history test 2

Question 1

Adam Smith

Answer 1

wrote the Wealth of Nations

Question 2

Mamluke

Answer 2

enslaved Turks, ruled Egypt

Question 3

David Livingston

Answer 3

discovered African lakes

Question 4

Mercantilism

Answer 4

belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

Question 5

Wahabbi

Answer 5

a member Muslim sect founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Question 6

Laizzez Faire

Answer 6

the government should play a small role in economic affairs

Question 7

Tanzimat

Answer 7

reforms in the Ottoman Empire

Question 8

Selim III

Answer 8

ruled Ottoman Empire 1789

Question 9

Cotton Gin

Answer 9

separated seeds from cotton

Question 10

Fuad Pasha

Answer 10

Ottoman statesman, reform mid-19th century

Question 11

Greek Revolt

Answer 11

successful revolt of Greeks against the Ottomans

Question 12

Mohammed Ali

Answer 12

Ottoman governor 1805

Question 13

Pan Slavism

Answer 13

a movement to create a nation state of Slav people

Question 14

Bismark

Answer 14

first chancellor of the German Empire

Question 15

Rose Window Decree

Answer 15

decree by Sultan Abdulmejid limit the power of the sultans

Question 16

Consultation

Answer 16

a conference between two or more people

Question 17

Triple Alliance

Answer 17

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy agreement

Question 18

Suburbs

Answer 18

areas created for the lower class

Question 19

Auspicious Event

Answer 19

the disbandment of the Janissaries in 1826 by Sultan Mahmud II

Question 20

Splendid Isolation

Answer 20

British diplomatic practice of avoiding permanent alliances

Question 21

Boyor

Answer 21

Russian noble

Question 22

St. Petersburg

Answer 22

city in Russia

Question 23

IBO

Answer 23

name of Okonkwo’s tribal people

Question 24

Extraterritoriality

Answer 24

foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation

Question 25

Streltzi

Answer 25

Russian marksmen who were entitled to certain trading rights who revolted

Question 26

Table of Ranks

Answer 26

created by Peter, it creates opportunities for nonnobles to serve the state

Question 27

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 27

a revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country

Question 28

Crimean War

Answer 28

Great Britain and France declared war on Russia joined by the Ottoman Empire

Question 29

Icon

Answer 29

image

Question 30

Abdul Hamid

Answer 30

Ottoman sultan

Question 31

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 31

a mid-19th century rebellion in China

Question 32

Young Turks

Answer 32

brave people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform

Question 33

Meji Restoration

Answer 33

modernization and westernization in Japan

Question 34

Half Way Modernization

Answer 34

obtained modern weapons but were not able to use them

Question 35

Zaibatsu

Answer 35

large family-controlled banking that owned many companies in Japan before WWII

Question 36

Darma

Answer 36

doing one's moral duty in this life so that the soul can advance in the next life

Question 37

Karma

Answer 37

person's actions that determine his destiny

Question 38

Suttee

Answer 38

ancient Indian practice of a woman committing suicide after her husband's death

Question 39

Midhat Pasha

Answer 39

tried to create reforms about the constitution and education

Question 40

Leopold

Answer 40

king of Belgium

Question 41

The "While Man's Burden"

Answer 41

the belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize indigenous people

Question 42

Genocide

Answer 42

the killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation

Question 43

Franz Ferdinand

Answer 43

Archduke of Austria-Hungary

Question 44

Bosnian Crisis

Answer 44

when Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina

Question 45

Mustafa Kemal

Answer 45

Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state

Question 46

Umofia

Answer 46

Land in which Okonkwo and his family lives

Question 47

Shintoism

Answer 47

religion; located in japan and related to Buddhism

Question 48

Self determination

Answer 48

President Woodrow promoted this concept

Question 49

Treaty of Serves

Answer 49

a pact between Allies and the Ottoman Empire

Question 50

Henry Stanley

Answer 50

British-American explorer of Africa, famous for his expeditions