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who had control of china before ming+ghenghis khan

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mongols

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who was the last dynasty to work on the great wall of china

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ming dynasty

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*when did the ming dynasty collapse

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1644

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ming dynasty accomplishments

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renovated the canal, new crops, manufacture goods, centralized govt and nationwide school system

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ghengis khan

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founder of the mongols

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*who created the qing dynasty and helped them take over

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manchus

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qing dynasty

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created by the manchus, fell due to western ideas

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treaty of nerchinsk

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established a good trade relationship between russia and china and
gave special trading status with the qings
Other european powers were limited to only trade at certain ports (Peter the great and kangxi)

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opium wars

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britain was upset they couldnt trade a lot with china and their tea was so expensive so they spent all their money and was like this sucks so they started illegaly selling drugs (opium) and then there was the opium war and in result britain got more ports in china and hongkong for 99 years

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*treaty of nanjing

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chinese agreed to open 5 costal ports for british trade
The chinese limited taxes on imported british goods and the chinese paid for expenses of the war
china also gave Britain hong kong

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hong kong

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under british rule for 99 years
perfect blend of British and Chinese cultures
the hong kongers dont want to throw away the culture and be communist so now theres unrest

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open door policy

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all powers with spheres of influence in china would respect equal trading opportunities with china and not set tarifs giving an unfair advantage to the citizens of their own country

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boxer rebellion

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Boxers were members of a secret organization called the society of harmonious fists
It was a group in china that took out and kiled westerners bc they didnt like westernization
The imperial gov was now weaker than ever

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rape of nanjing

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mass killing and abuse of Chinese citizens by Japanese soldiers

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sun yet sen

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created the nationalist gov

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mao zedong

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took over china and made it communist October 1st

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communism in china

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Rich vs working class
Revolt working class
Distribute wealth
communism

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Confucianism

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a philosophy and system of ethical conduct that since the 5th century b.c. has guided chinese society
Conf. emphasizes tradition, respect for the elderly, hierarchical social order and rule by a benevolent leader who is supposed to look out for the well being of the people

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one child policy

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couples could only have one kid and they wanted a boy and this drastically skwewed the gender ratio

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shogun system

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militaristic gov system

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Japan’s isolationism

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japan was isolationist to protect themselves

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how did Japan’s isolationism break

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America was like you have 6 months to decide to trade with us or we’ll come back wtuh warships

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sat-cho

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2 samurai groupings who overthrow the shogunate system, hence starting the the meiji restoration

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Meiji restoration

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political: western gov 2 main factions appeared in jp gov : liberals and progressives

economic: farmers had to pay taxes no matter what, made daiymos land gov land

military:imperial army

education: based off America system

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what did Meiji spend money on
education, military and industry
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anglo-japanese agreement
Jp protected british territory in east asia and britain recognized jp in korea
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russo-jp war
china went after Korea and Russia wasn't happy so the wat started
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militaristic japan
everyone was desensitized and believed you did everything for your country, hated westerners
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why did jp attack pearl harbor
oil
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atomic bomb drop
August 6th, 1945
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japan after wwi
radiation sickness, got rid of Meiji const, parliamentary based political system while the emperor changed to symbolic status
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shinto
spirits
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buddhism
reaching zen
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koryo
og name of korea
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hermit kingdom
korea was super isolated
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why Korean isolationism was bad
they were too closed off to the point it hurt them bc they couldn't get information or anything
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who opens kor
japan does with the treaty of kanghwa
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kr under jp rule
The first phase of occupation the krs were under the control of a jp police system which deprived many kr civilians of basic freedoms Second phase the gov permitted krs a degree of expressionism and assembly. A time of leniency under jp rule Third phase saw the return of strict rule as the jp ruthlessly exploited kr manpower to support war The atomic bomb ended jp rule over kr
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38th paralell
us was in south korea and the Soviet union was in the north and the north was left with a communist leader Kim IL sung
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NK culutre
bad place
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sk cultire
good place
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kim dynaty
rule NK with absolute authority
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justifications for imperialism
Humanitarian imperialism, racism and social darwinism
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old vs new imperialists
old-small pockets of power, trading ports, nicer new-wanted everything
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protectorate
we’ll protect u from britain for say in gov
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Annexation
forceful taking of a country
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what did the British do
took Egypt and made the suez canal which helped trade and connected Egypt to london
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Countries active in colonizing Asia
uk France netherlands
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Countries imperialized in North Africa
France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. 4,5,6 fusi, north, africa
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Countries imperialized in west Africa
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast and Nigeria.
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First to colonize Africa
British and france
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Italy’s issues with imperialism
got libya and failed taking ethiopia
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Berlin conference
european from dif countries and agreed to trade w eachother no African reps
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What year was africa completely taken over by european countries?
1914
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benefits to imperialism
brought western ideas, construction and medicine to the countries, built trade routes and stuff that helped them after
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negatives to imperialism
robbing the people of their materials, freedom , and culture
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MAIN
militarism alliances imperialism nationalism
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militarism
having the strongest and most powerful army
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allies
good relationship with other nations where you back each other up in a war
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imperialism
taking natural resources from other countries
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nationalism
extreme pride in your country, not backing down and not being afraid to die for your country
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Austrian empire
large political entity Created by the Hapsburg family
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countries and cultures in AE
11 dif
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Hapsburg family history
many Hapsburgs were part of the HRE so when it ended they made a new empire
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how it became auian-hungarian empire
Hungarians looked for ewuality and wanted change but wanted the Hapsburg leader to stay in power
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Franz joseph
he thought his nephew was too easily influenced and not fit to be leader
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franz Ferdinand ii
archduke
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Which country was fed up with Austrian-Hungarian Empire
Serbians were mad after the Balkans were annexed
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black hand
terrorist group who plotted to kills franz Ferdinand ii
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how did the assassination happen
the bomb went off to early but later a guy in a deli saw his float go by and shot him
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how did everyone declare war on eachother
through alliances it was a domino effect
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triple aliance
austrian-hungary Italy germany
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triple entante
brit France russia
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copernicus
developed the heliocentric theoru
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montesqieu
3 branch gov executive, legislative, judicial
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kepler
claimed planets orbit in an egg shape
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Issac newton
discovered gracity and the 3 laws of motion
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Francis bacon
scientific method
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John locke
natural rights-justified revolution life, liberty, property
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descartes
mind over matter and "I think therefore I am"
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French estates
1-clergy 2-nobility 3-peasants
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galileo
mountains on Earth's moon
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tennis court oath
Pledge by Third Estate not to disband until a constitution was written in June 1789
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storming of bastile
Marked start of French Revolution, symbol of Monarchy’s overthrow
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declaration of rights of man
Inspired by English Bill of Rights, declares equality under law
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legislative assembly
1st French gov
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national convention
2nd French gov girodins, jacobins
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directory
3rf French gov council of elders, lower house
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national convention parties
Girondins (conservative) and Jacobins (rebellious)
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robespierre
Jacobin leader during Reign of Terror, executed for violence
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reign of terror
Period of revolutionary courts prosecuting opponents
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coup d'etat
Sudden overthrow of government, as with the Directory
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3 domestic improvements in France from Napoleon
-Made peace with the Catholic church -Developed the Napoleonic code (7) -Kept reforms that the revolutionaries wanted
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Napoleonic Codes
7
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Napoleon and russia
Napoleon was lured deep into Russia, Russians burnt everything after them si he got no supplied and eventually his army like froze then he was exiled after
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after Napoleon exiled
went back to France and battle of waterloo
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dependant states
kingdoms ruled by relatives of Napoleon (Rely on him)
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enemies of napoleon
Britain russia
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factory workers treatment
really bad, they're abused and don't get treated fairly
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industrialzation in germany
German state of Prussia was rich in iron and coal so Germany gov insisted in the development of iron, steel, and chemical manufacturing companies
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first place to industrialized
britain
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commercial capitalism
economic system based on trade
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industrial capitalism
economic system based on industry
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capitalist
a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry
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Nicholas ii
excelled in history and foreign languages and struggled in politics and economics Making matters worse his father failed to train him in matter of the state
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alexandra
granddaughter of famous Queen Victoria of Britain shy and was described as a "homebody" who stayed mostly in the Russian palaces Rejected people that wanted to come to her party if they where scandalous
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rasputin
ordinary guy from Siberia -He was described as a monk though he held no position in Russian Orthodox Church -In 1906 he became the faith healer for the Czar's son and continued to influence the royal family
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hw did rasputin manipulate monarch
He "healed" Edward of hemophilia and got in their good graces so they started coming to him before making any political decisions
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bolsheviks
-A small faction of the Marxist Party called the Russian Social Democrats
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soviets
Russian councils composed of representatives from workers and soldiers
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Vladimir Lenin
leader of bolsheviks
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Russian civil war
Communist army fought on many fronts -Attacks came for Siberia, Ukraine, Georgia, Russian, Armerina, and Azerbaijan.
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countries imperialize in east africa
Britain, germany, Portugal, belgium
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countries colonized in central africa
France Belgium
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south africa
dutch, britain

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