for the chemical industry in the second half of 19th
century?
30.
Who
invented the dynamite? Investigate it.
31.
How
did business owners obtain finance in the second half of 19th
century?
32.
What
is the stock exchange?
33.
What
is a share?
34.
What
is a cartel?
35.
What
are the trusts?
36.
What
are the holding companies?
THE CONSEQUENCES
OF FINANCE CAPITALISM
37.
What
were the positive consequences of finance capitalism?
38.
What
were the negative consequences of finance capitalism?
39.
Explain
the consumer culture that appeared at the end of the nineteenth century?
40.
What
were the effects of economic crisis?
41.
What
were the causes of economic crisis at the second half of the 19th
century?
5-
THE
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY WORLD ECONOMY
42.
Where
did the process of industrialization spread out of Europe?
43.
What
is the turn-of-the-century?
44.
Which
countries were the world’s biggest industrial producers by the
turn-of-the-century?
45.
What
was the main industrial sector in Germany?
46.
What
was the Bessemer converter?
47.
What
were the lesser industrial sectors in Germany?
48.
When
had the United States industrialized?
49.
Where
did the American expanded work-force arrive from?
50.
What
is the work-force?
51.
How
were the two American coasts united?
52.
How
did the Japanese government participate in the Japanese industrialization?
53.
Why
did it?
54.
Why
did Great Britain cease to be the world factory during this period?
55.
What
two Spanish areas were industrialized?
56.
In
what sectors?
57.
An
example for foreign capital investments in Spain in this period?
6-
IMPERIALISM
58.
What
were the main factors which led to imperial expansion?
59.
What
were the imperial powers searching for in their colonies?
60.
What
non material profits were searched for by colonial powers?
61.
Why
did the European powers compete?
62.
Why
did unemployment grow in Europe in the second half of nineteen century?
63.
Why
did many working-class people emigrate to the colonies?
64.
Why
did some governments encourage emigration?
65.
What
was the situation of native people in European colonies?
66.
What
was the racial segregation?
67.
What
influence did imperial expansion have on the origins of the First World War?
68.
Why
did world economy become imbalanced due to colonial expansion?
7-
AN
UNEQUAL SOCIETY
69.
Explain
the inequalities between social classes generated by finance capitalism in
European countries in the turn-of-the-century?
70.
When
did the consumer society originate?
71.
What
was the essence of the new consumer society?
72.
What
were the characteristics of new-born consumerism?
73.
What
were printed advertisements used for?
74.
What
new products were luxury items when they were invented?
75.
What
types of tourism existed in the Belle Époque?
76.
What
was the Belle Époque? Investigation.
77.
How
were the films in their beginning?
78.
What
was the main objective of design?
79.
How
was the daily life for members of working class in the Belle Époque?
80.
In
the 19th century emigration was forced or voluntary? Why?
81.
What’s
a strike?
82.
What’s
a trade union?
83. When did the Spanish Socialist Party appear?
84. When did UGT appear?
85. What was the Regenerationism?
86. What historical event caused the Regenerationism?
87. What were the main objectives of credit unions in late nineteenth century in Spain?
88. Give two examples of Anarchist violence. Investigate it.
