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56 Cards in this Set
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Who was Emiliana Zapata?
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Mexican land reformer
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Who was Venustiano Carranza?
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conservative Mexican president
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Who was Ataturk?
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father of modern Turkey
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Who was Reza Khan?
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modernizing Shah of Persia (Iran)
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Who was Ghandi?
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Indian Congress party leader, led self-rule protest, non violence
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Who was Jiang Jie Shi
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Leader of the Chinese Nationalist party, also known as Chiang Kai Shek
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Who was Mao Ze Dong?
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Leader of the Chinese Communist party
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What was the name of the Japanese emperor during most of the 20th century?
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Hirohito
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When did the Mexican revolution begin?
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1910
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When did Sun Yat Sen establish the Republic of China
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1911
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What was another pronunciation for Sun Yat Sen's name?
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Sun YiXian
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Who year did Ataturk found modern Turkey?
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1923
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When was the Mexican constitution passed?
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1917
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When was the Chinese Communist party founded
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1921
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When did Chiang Kai Shek become the leader of the Nationalist party in China?
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1925
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What was the Salt March?
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Gandi's 240 mile march to the Indian ocean where he scooped up salt in defiance of the British law that salt must be purchased through British monopoly.
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When was the Salt March?
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1930
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When did Mexico nationalize foreign-owned oil companies?
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1938
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Who were the ultranationalists?
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In Japan, leading military officials who objected to Western treatment of Japan and led expansion of Japanese imperialism in Asia.
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What was the Manchurian incident?
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1931, Japan blew up its own railroad in Manchuria and used it as an excuse to invade Manchuria (northern china) and set of their own government called Manzhougwo.
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When did Japan invade mainland China?
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1937
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What was the "rape of Nanking"
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December, 1937, Japanese kill hundreds of thousands of civilian and military in Nanking, rape women.
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What was the Long March?
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Chinese communists fleeing from the coastal areas into the Northwest of China, 1934-1935. 100,0000 communists start out, 8,000 survive the 6,000 mile journey on foot.
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Who led the communists on the Long March?
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Mao TseDong.
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How many years did the communists and the nationalist fight a civil war in China for control?
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22, from 1927-1949, including about 7-8 years against Japan.
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What was the May 4th movement in China?
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1919, student protests in China to strengthen China to resist Western imperialism.
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When did Japan annex Korea?
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1910
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What were the 21 demands?
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During WWI, Japan presented Yuan ShiKai with 21 demands that would make China a Japanese protectorate. China was weak then, and had to give in to some demand. Japan also got former German possessions in China after WWI
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What happened to China when the Qing dynasty ended in 1911?
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First Sun Yatsen (1911) then Yuan ShiKai (1912) became president but the country was really ruled by regional WARLORDS
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What is the doctrine of ahimsa?
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nonviolence and reverence for all life. Gandhi practiced it.
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What was the Amritsar massacre?
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1919, British soldier fired onto a peaceful crowd of Indians killing 400, wounding 1,100. Led to calls for India's independence.
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When did India gain independence from Britain?
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1947
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What were the two main religions in conflict in India?
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Hindu and Islam
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What was the Balfour declaration?
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British declaration that they would support a national home for Jews in Palestine
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Who founded the modern Zionist movement?
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Theodore Herzel
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What is another name for Israel?
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Judea
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Where is Israel located?
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Palestine
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Who was living in the area before the Jews relocated to Palestine?
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Arabs, called Palestinians
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What was pan-arabism?
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a form of nationalism built on shared Arabian heritage. Resist Western influence.
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Why did the arabs feel betrayed by the West after WWI?
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Because they believed that the West would allow Arabs independence, instead Western nations carved up Arab lands and redistributed them to Western backed powers.
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What natural resource became important in the Middle East during WWI?
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oil
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What was the Treaty of Sevres?
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Ottoman empire loses Arab and North African lands, also Greece.
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Who was Mustafa Kemel?
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Ataturk, overthrows the Ottoman sultan, defeats Greeks and established modern Turkey
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When did Egypt gain independence from Britain?
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1922
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What was the negritude movement?
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pride in African roots and resistance to Western colonialism.
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When was the first Pan African Congress?
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1919`
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Who organized the first Pan African Congress?
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W. E. B. Dubois
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What was the pan-African movement?
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african nationalism, strengthen resistance to western nations.
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What was apartheid?
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British law in South Africa of rigid racial separation.
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What was the good neighbor policy?
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US policy toward Latin American, less interference in Latin American affairs.
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Who promoted the good neighbor policy?
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Franklin Roosevelt
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What is economic nationalism?
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home control of economy
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Where was economic nationalism strongest?
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Latin American countries in early twentieth century.
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What was the name of the party to emerge in Mexico?
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PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party
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Who redistributed land to the peasants in Mexico?
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President Cardenas, in the 1930s
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How did Mexico express nationalism?
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economic nationalism, nationalize oil, foreign companies. emphasize local culture like murals by Diego Rivera
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