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first semester exam - sop. Flashcards

1
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In the second industrial revolution, what led the way to new industrial frontiers?

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steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum

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According to Karl Marx, the _______ or middle, upper class was the oppressors of the working class

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bourgeoisie

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By 1914, what had been outlawed in most of Europe and in the U.S.?

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Trade unions

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Although they made up only 5%of the population in the early 1900s, which class controlled 30 to 40% of the wealth?

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The New Elite

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Who founded the Female association for the Care of the Poor and the Sick in Hamburg, Germany?

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Amalie Sieveking

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Who was Kaiser William’s cousin?

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Czar Nicholas II

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The alliance between Great Britain, Russia, and France was known as what?

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The Triple Entente

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What was Functionalism the idea of?

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buildings, like the products of machines, should be useful and lack unnecessary ornamentation

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9
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Who was the father of Zionism?

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Theoror Hertzl

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_____ were Marxists who rejected the revolutionary approach in favor of a more political approach

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Revisionists

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What is the principle of ministerial responsibility the idea of?

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the prime minister is responsible to the popularly elected legislative body and not to the executive officer

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12
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Whose discovery of radium changed the world’s view of the atom?

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Marie Curie

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According to Sigmund Freud, human behavior was_____

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strongly determined by repressed experiences

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14
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who sent the first radio waves across the atlantic?

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Guglielmo Marconi

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provided a new sense of power in transportation (automobiles)

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internal combustion engine

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Marxists who rejected the revolutionary approach in favor of the ballot box

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revisionists

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17
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made up nearly 80% of the European population in the early 1900s

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working class

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18
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founded the women’s social and political Union

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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idea that the prime minister is responsible to the legislative body and not to the executive officer

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ministerial responsibility

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made up of Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy

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The Triple Alliance

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21
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the father of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud

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impressionist painter who sought to capture the interplay of light, water, and sky

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Claude Monet

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Written by karl marx and Friedrich Engels

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The Communist Manifesto

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Marxist term for the “working class”

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proletariat

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25
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German nursing pioneer

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Amalie Sieveking

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26
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weak Russian legislative assembly created by Nicholas II

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Duma

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Made up of Great Britain, France, and Russia

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Triple Entente

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28
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German who developed the theory of relativity

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Albert Einstein

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29
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applied to human society in a radical way by nationalists and racists

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social Darwinism

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30
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created the style of painting called cubism

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Pablo picasso

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31
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who established the colony of Singapore?

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Sir Stanford Raffles

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32
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If a colony was run by ____, local elites were removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials from the mother country

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direct rule

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33
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the only free states remaining in Africa by 1914 were____

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Liberia and Ethiopia

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34
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Lord Macaulay designed a new school system in India to do what?

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to train Indian Children to serve in the colonial government and army

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35
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____ set up a nonviolent movement with the aim to force the British to aid the poor and grant independence to India

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Mohandes ghandi

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36
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In the latin american colonial system, who’re the mestizos?

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the largest group; worked as servants and laborers

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37
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____ joined Jose de San Martin’s forces to complete the liberation of Peru

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Simon Bolivar

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38
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what happened to latin American society as a result of the prosperity that came from increased exports?

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growth in middle sectors of Latin American society

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39
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what was the “white man’s burden”?

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the belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive peoples

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40
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____ led a movement for independence in the Philippines

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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41
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Who seized power in Egypt in 1805 and established a separate Egyptian state?

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Muhammed Ali

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42
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the Boers were descendants of whom?

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the original dutch settlers of Cape Town and the surrounding areas

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43
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In 1857, a growing indian distrust of the British led to what?

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the First war of Independence which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny

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44
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What was the goal of the Indian national Congress

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a share in the governing process of India

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45
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The conservative elites in Mexico chose ___ to lead a revolt against Spanish rule

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Simon Bolivar

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46
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____ overthrew Porfirio Diaz to gain control of Mexico

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Francisco Madero

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47
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the oral responsibility of Europeans to civilize primitive peoples

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“white man’s burden”

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48
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leader of a movement for independence in the Philippines

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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49
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Ottoman officer who seized power in Egypt and established a separate Egyptian state

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Muhammed Ali

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50
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talented ruler who carved out an empire for the Zulu people

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Shaka

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51
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Indian revolt known to the British as the Sepoy Mutiny

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First war of Independence

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52
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Group that called for a share in the governing process of India

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Indian national Congress

53
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led the revolt in the French colony of Saint Domingue

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Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture

54
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hailed as one of the “liberators of south America”

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Jose de San Martin

55
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brought liberal reforms to Mexico, including land distribution to the poor

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Benito Juarez

56
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Promoted Western learning in Thailand

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King Mongkut

57
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allowed local rulers to maintain positions of authority in the new colonial setting

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indirect rule

58
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spent 30 years exploring uncharted lands of Africa

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David Livingstone

59
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guaranteed the independence of the new latin American nations and warned against any European intervention

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Monroe Doctrine

60
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ruled by military force, supported by the landed elites

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caudillos

61
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led the Mexican revolution, seizing wealthy estates

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Emiliano Zapata

62
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what happened to Britain as a result of the Treaty of Nanjing

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Britain was given the island of Hong kong, among other concessions

63
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Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Tai Ping Rebellion viewed himself as what?

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A younger brother of Jesus Christ

64
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____ proposed the Open Door Policy for China

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John Hay

65
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The slogan of the ____ was “destroy the foreigner”

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the boxers

66
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____ agreed to serve as president of a new Chinese Republic after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty

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General Yuan Shigai

67
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what happened to japan under the reign of the young emperor, Mutsuhito?

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they underwent a political transformation known as the Meiji Restoration

68
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what was the result of Japan’s victory in the war with Russia?

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a stunned world was forced to recognize Japan as one of the great powers

69
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the policy of ___ called for China to adopt Western technology while retaining their Confucian values and institutions

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“self strengthening’

70
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who imprisoned Guang Xu and ended all his reform efforts?

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Ci Xi

71
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the daimyo governed ____ after the Meiji government seized their lands

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prefectures

72
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In an attempt to adjust the trade imbalance with China, Britain began doing what?

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shipping opium grown in India directly to China

73
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____ launched a reform known as the One Hundred Days of Reform

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Guang Xu

74
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who founded the Revive China society and, later, the Nationalist Party?

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Sun Yat Sen

75
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____ is considered to be the last emperor of China

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Henry Pu Yi

76
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Who was one of China’s foremost writers at the turn of the century?

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Ba Jin

77
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_____ referred to the practice of Europeans living by their own laws while on Chinese soil

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extraterritoriality

78
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A commission under _____ traveled to Great Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. to study their governments

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Ito Hirobumi

79
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China’s “last emperor”

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Henry Pu Yi

80
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His fleet pressured the Japanese into opening trade relations with the U.S.

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Commodore Matthew Perry

81
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Conflict resulting from China’s attempt to blockade Guangzhou to keep out British traders

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first Opium War

82
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caused by the failure of Chinese government to deal with pressing internal economic problems

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Tai Ping Rebellion

83
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launched the One Hundred Days of Reform

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Guang Xu

84
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Young radical who formed the Revive China Society

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Sun Yat Sen

85
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Japanese capital after the Meiji restoration

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Edo

86
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Practice of Europeans being governed by their own laws while living on Chinese soil

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extraterritoriality

87
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areas where the European states had exclusive trading rights in China

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spheres of influence

88
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ended the first Opium War

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Treaty of Nanjing

89
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Christian convert who viewed himself as a younger brother of Jesus Christ

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Hong Xiuquan

90
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Proclaimed that China should have an Open Door Policy

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John Hay

91
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Popular name given to the members of the Society of Harmonious Fists

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boxers

92
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agreed to serve as president of a new Chinese republic after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty

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General Yuan Shigai

93
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“Enlightened Rule”

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Meiji

94
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Japan surprise attacked this naval base

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Port Arthur

95
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to adopt western technology but retain Confucian values

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self strengthening

96
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opposed the emperor’s reforms and imprisoned him

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Ci Xi

97
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governed by the daimyo after the Meiji restoration

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prefectures

98
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what was the name of the group that conspired to assassinate Archduke Francis Ferdinand

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The black hand

99
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in 1914____ was considered an act of war

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mobilization of a nation’s army

100
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The Western Front was characterized by what?

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trench warfare

101
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Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire became known as what?

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The Central Powers

102
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____ were councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers

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soviets

103
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what did the red secret police, known as the Cheka begin?

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a Red Terror campaign to destroy all those who opposed the new regime

104
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the treaty signed with Germany that many Germans felt was a harsh peace

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Treaty of Versailles

105
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France’s approach to peace was guided in large part by what?

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the desire for national security

106
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WWI was a ___, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people

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total war

107
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the aggressive preparation for war

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militarism

108
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The German advance toward Paris was halted at ____

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the Battle of Marne

109
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what caused the U.S. to join the Allies in fighting WWI

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the Germans’ use of unrestricted submarine warfare

110
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Under the leadership of ____, The Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution

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V.I. Lenin

111
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In an attempt to end Russia’s involvement in the war, lenin signed what treaty?

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

112
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____ became the spokesperson for a new world order based on democracy and international cooperation

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Woodrow Wilson

113
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After the war, Britain ruled Iraq and Palestine as ____

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mandates on behalf of the League of Nations, but did not own the territory

114
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which country switched sides during WWI?

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Italy

115
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Which member of “the big three” wanted to ensure a “just and lasting peace” ?

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Russia

116
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Russia’s hope for victory in WWI quickly ended, following the Battle of ____

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Tannenberg

117
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This battle forced the Germans to keep its surface fleet in port for the remainder of the war

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Battle of Jutland

118
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Prior to the advent of Communism, liberals in Germany and Russia were members of the ______ party.

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Social Democratic

119
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as prescribed by the post WWI League of Nations, which of the following areas were British mandate states?

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Palestine (Israel) and Iraq

120
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German general who altered the Von Schlieffen plan

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Von Moltke

121
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assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife sophia

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Gavrilo princip

122
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the spread of ideas to influence public opinion for or against a cause

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propaganda

123
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Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia

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Allied Powers

124
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systems directed by government agencies in order to mobilize resources for the war effort

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planned economies

125
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urged princes in the Middle east to revolt against their Ottoman overlords

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Lawrence of Arabia

126
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New name for the Bolsheviks after they seized power

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Communists

127
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general who guided German military operations

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Erich Von Ludendorff

128
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declared that Germany and Austria were responsible for starting World War I

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War Guilt Clause

129
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a nation officially governed by another nation on behalf of the league of nations

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mandate

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