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102 Cards in this Set
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10.1
Allies |
The alliance of France, Britian, and Russia in WWI.
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Central Powers |
The Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire in WWI.
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Militarism |
Glorification of the military.
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What move toward lasting peace was made by the First Universal Peace Conference? |
It formed a world court to settle disputes between nations
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Pan-Slavism |
Followers believed that all Slavic people shared a common nationality. Russia thought it was its duty to protect the smaller Slavic nations as Russia was the largest.
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What was a leading cause of international tension in the early 1900s? |
Aggressive nationalism
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9.3
Great Salt March |
Gandhi's march to the sea to protest British policies.
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9.3
Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
Leader of the Muslim League
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9.3
What did the Indian nationalists expect after helping Britain in WWI? |
Greater self-government
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9.3
What method did Gandhi adopt in his stuggle against British injustice? |
Nonviolence
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9.3
What American philosopher influenced Gandhi? |
Henry David Thoreau
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9.3
What is an example of a protest urged by Gandhi? |
A boycott of British goods
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9.3
Why did Gandhi undertake the Great Salt March? |
To end the British salt monopoly
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9.3
What idea did Muhammad Ali Jinnah support? |
A separate state for Muslims.
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10.1
Why did the British feel threatend by Germany? |
German factories outproducted British factories.
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What brought France and Germany twice to the brink of war in the early 1900s? |
Competition for colonies
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What was one result of militarism? |
The arms race
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What was the main intention of the alliances formed among European nations? |
To discourage outside attacks.
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10.2
Gavrilo Princip |
The Serbian who assianated Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914.
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8.3
Young Turks |
Group who overthrew the Ottoman sultan in 1908
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8.3
Who led the Islamic reform movement that sprang up in Sudan? |
the Mahdi
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8.3
Which countries sought to benefit from the show crumbling of the Ottoman Empire. |
Britain, France, Russia, and Germany
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8.3
What did Muhammad Ali do to strengthen Egypt? |
instituted political and economic reforms
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8.3
What was the result of the nationalist refolt that erupted in Egypt in 1882? |
Britain made Egypt a protectorate.
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8.3
How did the discovery of oil in Iran affect imperialist interests in the region. |
Britian and Russia maneuvered for control of the the oil fields.
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8.4
Cash Crop |
Product that can be sold on the world market.
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8.4
East India Company |
Controlled 3/5 of India by the mid-1800s
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8.4
Indian National Congress |
Group that supported self-rule and continued western-style modernization.
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8.4
Muslim League |
Formed in 1906 to pursue a separate Musilm state
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8.4
Ram Mohun Roy |
Hailed as the founder of Indian nationalism
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8.3
Mahdi |
Led a resistance to British expansion in the Sudan
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8.4
Although the East India Company improved roads in India, their main goal was to... |
...make money
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8.4
One of the causes that led to the Sepoy rebellion was... |
...a law that allowed Hindus to remarry
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8.4
Britain transformed Indian agriculture by... |
...pushing farmers to grow cash crops.
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8.4
Ram Mohun Roy revived pride in Hindu culture by... |
...setting up learned societies.
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8.4
Indian exposure to European ideas resulted in... |
...a move toward nationalism.
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9.2
Emilio Aguinaldo |
Led Filipino nationalist struggle. When he was captured, the other Filipions gave up, too.
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8.4
Chulalongkorn |
Modernized Thailand between 1868 and 1910
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9.2
French Indochina |
French holdings in Southeast Asia. Made of Loas, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
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9.2
Queen Liliuokalani |
Hawaiian queen overthrown by American planters in 1893
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9.2
Britain expanded its empire to Southeast Asia to include... |
...Burma and the Malay peninsula.
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9.2
Vietnamese officials tried to suppress Christianity by... |
...killing converts and French missionaries.
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9.2
Thailand remained indepndent partly because its rulers... |
...did not underestimate western power.
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9.2
Filipino rebels expected the U.S. to recognize their independence because... |
...they had helped fight the Spanish
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9.2
The industrial powers were first interested in the Pacific islands as... |
...supply bases for whaling ships.
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9.2
American sugar planters asked the U.S. to annex... |
...Hawaii.
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9.3
Amritsar |
City in northern India in which Indian protesters were massacred by British soldiers.
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9.3
civil disobedience |
refusal to obey unjust laws
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8.1
Sphere of Influence |
Area claimed for exclusive investment or trading privileges.
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8.1
Overseas expansion was partly a result of manufactures' need for... |
...natural resources.
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Closely linked to economic motives for expansion... |
...political and military issues.
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Critics charged that colonialism was... |
...a tool for the rich.
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One advantage European countries had in their imperial expansion was... |
...powerful armies and navies.
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The goal of French colonizations was to... |
...impose French culture on their colonies
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8.2
Adowa |
Ethiopians defeated Italian invaders at this battle.
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8.2
Sierra Leone |
Colony for freed slaves. (British)
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8.2
The _________ was set off by a discovery of gold. |
Boer War
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8.2
David Livingstone |
Best-known explorer/missionary of Africa.
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Imported modern weapons to Ethiopia. |
Menelik II
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Why did westerners in the early 1800s call Africa the "dark continent"? |
They knew very little about the land
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WHy did Christian missionary groups follow explorers to Africa? |
To win souls to Christianity
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8.2
Why was the Berlin Conference held? |
To avoid bloodshed between rival European powers.
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Which European country gained holdings the size of the continental US (in Afica)? |
France.
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Why was Ethiopia able to maintain its independence when attacked by Italy?
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It had been modernized.
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5.3
Genocide |
A deliberate attpemt to destory an entire religious or ethnic group
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8.3
Muhammad Ali |
Ambitious soldier who introduced economic reforms in Egypt
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8.3
Suez Canal |
Waterway that links the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
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5.2
Florence Nightingale |
Army nurse in the Crimean War; insisted on better hygiene in field hospitals. (American)
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5.2
Louis Pasteur |
Developed vaccine for rabies. (French)
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5.2
Why did populations soar between 1800 and 1900? |
The death rate fell.
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Why were hospitals in the 1800s considered dangerous places? |
The risk of infection was high
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5.2
Why did London and Paris invest in new sewer systems? |
To combat epidemics of cholera and tuberculosis.
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5.2
What were living conditions in the slums like? |
Harsh and crowded
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5.2
What happened to the standard of living for workers in the western world as a result of industrialization? |
The standard of living improved
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5.3
John Dalton's theory that showed different kinds of atoms combine to make all chemical substnaces. |
Atomic theory
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5.3
Model in the 1800s that idealized women and the home |
Cult of domesticity
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5.3
Belief that one racial group is superior to another |
Racism
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Ideas that applied the theory of survival of the fittest to war and economic competition. |
Social Darwinism
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Movement that urged Christains to social service |
Social gospel
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5.3
Votes for women |
Women's suffrage
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5.3
As social values changed, the notion of "falling in love" was... |
...more accepted than ever before.
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5.3
The women's suffrage movent made faster strides in...(places) |
...New Zealand, Australia, and the western United States.
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5.3
Reflecting the new industrialization, universities in the late 1800s added courses in... |
...the sciences.
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The Salvation Army was formed partly in responce to... |
...the social gospel movement.
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8.1
Colonial rule practiced by Britain... |
...indirect rule.
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Colonial rule practiced by France. |
Direct Rule
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Protectorate |
Colonial rule where local rulers were left in place.
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Imperialism |
Domination by one country of the political life of another country.
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Bessemer Process
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Operation that produces steel by purifying iron ore
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Corporation
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Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock
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Gottlieb Daimler
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Used a gas-powered engine to power first automobile (German)
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Thomas Edison
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Made 1st electic light bulb. (American)
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interchangable parts
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Identical components that can be used in place of one another
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Two countries that thurst their way to industrial leadership were: |
Germany and the United States
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The assembly line was one new development that made... |
...production faster and cheaper
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The marriage of science and industry... |
...spurred economic growth
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One example of a new invention that changed communications is... |
...the telephone
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One reason a group of corperations would form a cartel was to... |
...set production quotas
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5.2
Robert Koch |
Doctor that identified the bacteria that caused tuberculosis. (German)
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Joseph Lister
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Surgeon that insisted other surgeons wash their hands before operating.
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Joseph Lister |
Surgeon that insited that other surgeons wash thier hands before operating. (English)
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5.2
William Morton |
Introduced anesthesia to relieve pain during surgery.
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