🌍ap world history: modern review

Accumulation of capital

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The gathering and concentration of wealth and financial resources available for investment in industrial production and technological development.

AP course connection

Topic 5.3: 5.3 Industrialization Begins

Unit 5

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