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7 Hist Ch 16 WS BJU
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alexander II | Russian czar from 1855-1881 and he freed the serfs. |
| anarchy | society without government or law |
| Bakunin | Radical who wanted society without government |
| Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. |
| Catherine the Great | Russian ruler who became ruler after her husband died. She legalized the sale of serfs separately from the land |
| Crimean War | Russian war against Ottomans for control of the Black Sea; intervention by Britain and France cause Russia to lose; Russians realize need to industiralize. |
| Decembrist Revolt | a failed attempt by army officers to take control of the Russian government, replace Nicholas I and set up a constitutional monarchy |
| Dostoevsky | Russian Eastern Orthodox novelist who wrote Crime and Punishment |
| Empress Dowager Cixi | Empress of China and adopted mother of Emperor Guangxi. She put her son under house arrest, supported anti-foreign movements like the so-called Boxers, and resisted reforms of the Chinese government and armed forces. |
| France | Britain competed for India with this country |
| French | took over Algeria from the Ottomans |
| Goforth | Canadian missionary to China |
| Guangxu | Chinese ruler who worked to modernize China and developed a constitutional monarchy |
| Hong Xiuquan | Claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus and called himself a "Heavenly King" |
| Hundreds Days' Reform | failed attempt to make significant political, legal and social changes in China |
| Japan | Asian country that defeated Russian in 1905 |
| Japan | first Asian nation to become industrialized even though it had few natural resources |
| Mahmud II | Ottoman who laid the foundation for a modern Turkey |
| Michael Bakunin | Father of Anarchism |
| Napoleon | his troops failed to permanently conquer Egypt |
| Opium | Addictive Jdrug introduced to China from Britain |
| opium | the trade of this product drained Chinese finances |
| Ottoman Empire | Greece and Serbia gained their freedom from this empire |
| Ottomans | lost control of the Black Sea area to the Russians in the mid 19th century |
| Perry | Pressured Japan to open for trade and end its isolation |
| Poland | Russia, along with other nations, partitioned this country to continue their expansion |
| Qing | the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries |
| Robert Clive | British general who led them to a victory at the Battle of Plassey in India |
| Russia | a harsh winter in this country caused great losses to Napoleon's army |
| Sepoy Mutiny | an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India |
| Shintoism | state religion of Japan |
| Sino-Japanese War | a war between China and Japan for influence, power, and territory |
| Spheres of Influence | an area in China where a foreign nation controlled economic developments such as railroad construction and mining |
| The Balkans | geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe named after a mountain range. |
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