Grade 11: Modern World History - Howard County Public Schools

HCPSS Curriculum FrameworkModern World HistoryIndustrialization14. Describe the characteristics of theagricultural revolution in WesternEurope and its relation toindustrialization. (U3LE)15. Analyze the internal and externalgeographic, economic, technologicaland political facts that resulted inindustrialization in WesternEuropean countries and the UnitedStates. (U3LE)16. Analyze relationships between theexpanding world market economy ofthe 16th through the 18th centuriesand the development ofindustrialization, includingcomparison of the positions ofBritain, China, and India. (U3LE)17. Examine how new inventions,including the railroad, steamship,telegraph, mass production,photography, and internalcombustion engine, transformed●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●iron plowsmechanicalinventionsfactory systemsteam enginenatural resourcesentrepreneurscapitaltariffslabor forcetradecorporationsmercantilismcapitalismurbanizationexportimportstandard of livingsecond industrialrevolutionoilelectricitytype of government, natural resources,etc.15. Canada’s political and cultural linkswith England, its strong Frenchpresence in Quebec, and the CanadianRailway are all key factors in itsnational development16. As countries became more efficient intheir farming techniques, they wereable to produce a surplus of crops, andalso free up labor to work in mills andfactories.17. The governments of countries inWestern Europe and the US supportedindustrialization with tariffs and otherlaws and these countries also hadplentiful natural resources.18. Russia and Japan were two countriesthat were slow to industrialize at thistime due to governments that were notdemocratic and lack of the necessarylabor force or natural resources.19. With the addition of the factor ofindustrialization to the global market,global commerce further increased,and by the end of the 18th century,Britain was the dominant world power.20. The second industrial revolution waspowered by more sophisticated formsHCPSS Secondary Social Studies Office, 2012 23