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Zulu
The most powerful country of S. Africa. Created by Shaka.
Recaptive
Slaves taken from captured vessels to freetown
Jaja of Opobo
founded palm as trading. Founded his own ports
Nawab
A Muslim princes allied to British India; technically a semi-autonomous deputy of Mughal emperor
Sepoy Rebellion
Rebellion of Hindu soldiers who refused to open their ammunition with their teeth because of the animal fat on the edge
Durbar
pageants
Afrikaners
decedents of Dutch settlers on the cape of good hope.
Treaty Ports
ports opened to all foreign residents
Opium War
Drug war between China and Britian
Taiping Rebellion
Hong Xuquan was the leader. Due to social unhappiness. The bloodiest cival war in China.
Bengal
Eastern India
Capetown
South Africa
Freetown
West border of Africa
Hong Kong
China
telegraph cables
laid on the ocean floor
steel
iron that is hard and elastic. steel revolution lead by william kelly
chemicals
Germany/explosives
Victorian Age
English speaking countries. Men and women in separate spheres
Socialism
ideology developed by radical thinkers
Karl Marx
socialist. German
Nationalism
most influential idea; drawing states together
Giuseppe Garibaldi
revolution in Sicily to create democracy
Otto Con Bismark
Chancellor of Prussia, created a democratic republic
Empress Dowager Cixi
China; opposed foreign technology
Meiji restoration
civil war in Japan; embraced all foreign ideas
Sicily
Italy; small island off Italys boot
Japan's empire in 1910
Japan, Taiwan, and Korea
Korea
directly across from Japan
Which nation was the leading chemical manufacturer, producing dyes, drugs, fertilizers, and explosives in the 19th century.
Germany
Which urban conditions did not improve in teh 19th centurey
air quality
Politicians, both democratic and authoritarian, were greatly aided by what in getting popular support for their national programs?
churches
Karl Marx defined :surplus value" the source of industrial financial gains, as the:
difference between a commodity's sale price and the low wages paid to workers to produce it.
Marxism claimed to explain the great gap between business wealth and worker poverty and hoped the workers who were larger in number, would rise up and defeat their bosses, and thus create a classless society. It failed as a worker movement largely because:
workers found workable options in participatory democracy and labor unions instead
The Victorian Age is not associated with
the decline of family values
Why was teaching considered an appropriate career for single women?
It could be seen as part of a woman's nurturing role as mother
How did labor legislation, which had been passed to protect women from harsh working conditions, actually harm women's interests?
women were kept out of many higher paying jobs that some considered dangerous
In the Victorian Age women were largely
Kept out of higher education
involved in raising their children
the ones who spent the money
expected to quit a job once married
Most working class girls in the late 19th century found work as
domestic servants and textile workers
Who had a child with his own maid Helene Demuth and while she was not put out of the house as was common, the child was forced to live elsewhere
Karl Marx
The fact that this language was the most widely spoken in Europe had great consequences in the 20th century
German
In addition to the decline in epidemic diseases through sanitation, what is the primary explanation for why European populations grew so rapidly in the late 19th century
more food in greater varieties
Why did Britain fail to recognize Germany's rise as the new great power in Europe
they focused on France and Russia, who threatened their oversea colonies
Russia like China and Turkey, was an empire, not a nation. The following groups resisted attempts by Russia to impose its language and culture except
Muscovites
Japan, a new nation, defeated Russai, a new empire, in 1905 because the
Japanese were better trained and equipped
New Imperialism
exercise of power
Scramble for Africa
before 1879, 90 percent of Africa was owned by Africans
Battle of Omduman
in Sudan, British guns vs Sudanese spears
Berlin Conference
called by chancellor Bismark for dividing Africa
Cecil Rhodes
British invasion of S. Africa "annex the stars: machine guns and diamonds
Emilio Aguinaldo
Philippines resistance leader against Spain and the the US after being purchased
free trade imperialism
economic dominance of a weaker country by a more powerful one by maintaining independence
Nigeria
Southern curve of Africa
Philippines
North of Australia and East of Italy. Islands
Panama Canal
Central America
Vladimir Lenin
leader of Bolsheviks. "land to the people" then seized their land and implemented a secret police
Bolsheviks
tightly disciplined group of radicals in Russia
Theodore Herzi
lead the group of people to return to their homeland in Palestine
Balfour Declaration
a jewish national homeland in Palestine created by Britain
Albert Einstein
German physicist; theory of relativity
League of Nations
world organization to safeguard peace. Wilson involved, US did not join
Guomindange
Nationalist political party founded on democracy by Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-sheck
Chiang kai-sheck
Chinese military and political leader/ fought communism
Turkey
north of Syria
Syria
north of Palestine
Palestine
north of Egypt
Egypt
North Africa
Whichy of the following was not an underlying cause of WW1:
inflexible military planning
alliances
the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
nationalism
the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The evolution of technology during the Great War (WW1)
imposed a long stalemate
In France and Britian due to the need to ration food during the war the:
diets of the poorer classes improved
In 1921 with the economy in horrible straits due to the war and the Russian Revolution Lenin
allowed farmers and marchants to own land and sell good in open markets
What or who financed Russias industrialization
the peasants
During the 1920s women in Europe and America benefited from all the following except:
the vote
increased personal freedoms
relaxed fashions
improved prospects for marriage
improved prospects for marriage
Woodrow WIlson's original idea of self-determination involved the:
principle of self determination in which borders would be drawn along ethnic and linguistic lines
Which of the nations rapidly Westernized under the leadership of a popular general including using the Latin alphabet, forbidding polygamy, granting women teh vote, and the mandatory of surnames
Turkey
During WW1, African-Americans in the United States
migrated to the North of the country in large numbers
The Zionist movement led by Theodore Herzi sought primarily to
create a Jewish homeland in Palestine
All of the follwing were scientific developments of the early 20th centruy except:
cultureal relativism
the theory of relativity
subatomic particles
Brownian motion
Brownian motion
Many found the new social sciences of the 1920s unsettling because the new scholars
challenged the traditional ideas of reasona nd progress
Automobiles, which transformed the landscape in this period were:
thought to be an enviromental improvement over horse manure and urine
Which of hte following was the major cause of war in the late 18th and early 19th century in the west
nationalism
The Boxer Rebellion in 1900 in China represented whose interests?
the Qing government and the empress
In 1918-19 the flu killed
more people than any disease in history in so short a time
Joseph Stalin
dictator of the societ society
Collectivization
consolidating small private farms into vast collectives and making farmers work together in commonly owned farms
Kulak
better of peasants resisting the giving up of their property
Gulag
labor camps in the soviet union
Benito Mussolini
leader of the fascist pary. Romes Prime minister
Fascist Part
Italian part, aggressive nationalism and dictatorship
Depression
Oct. 24 1929 Black Tuesday
Mao Zedong
leader of the chineese communist party. Led the "long march". Led teh communists to victory over Guomindang
Long March
6000 mille fight of chineese communist from SE to NW China
Margaret Sanger
American nurse and author, birth control clinics
Manchuria
Eastern edge of the Soviet Union
Stalingrad
Soviet Union
Midway
Middle of the Pacific Ocean; island
Hiroshima
Western Japan
Mohandas Gandhi
Indian National Congress. India, refused violence, highly educated
ahimsa
nonviolence, hindu
satyagraha
search for truth
salt march (walk to the sea)
demostration lead by Gahdhi. Millions were killed
Porfirio Diaz
Ruler of mexico "liberty, order, progress" huge disregard for mexican culture
Emiliano Zapata
revolutional leader in the mexican revolution/ assassinated
Getulio Vargas
Dictator of Brazil; emphasized industrialization
Lazaro Gardenas
President of Mexico; land to the peasants; nationalizing oil
Import substitution
an economic system aimed at building a countrys industry by restricting foreign trade. popular in latin countries sucessful but couldn't keep up with Europe or N. America
Juan Peron
President of Argentina, championed rights of labor, built up industry, popular among the urban poor
In the first half of the 20th century under European control some African farmers benefited from land reform and;
others were forced to work like slaves with little or no pay
How did urban migration of africans damage families
often only men migrated leaving women behind to raise families alone
which of the following was a major attraction for African to associate themselves with Christianity
mission schools
what explains the popularity of Islam in Africa
it was less destructive of African culture than Christianity
Haile Selassie the emperor of Ethiopia was among the first to achieve independence for an African nation creating and example of hope to the rest of Africa. WHo did he expel from his capital, Addis Ababa?
the Italians
British rule in India in about 1900 was mostly
lax
Mohandas K Gandhi can be associated with all of the following except
promoting industry
During WW1 the mjority of the people of India
supported Britain enthusiastically
What accompanied India's independence in 1947
internal violence and partition
All of the following describe Mexicos condition before the revolution began in 1910 excpet
violence and polical instability
Which of the following is not a trend or process of late 19th century Mexico
rapid growth of a radical industrial working class
the phrase"Poor Mexico: so far from God so close to the United States" refers to what reality
the number of times the US invaded and intervened in Mexico
What did Emiliano Zapata an Indian farmer do with the lands he seized in warfare
gave it back to the control of Indian villages
Who built most of Brazils and Argentines railroads, prts, and public utilities
Britain
Alberto Santos-Durmon the second person to design build and fly an airplane did most of his work in Paris but was born and raised where
Brazil
Which of the following models was developed by Brazils President Getulio Vargas and copied by other Latin American nations in order to break their dependency on foreigners for industrial goods
import substitution
iron curtain
Winston Churchills term for the Cold War. Soviet East/ US West
Cold War
1945-1991 ideological struggle between communism and capitalism
United Nations
replaced the league of Nation in 1945. World Peace
Truman Doctrine
Foreign policy offering military aid to help Turkey and Greece resist Soviet military pressure
Korean War
N Koreas invasion of S. Korea. United Nation ally with S. Korea/ China with N. Korea
Vietnam War
N. Vietnam vs A. Vietnam 1954-1975. S, Vietnam was aided by the US
Ho Chi Minh
communist party in France; took over N. Vietnam
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brink of war confrontation between the US and Soviet Union over the latter placement of nuvlear-armed missiles in Cuba
Nonaligned nations
developing countires that announced their neutrality in the cold war
orginization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
formed in 1960 by oil producing states to promote their collective interest in generating revenue from oil
Korea
East of the Soviet Union
Kenya
Africa
Guatemala
Central America
Cuba
South of Florida
demographic transition
a change in the rates of population growth to lower
proxy wars
during the cold war local or regional wars in which the super powers armed, trained, and financed the combatants
Salvador Allende
Pres of Chile in 1970; socialist; overthrown in 1973
Dirty War
war waged by Argentine military agianst leftist groups; illegal imprisionment, torture, and execution
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
shite philosopher who led the overthrow of the shan of Iran and created teh Islamic Republic
Newly Industrailized Economies
rapidly growing new industrial nations of the late 20th centruy including the Asian Tigers
Asian Tigers
collective name for S. Korea. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore nations that became economic powers in 1970s and 1980s
Tiananmen Square
site in Beijing wehre chineese students and workers gather to demand greater political openness in 1989. was crushed by chineese military
perestroika
policy of opennes that was centerpiece of Mikhail efforts to liberalize communism in the Soviet Union
Proxy wars were
wars in which the superpowers funded one or both sides
Which event set off leftist revolutions and conservation backlashes across much of Latin Amercan, ecouragin the US to back even brutal dictators if they were staunchy anti-communist
the cuban revolution
both world superpowers lost influence in the middle east when which two nations experienced radical islamic revolutions
iran and afghanistan
what did not contribue to asias newly industrialized economic sucess
minimum government melding in buisness
in 1989 China responded to the Tiananmen Square protests for democracy
with violent force
In addition to economic problems what casued the final breakup in 1991 of the Soviet Unions empire
nationalism
The demographic revolution was characterized by high birth rates and declining death rates. What characterizes the demographic transition to slower population growth
declining birth rates and low death rates
What two nations have employed ruthless policies to reduce birthrates
China and India
what is replacement fertility?
2.1 births
in the latter half of the 20th century poor rural people who moved to the cities of the underdeveloped world
generally found city life better than living on the farm
How have most Europenas defined citizenship
by narrow cultural and ethnic characteristics
Why did the US lag behind both Japan and Europe in introducing robots into its factories
human labor costs were lower
Which nation may have had the worst enviromental record
Soviet Union
As the number of cars in the US increased by 80 percent from 1970 to 2000 smog levels
declined by almost 33 percent
Some enviromental issues such as global warming, have become global and require international cooperation. What 1997 global warming treaty has been ratified by nearly every industrial nation but the US
Kyoto Treaty
Few technologies have been as transformative as the personal computer. Who introduced the first mass-market home computer in 1977
apple