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WH Quarter Test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 9.1 China at its Height | |
| Which dynasty overthrew the Mongols in China? | Ming: the most organized and strongest dynasty ever in CHN |
| Name one way that dynasty helped China. There are three. | Made Great Wall, Took back Vietnam, made peace w/ nomads |
| What was the name of the new capital of the Ming? | Beijing (north capital) |
| Who was the famous explorer for China? He is known as the Chinese Columbus. | Zheng He (JUNG HUH). Traveled as far as AFR by ship. |
| Which European country came and offended the Chinese? | Portuguese. They told CHN to burn Buddhist shrines for Jesus. |
| What is one reason the Ming Dynasty fell? There are three. | High taxes on ppl/weak leaders/droughts and floods kill crops |
| How did the last Ming emperor die? | Hanged self in the palace garden. |
| Which dynasty took over after the Ming? What were their people called? | Qing (CHING). Manchu ppl from around Korea. Outsiders w/ shaved heads and ponytails. |
| How did Kangxi treat the Christians in China? | Tolerant. |
| What was the name of the rebellion that weakened the Qing? | White Lotus Rebellion |
| How would you describe China’s interaction with other countries through trade? | Thought their stuff was better. Trading was a favor they did for others. Stingy, isolated, snobby. |
| 9.2 Chinese Culture | |
| Name one reason China’s population grew. (There are two) | Peace in Qing dynasty, increased food supply. |
| Name two reasons China didn’t become a Commercial Capitalist country like Europe. (There are three) | Trade was control of gov. ppl were less independent. Looked down on merchants. |
| Chinese society is organized around the _____________. | Family. Its more important the individual. |
| Name two ways that women were treated poorly in China. | Kept in house/no edu/no posessions/no divorce/footbinding |
| What was the name of the Chinese city within a city where only nobles could go? | Imperial (Forbidden City) in Beijing. |
| 9.3 Japan | |
| Who are the three men that worked to unify Japan? | Nobunaga, Tokugawa, Hideyoshi |
| What was Tokyo known as before it was Tokyo? | Edo |
| Why did the Japanese ban the Portuguese from Japan? | New Japanese Christians were told to burn Shinto shrines by missionaries. |
| Why did the peasants revolt in Japan? | Higher taxes, worse working conditions, middle class had same jobs as peasants but w/ pay |
| Who is the most famous Haiku writer? | Basho. Haiku is 5/7/5 syllables |
| What is the difference between Kabuki theater and Noh theater? | Kabuki – wild fast dancing, face paint Noh – very slow, small movements, masks |
| Why was Korea called “The Hermit Kingdom”? ridiculously | Kept themselves isolated from other countries. |
| Unit 10 Enlightenment | |
| 1. Why did Galileo go on trial? Who brought charges against him? | Believed in heliocentric universe. Catholic Church. Gal recanted. |
| 2. Who was the first to come up with a geocentric universe? What is geocentric? When was it first discovered? | Ptolemy/Earth-centered/100s CE |
| 3. What did Ptolemy say was beyond the tenth sphere in the universe? | Heaven/God |
| 4. Who was the first to come up with a heliocentric universe? What does heliocentric mean? | Copernicus/sun-centered |
| 3. Name two reasons the Church didn't like Galileo’s ideas about the universe. | Earth not at center = ppl not important. Bible puts ppl as most important. |
| 4. Who discovered gravity? What one-word title is his book known as? | Isaac Newton/ Principia |
| 5. What did Galen and other ancient doctors think was the beginning point for the circulation of blood in the body? Harvey disproved this idea. | Liver. Shows how far we’ve come. |
| 6. What did Cavendish say about human beings? | Science helps us master nature |
| 7. How did ideas about women in science change during the Scientific Revolution? | Women proved themselves such as being scientists |
| 8. Who said “I think, therefore I am.”? | Descartes (DAY CART) – I am only alive in my mind. |
| 9. In your own words, describe rationalism. | Using reason to solve problems. |
| 10. What is the scientific method? Who came up with it? | Systematic steps of analyzing data/Bacon |
| 11. What was the Enlightenment? | Using the scientific method to solve social problems |
| 12. Why is Diderot important in history? | Invented Encyclopedia |
| 13. What is laissez-faire and who came up with it? | “let them do what they want” Gov should stay out of the econ/Smith |
| 14. What is the social contract and who came up with it? | Rousseau/ gov takes care of the ppl, ppl allow gov to rule |
| 15. What was Mary Wollstonecraft known for? What did she argue for? | First modern feminist/equal education for women |
| 16. How did literacy increase in the Enlightenment? (three things were published more than before) | Newspapers, magazines, books |
| 17. Name one work from Bach, Handel Mozart and Hayden. | Bach – Fugue, Handel – Messiah, Mozart – Magic Flute, Hayden – The Seasons |
| 18. How would an enlightened absolute monarch rule? | Rule with all power, but fairly |
| 19. Who was the Austrian empress who strengthened the country and worked to help the serfs? | Maria Theresa |
| 20. How did Catherine the Great rule? | Fairly (after Peter the Great) (Russia) |
| 21. Who were the two main sides in the French and Indian War? What was the war called in India and Europe? Who won? | Eng v. FR = FR wins |
| Unit 11 Revolutions 1. What were the Three Estates and what percentage of the population was each? | 1st .5%, 2nd 1.5%, 3rd 98% |
| 2. The Third Estate wanted a national ________________ where all people will be equal. When they went to vote on it, they were locked out so they met on a __________________. | Constitution, Tennis Court |
| 3. The storming of what French prison was the official start to the French Revolution? Why did the Third Estate storm the prison? | Bastille, to free their friends who the king put in prison |
| 4. Who were the king of France and his wife during the French Revolution? How did they react to the problems? They did this twice. | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled from the palace twice |
| 5. What does sans-culottes mean? What did the sans-culottes do to the king? What did they use to do it? (book example) | Without fancy pants, they had the king beheaded with the guillotine |
| 6. Marat was a supporter for the _____________. Charlotte ___________ killed him while he was in an ________________ bath because she thought the king was so awesome. (book example) | Revolution, Corday, oatmeal |
| 7. What was the Reign of Terror? Who was in charge of it? Give an example from either Nantes or Lyon. | It was a time of the revolutionaries killing all their dissenters, it was led by Robespierre that burned a ship of dissenters in Nantes |
| 8. What did Robespierre do in France in regards to religion? Give an example of what he did. | He banned religion in France and renamed the churches temples of reason |
| 9. What is nationalism? Why was the French revolutionary army a good example of nationalism? | Love for your country not one specific leader. They fought for their own freedom. |
| 10. Who voted to have Robespierre killed? What was the name of that new government? | The directory, which was a weak government of 5 people that lasted about a year |
| 11. Who committed a coup detat on the new government? What is a coup detat? | Napoleon committed a coup detat which means a quick overthrow of a government |
| 12. How much power did Napoleon have in the new French government? | Total power. He called himself the emperor. |
| 13. Describe the Napoleonic Code. How did it treat women? | It was a civil code of laws that gave everyone rights in France but women. |
| 14. Which modern day countries did Napoleon’s empire control all or part of? Which important European country didn’t get taken over thanks to their strong navy? | Almost all of Europe except England and RUS |
| 15. Why did nationalism grow under Napoleon? | He either made Frenchmen proud of France’s power or the people he took over felt united to fight back against him. |
| 16. Napoleon brought 600,000 troops to ____________. Their enemies retreated and _______ it’s own cities in the process so the French army would not have supplies. In the end, Napoleon retreated and ended up with only ____________ soldiers left. | Russia, burned, 40,000 |
| After his huge defeat, Nap was fired and sent to the island of __ which is off the coast of ____. Then, he escaped, came back and reassembled his ___, only to get pwnd by the Prussians in _____, Belgium. After that, France sent him to ________ | Elba, Italy, army, Waterloo, St. Helena |
| Chapter 12 Nationalism and Unification | |
| 1. What country in Europe was the first to become industrialized? It was industrialized in the 1780s. | England |
| 2. How fast did the rocket railroad go? Where did it start and end? | 16 mph. Liverpool to Manchester. |
| 3. How many more people lived in the US in 1900 than in Britain? | 35 million |
| 4. How did the industrial revolution spread from Britain to other European countries? | Railroads. (mostly W. EUR) |
| 5. What type of factory work was 80% women? | Textile aka clothes |
| 6. Give three examples of factory conditions during industrialization. | High/low temps, child labor, long hours |
| 7. How did industrialization bring about early Socialism? | Ppl working closely, in bad conditions saw that owners were making $ on the workers’ backs |
| 8. Who were the great powers? Where did they meet? (Section 2) | Austria, GB, Prussia, Russia. Met at Congress of Vienna. Worried about another Nap. |
| 9. What did the first republic do in France? Who shut it down? | Reforms to help poor/unemployed. Free bread, workshops. Shut down by conservative gov. |
| 10. Who was the president of the second French republic? | Louis Napoleon |
| 11. Who fought in the Crimean war? Why did they fight? Who won? | RUS v. FR/ENG who are helping OTM (to keep RUS in check) |
| 13. What does realpolitik mean? | Making decisions based on what needs to be done. Being practical not idealistic. |
| 14. Who combined Prussia and Germany, defeated the French, and finally unified Germany? What was this war called? | Bismarck, Franco-Prussian War |
| (took over Paris, sat at Louis Nap’s desk) | |
| 15. Why did England not have revolutions like everyone else in Europe at this time? | Middle class was given rights, votes, low taxes |
| 16. Who was in charge of France when the Germans were invading? | Nap III (AKA Louis Napoleon) |
| 17. How is Austria Hungary two countries but one country as well? | Internally – two separate countries. |
| Dealing w/ other countries – one country. (for mil strength) | |
| 18. How did John MacDonald free Canada? | Aka Canadian Geo. Washington/ Asked Eng for independence/ they said “yeah” |
| 12. Who unified Italy? What was his group called? | Giuseppe Garibaldi, Red Shirts (army marched south to north) |
| Unit 13 Industrial Revolution | |
| 1. How was the first Industrial Revolution different from the second? | First had textiles and steam power, second had steel, chemicals and electric power |
| 2. Why was Daimler (box on 398), Ford and the Wright brothers important? | Daimler – invented internal combustion engine. Ford perfrected the assembly line. Wright brothers were the first to fly. |
| 3. What important invention was responsible for the first ever night shifts in factories? | Light bulb |
| 4. What did Marx think would eventually happen to the bourgeoisie? | The proletariat would overthrow them in a war. |
| 5. What is the difference between pure Marxists and revisionist Marxists? | Pure Marxists said the overthrow had to be violent, revisionists said it didn’t have to be |
| 6. What is a strike? What is it used for? | Strike – stoppage of work used as leverage to get more benefits from bosses |
| 7. What did Marx and Engels mean by the last three sentences of The Communist Manifesto? (pg. 402) | All workers are treated badly and they have nothing to lose. They must unite to for a better life |
| 8. Why did people move to the cities in Europe? | Factory jobs (urbanization) |
| 9. What is the difference between white collar and blue collar jobs? | White collars are usually bosses and don’t get their hands dirty. Blue collars get dirty and are usually the working class. |
| 10. Most women that had jobs were not ______________. | Married, married women stayed in the home |
| 11. After what event do most women in the West get the right to vote? | World War I, because they proved themselves by working in the war and men’s factory jobs |
| 12. What does universal, compulsory education mean? | Everyone has to go to school Universal = everyone Compulsory = required |
| 13. What happened on Bloody Sunday? Who was involved? Where did it happen? | Protestors go to Czar Nicholas’s palace. He has them murdered on his porch in capital of St. Petersburg. |
| 14. What was the US’s first colony? What other lands did it take over? | Samoa is the first. Also Hawaii, Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico |
| 15. How did the US’s expansion make it an empire? | An empire is when you own lands outside your border, so when US got Samoa, it was an empire. |
| 16. What was Einstein’s theory of relativity about? | Space and time are relative to the observer, not concrete. E=mc2 Energy = Mass x speed of light (squared) |
| 17. Who came up with Social Darwinism? What is Social Darwinism? | Herbert Spencer/ Survival of the fittest applied to people |
| 14.1 Imperialism | |
| 1. List three reasons the Qing dynasty declined. | Corruption in gov Rebellions (Boxer and Taiping) Pressure from West Food shortage |
| 2. What happened in the Opium Wars? Who won? What were the results? | ENG used IND to grow opium (drug). Sold it to CHN b/c CHN wouldn't buy anything from ENG. Wanted CHN silver. CHN gov says no, loses wars w/ ENG. |
| 3. What are three things that come from the treaty of Nanjing? | Treaty = to end Opium Wars ENG gets money, control of 5 port cities (including HK), extraterritoriality |
| 4. Why did the Tai Ping Rebellion happen? What kind of country did they want? | Peasants rose up for land and food. Led by Hong Xiuquan (Jesus’ lil’ brother). Wanted a Free, Christian communist country. |
| 5. How many people died in the Tai Ping Rebellion? How long did it last? | 20 million over 14 years. Only ended when West stepped in. West got even more influence by helping. |
| 6. What were the 100 Days of Reform? How was it stopped? | Started by Guang Xu to make CHN more modern. Free press, western schools, modern factories. Stopped by aunt, put him in jail. |
| 7. What was the Open Door Policy? Who started it? | Opened and protected West’s right to trade in China? Started by John Hay (MURICA) |
| 8. Who were the boxers in the Boxer Rebellion? What did they do? How were they stopped? | “Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists”. Buddhists monks/boxers who hated foreigners. = killed them (roaming the countryside) Took 5 countries to stop them |
| 9. What problem did Sun Yat-Sen and the nationalists have with foreigners in China? | Thought CHN was too good to interact w/ foreigners, especially to lose to them. Saw Qing as weak. |
| 10. After Sun puts Yuan in control of China, what happens? How does Sun try to fix it? Where does Sun end up? | Sun flees to Japan. Ppl take control of CHN. |
| 11. How did Western culture impact China after 1900? Relate the idea of individual with the idea of family. | CHN became more independent, modern. Less family-centered. More rights for women, self-chosen marriages. |
| 12. What were two reasons Perry went to Japan for the first time? | To open trade between JPN and US. B/c US sailors were mistreated by JPN after they wrecked. |
| 13. What was the Meiji Restoration? | MAY-GEE. JPN start of Industrial Revolution. Started by Perry. |
| 14. What constitution was the first Japanese constitution modeled after? | Germany’s |
| 15. During the Meiji Restoration, how did Japan’s education, military and women’s rights policies change? | Education = modern and universal Military = stronger and moderner Women = more rights |
| 16. When Japan starts to imperialize, what areas does it take? | All of Korea, parts of Russia, China and Mongolia |
| 17. What was the Gentlemen’s Agreement? | US agreed with JPN to stop JPN immigration to US |
| 14.2 Imperialism | |
| 1. Give three reasons for European countries starting to imperialize. | Resources like rubber, oil, silk Market to sell stuff they made Growth of power and control (EUR was competing w/ each other) |
| 2. What was the “White Man’s Burden”? | Poem. It is the job of the whites to civilize and Christianize non-white savages. |
| 3. How was Social Darwinism used to justify slavery and imperialism? | If natives are not civilized, they need to be ruled. It’s just “how it is”. |
| 4. Which two countries fought over Vietnam? Who won? | France v. England. France wins (call it French Indochina) |
| 5. What countries made up French Indochina? | Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos |
| 6. What is the only country that stayed independent in Southeast Asia? How did it stay free? | Thailand – 2 kings Mongkut and Chulalongkorn negotiated w/ FR and ENG to stay free and become a buffer zone |
| 7. How did the US get the Philippines? | Won it from Spain in Spanish American War. |
| 8. How were plantations in Southeast Asia similar to plantations in America? | Work was done by slaves. |
| 9. Why did England want the Suez Canal to be built? | For a shorter boat ride to Asia. |
| 10. Which country and leader were the first to colonize Central Africa? | King Leopold II, Belgium Brutally treated the natives. Murders, hands cut off, hobbling |
| 11. What do the Berlin Conference and a pie have in common? | Everyone gets a slice. “Berlin Pizza” |
| 12. Who were the Boers? What happened in the Boer War? | From the Netherlands. Settled South Africa in 1600s. 1800s, Boers find diamonds, ENG comes, wars, takes over, push Boers north. |
| 13. Which English guy took over South Africa? What did he rename it? How did he get so rich? | Cecil Rhodes. Rhodesia. Diamonds (forced natives to mine them as slaves) (blood diamonds) |
| 14. What are the only two countries in Africa that stay independent during African colonization? | Liberia b/c US set it up for freed slaves from Civil War Ethiopia – beat back the Italians with sticks and stones |
| 15. What happened in the Sepoy Mutiny? How did it change England’s rule in India? | Sepoys are Indian soldiers protecting English Viceroys (Governors) in India. The Sepoys are treated bad. There is a rumor that they are using bullets greased in cow and pig fat. They revolt, kill many, but are defeated and ENG takes control of all of IND |
| 16. What was the first free country in Latin America and the first successful slave revolt in history? | Haiti. Overthrew French b/c Nappy was screwing up Europe and not paying attention. |
| 17. How did Napoleon’s actions in Europe affect revolutions in Latin America? (p. 454) | Focused on Europe, doesn’t send enough troops to hold back revs. |
| 18. Who is the father of Mexican independence? What did he do? | Father Hidalgo. Cried out for Independence. Started revolution, killed by SPN (martyred) |
| 21. Who helps Panama build its canal? How do they talk Panama into it? How long did Panama keep it? | US helps Panama build canal in exchange for US helping Panama break free from Columbia. 100 years. |
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