AP World History Unit 6 - Lesson 6.4 

Cecil Rhodes

________ was one of the investors of Britains railroad system design stretching from Cape Town to Cario, Egypt, in order to connect Britains colonies and make governing them easier.

De Beers Diamonds

diamond monopoly that controlled the demand and supply of the diamond industry

Subsistence Farming

farming where most of the crops/livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family, with any, surplus for sale or trade

Cash Crops

agricultural harvest that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit

Guano

seabird and bat excrement used as fertilizer; a major trade item of Peru in the late nineteenth century

Export Economies

An economy specialized in production of one or a few natural resources (often cotton, rubber, sugar) which are exported to other countries

Apartheid

20th century South Africas policy of segregation and discrimination based off of race

Mono-culture Farming

practice of using large amount of farming land for a single crop

Telegraph

A device that allowed instant long-distance transmission of information through an electric wire

What country produced the majority of silver?

Mexico

What country produced copper for telegraph cables and power lines?

Chile

Where was tin produced for the industrial age?

Bolivia, Nigeria, Malaya, Dutch East Indes.

Where was gold produced for the industrial age?

Australia, South Africa, West Africa, Alaska.

Ivory

A hard white material used for decorative purposes provided by the tusks of elephants and rhinoceroses

Palm Oil

Oil used for candle making was highly demanded for European machine lubrication.

Rubber

Material made from latex sap of trees/vines, softens when warm and hardens when cold. Used in tires, gaskets, waterproof clothing, and shoe soles.

Vulcanization

Process created by Charles Goodyear in 1839, made modern industry rubber not highly vulnerable to temperature.

Cape to Cairo Railway

Unfinished project to create a railway line crossing Africa from south to north, in order to connect British trading posts.

Diamond Rush

Period of migration of workers to South Africa where diamonds were newly discovered and highly profitable.

Cape Colony

Dutch colony located at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652 to provide a coastal station for Dutch ships traveling to/from Asia.