modern history

Question 1

imperalism asia 4 reasons

Answer 1

1. strategic importance of pacific island (samoa)
2. second industrial revolution
3. scramble effect :competition against countries
4. Chinese political instability

Question 2

India sepoy rebellion

british east india company

Answer 2

1857-58

1750

Question 3

imperialism in china (what happened)

Answer 3

British india sold opium to china

Question 4

china banned opium

Answer 4

1830

Question 5

first opium war, britain against china

Answer 5

1839-1842 , china lost

britain gained trading privileges and 5 cities for free trade

Question 6

Taiping rebellion and civil war

Answer 6

1850-1864; it was cause by political instability after their defeat against britain

Question 7

second opium war

Answer 7

1856-1860; china against uk, russia and france

Question 8

war between china and japan: china looses korea, taiwan

Answer 8

1894-1895

Question 9

1899-1900

Answer 9

boxer rebllion : chinese secret society are rebelling agains foreigners. but they loose once again.

Question 10

what france did in indochina in 19th century

Answer 10

extended control on vietnam, laos and cambodia

Question 11

1630 to 1853 (not important)

Answer 11

japan is isolated

Question 12

1853

Answer 12

commodore matthew perry took 2 japanese port

Question 13

what does this causes ?

Answer 13

political instability and civil war

Question 14

1868 new government

Answer 14

emperor mutusuhito

Question 15

what did he bring to the country?

Answer 15

modern revolution, a lots of technology

Question 16

1894-1895

Answer 16

japan in war with china. result= japan become a great power

Question 17

1904-1905

Answer 17

war against russia (japan). first defeat of european power

Question 18

19th century: american expansion…

Answer 18

in war with mexico, USA gained texas, california, new mexico

Question 19

1867 USA purchase…

Answer 19

Alaska from russia

Question 20

USA also possess something in the pacific island

Answer 20

coaling stations

Question 21

1898 spanish war-american

Answer 21

USA gained cuba, guam, phillipines, puerto rico and hawaii

Question 22

panama independence

Answer 22

1903

Question 23

fashoda crisis

Answer 23

1898

Question 24

different imperial aims in africa

Answer 24

France: west-east
Britain: north-south

Question 25

second anglo-boer war

Answer 25

1899-1902: africans are called boers.

Question 26

in 1700-1800

Answer 26

white settlers came to live in south africa and installed their rules

Question 27

creation of 2 idependent boer republics in south africa

Answer 27

transvaal and orange free state

Question 28

whate are discovred in the boer state

Answer 28

diamonds and gold

Question 29

1899-1902

Answer 29

war to place boer states under british, bc of gold and diamonds

Question 30

description of both armies

Answer 30

british: large but unprepared boer: guerilla warfare

Question 31

british army are savage...

Answer 31

burned farms and land concentration camps starvation and disease (britain won)

Question 32

1909

Answer 32

union of south africa

Question 33

segregation of black people

Answer 33

apartheid 1948-1994

Question 34

Origins of world war 1

Answer 34

archduke franz Ferdinand was assasinated by Gavrilo Princip in Bosna, 1914

Question 35

longterm causes

Answer 35

nationalism in eastern europe, ottoman empire and austrian-hungary empire (divided force)

Question 36

there is a lot of nationalities in one empire

Answer 36

these nationalities need to break upwith the empire to create their own nation

Question 37

serbia became a state

Answer 37

1835-(1878)

Question 38

their main goal:

Answer 38

create a bigger serbia

Question 39

serbia wants to conquer ....

Answer 39

Bosnia and asked the help of russia (THEY REFUSED)

Question 40

1908

Answer 40

A-H annexed Bosnia to avoid a greater Serbia

Question 41

Serbia's solution to nationalist frustration

Answer 41

Formation of serb terrorists groups in Bosnia

Question 42

Rival Alliances

Answer 42

imperial competition and conflict

Question 43

after 1871 balance of power change in europe...

Answer 43

Creation of Germany= center of gravity | france is week and isolated

Question 44

German alliances 1879

Answer 44

Duel Monarchy- Germany + A-H

Question 45

1882 Tripple Alliance

Answer 45

Germany+ A-H + Italy

Question 46

1887 reinsurance treaty

Answer 46

Germany+ Russia (brilliant treaty made by Otto Von Bismarck) gave money to Russia

Question 47

Goals of Germany

Answer 47

To isolate france | To avoid two-front war with france and russia

Question 48

New german emperor William II - 1890

Answer 48

he's resignated Bismarck and all the progress he made with alliances.

Question 49

what did he end?

Answer 49

alliance with russia

Question 50

1905

Answer 50

first moroccan crisis

Question 51

William II went in morroco, goal:

Answer 51

block french expansion in north africa. but France is helped by brittain and morroco become a french sphere of influence.

Question 52

second moroccan crisis

Answer 52

moroccan rebellion, french crushed the. but germany send gunboat to intimidate french....

Question 53

Franco-Russian alliance

Answer 53

1894

Question 54

triple entente 1907

Answer 54

britain-france-russia

Question 55

triple alliance

Answer 55

germany-A-H-Italy