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AP World Unit 4

1750-1914

QuestionAnswer
What is absolutism? The monarchy controls everything
What is "every man for himself?" Capitalism
What is the root word of imperialism? Empire
When did western hemisphere free itself from European control? By early 19th century
What is eugenics? Breeding people to get the best people
What is ethnocentrism? The belief that your culture, race, religon, and government is the best
What is pride in one's country instead of a specific leader? Nationalism
What group of people applied the theory of natural selection to sociology? Social Darwinists
What is the "White man's burden?" Europeans have the moral obligation to teach others hows to be civilized
Why was China called the Middle Kingdom? They believed they were at the center of the world
What are new technologies that were developed? Telegraph, telephone, radio, national postal system, steamship, railroad, trains
What is a big farm that only produceds one crop? A plantation system
What was the Monroe Doctrine? President Monroe said that Europeans could NOT intervene with countries in the Western Hemisphere
What did the Latin American trade do? Increase the importance of slavery
What made Egypt a significant commerical and political power? The Suez Canal
England gets opium from India, and sells it to: China
The opium lets what flow out of China? Silver
What is Extraterritorality? A crime is committed in another country by a visitor. The foreign country can not punish the visitor; the home country punishes the person.
What changed due to the Industrial Revolution? The country was no longer principally agricultural and rurl. People moved to cities.
What improved farming? The second agricultural revolution 18th century
Who invented capitalism? Adam Smith
What was Adam Smith's philosophy? The government should NOT interfere with the economy.
If the cotton gin had not been invented, what would have ended sooner? Slavery
Adam Smith's book about capitalism was called: Wealth of Nations
Electricity overtakes steam and coal as: Power source
Who invented interchangeable parts? Eli Whitney
What is the working class? Proletariat
What was born because of the Industrial Revolution? The working class
What was the middle class? Borgeoisse
What began to be determined more by wealth than family position? Social Status
Marxism is the same as: Communism
Countries with industrial technologies had advanced what? Military weapons
The lightbulb created what? Work shifts. Now people could work into the night.
Role of the individual changes and what happens in the factories? The person becomes part of the machine
Karl Marx wrote what? Communist Manifesto
Charles Dickens wrote of what? Social ills of industrialization
What did the Ludites do? Destroyed factory equipment and protested working conditions/wages
What was the first industrial war? The United States Civil War
When was the US civil war? 1861-1865
What is monoculture? One crop is grown
What happened in the "Banana Republic?" US took over islands and forced them to grow bananas. They grew bananas and shiped them to America for cheap prices.
Why didn't Russian have a real culture? Mongol rule
What does the Meiji Restoration? It turns on the power switch for Industrialization in Japann.
Who brought huge boats to Japan and forced them to trade? Commodore Perry
Japan fired on foreign ships; Europe fired back; what happens? Emeror Meiji was restored to power
Who are the zaibatsu? Super rich families that start businesses in Japan. There were four big rich families that formed companies.
What doubled in Britian in 1700s? Population almost doubled 5 million to 9 million
What are the Enclosure Acts? Public lands closed off, so people moved to cities
Britain had reforms: Women's suffrage and universal, free education
What rose up in Japan? Private corporations arose
What made textile revolution possible? Cottin gin
No matter what time the Industrial Revolutions occured, what remained constant? They all go through the same process
What is urbanization? The shift of people from countryside to city
What are propaganda writers? Musckrackers
What is the Scientific Revolution? Discovering, learning, evaluating, understanding the natural world
What is the Industrial Revolution? Appling that understanding to natural ends
What does urbanization cause? Rise of nationalism, colonization, independence movements and revolutions, social unrest,
What is the Enlightenment? Thinking rationally
What is anti-Semitism? Hate Jews
What happened in Ireland? Famine
What pushed the migration of people to North/South America? Famine in Ireland; Anti-Semitism-Russia; Religous toleration; Poverty; Joblessness
What are pogroms? The government allows people to kill Jews
Britain wanted to make ____ illegal? Slavery 1807-1808
What did British ships to? Stopped slave ships
Effects of slave trade on Africa? Loss of population growth; relies more on foreign goods; guns, textiles, alcohol
___ decreases, as ___ decreases. Dathrate decreases as birth rate decreased.
Natural Resources quote: "STEALING IS CHEAPER THAN DEALING!"
What did countries do? Colonize, drain natural resources, and do not compensate natives
What disease came about in urban cities? Rickets-disease of the bones because of underexposure to sunlight
What diseases allowed? Cholera/tuberculosis
In 1850, Industrial Revolution is over, what happens? The working class starts to benefit (People get rights)
Most working women were ___? Single
Women were paid __ than men? less
What new group forms? Middle class housewives
What era idealized women? Victorian Age
The group of women that lost rights does what? Organizes to demand rights/ suffrage
What is social mobility? The ability to move from one class to the next
Husband= ___ Wife= _____ Husband-wage earner Wife-Homemaker
Old money from family; New money- you make it
Wealth based on Adam Smith= Capitalism
The lower class is worknig alongside ___ The managers. They can now see the unfairness. They saw elite gain wealth at their expense.
What is a safe haven for former slaves? Sierra Leone- British colony and Liberia- colonization scheme for freed slaves from U.S.
What is the Emancipation of 1861? The Russian serfs are freed. They are no longer bound to land.
Emacipation of serfts was similar to what? Sharecroppin in US. The former serfs now had to pay for land
What did the Cottin Gin keep going? Slavery. The slaves could now harvest cotton quicker, and slaves needed more
What stimulated the awareness of unequal treatment of women? Enlightenment theories (reason) and active role of women in American and French revolutions
What is the cult of domesticity? Stressing women's place in the home- Dominated Western culture
What occupations were open to women? Child care, teaching, domestic household work, nursing
Domestic means domocile=home
What is suffrage? Voting rights
What is temperance? Stop drinking
What gave women suffrage? World War I
What is autocracy? Self rule= one person rules= dictator
When is the American Revolution? 1776
When is the Civil War? 1864
What is a common theme in revolutions? Frustration with economic exploitation ("No taxation without representation")
What is the Patriot Act? Give up freedom for security
Who invented the social contract? Rousseau
What is the same thing as the Seven Years War? French and Indian War
Who made the Common Sense pamphlet? Thomas Paine
What was Common Sense? US needs to break free from England
What was the conflict at Lexington and Concord? "THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD."
WHEN WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? 1776
France helped US do what? Defeat Britian
Who were the Three Estates in France? 1st Estate- Clergy; 2nd Estate- Nobles 2%; 3rd Estate- Everybody else 97%
What does "sans culottes" mean? Without fancy pants; the urban workers said that
Why did the French Revoltuion happen? Because of the 3 votes-Estates
What was the official start of the French Revolution? Storming the Bastille
The Third Estate (common people) declared themselves what? National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath because They were locked out of the hall
What was the Tennis Court Oath? The citizens demanded a constitution
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went where? To Paris for "safety"
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was what? A copycat of the American Bill of Rights
What did the Declaration of the Rights of man say? Freedom of the press, freedom of religon, increased voting rights, freedom, equality, rule of law
What is the rule of law? No one is above the law
The Declaration of the Rights of Man did what to Church?> Altered the monopoly of the Catholic Church; Separation of Church and State
Who replaced the king? Jacobins
Who was the leader of Jacobins? Robespierre
Constitutional Monarchy was similar to what? The Mandate of Heaven, but in a legal way
What is a Republic? People vote for other people who then decide
What did Robespierre do? Beheaded anyone who disagreed with him 10s of thousands of Frenchmen were beheaded
Who took over France after Robespierre was beheaded? Napoleon
When does Napoleon overthrow directory? 1799
What is a Coup de tat? Quick overthrow of the government
Napolean gave people what that Robespierre took away? Religous freedom
What did the Napoleonic Codes do? Equality of Frenchmen-All men are citizens
Who is the first emperor of France? Napoleon
In russia, what happens with Napoleon? Russia lured Napoleon into Moscow, but then burned their own city. Napoleon had no supplies for troops and retreated back to France.
Napoleon was exiled to: Elba
Napoleon took French army ___ after he was exiled and returned to France? Waterloo, Belgium
After Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to ___ St. Helena (In middle of ocean)
What was the Congress of Vienna? If a country is overthrown, all the European countries will throw out the revolutionaries and put a king back in power
After Napoleon's exile, what happened in Europe? France was NOT punished; Monarchs were returned to France, Spain, Holland, and Italy
What is a Popular Government? People run the government
What are the Napoleonic Wars? All the wars that occur when Napoleon brings people into the French empire
Conservatism is what? You want to protect people. Take away rights to gain security
The French Revolution accomplished what? It did away with absolute monarchy; Governments had to be more attentive to peoples' needs; creates spirit of nationalism; spread the idea or revolution outside France
What does Napoleon create besides and empire? Nationalism throughout Europe
What is Liberalism? You want as many rights as possible
Nationalism unites what two countries? Italy and Germany BECOME COUNTRIES
Britain gives in to who? Lower classes of people in Britain in order to avoid a rebellion
Who is the "citizen king?" Louis Phillip of France
What catastrophe happened in Ireland? Irish potato famine
What happened in the "Hungry Forties?" Irish Potato Famine
Lois Phillip (Citizen King) refuses reform demands, and who takes over? Revolt starts and Napoleon's nephew, LOUIS NAPOLEON takes over.
What two countries were NOT AFFECTED by Napoleon and French Revolution? Britain (liberal) and Russia (dictator)
What colony in the Americas does France have? Haiti
America is to Britain, as ___ is to France. Haiti
Where was the first successful slave revolt? Haiti
What inspired the slaves in Haiti? The French Revolution
The success of the American Revolution and the French Revolution inspired ____? Haiti
What does indurrection mean? Forceful fight
Toussaint L'ouverture was who? He was a former slave that started the Haitian revolution!
At the end of the civil war, what happened with Haiti? Slaves freed and were in power, but it was still a French colony.
In 1802, troops under Napoleon sent to do what in Haiti? End rule of former slaves
Why did slaves defeat French? Haitians were capable fighters; yellow fever wiped out soldiers; Napoleon gives up attempt to reconquer Haiti
Who was captured and imprisoned in France? L'ouverture
When was Haitian independence declared? 1804
Who was the governor-general for life in Haiti after L'ouverture? Jacques Dessalines who was a former slave
What was the first independent nation in Latin America? Haiti
Napoleon Who sold the Louisisana Territory to US? Napoleon
The Louisiana Territory did what? It gave US control of North American continent
What brought about major change in global power? The Louisiana Territory was sold to US. It MADE US A WORLD SUPERPOWER!
Haitian slaves help France fight off who? Britain/Spain who try to overun Haiti
The Latin American countries were mad at the imperial powers because: They had national identity; resentment of Spanish/Portugese economic policies (like US taxes); Frustrated with American born Creole uppper and middle class
Napoleon and the confusion over who was in power sparked what? The Latin American revolutions
Who are the Caudillos? Guys that take over
What caused the Mexican revolution #1? Revolution in Haiti, and distraction of Spain by its war with France
El Grito de Dolores is what? The call to arms by priest
Delores is what? A city where Mexicans "cried for peace."
When is Mexican Independence Day? SEPTEMBER 16TH NICK'S BIRTHDAY!!!!
Mexican Independence Day is when what happened? El Grito de Dolores (Call to arms by priest)
Miguel Hildago was who? Creole priest who started Mexican Revolution #1
Who led mestizos and Native Americans in rebellio in 1810? Miguel Hildago
Who did the Spanish kill? Hildago
Mexicans were furious because: Spain killed a priest (Hildago)
Who picked up where Hildago left off? Jose Morelos
What happened in 1815? Jose Morelos was killed
When was Spain kicked out by liberal Mexicans? 1823
What did the Mexican's demand in the SECOND revolution of 1910? Free elections
Constitution of 1917 still in effect: true or false True
Mexican Constitution of 1917 did what? Gave voting rights to all males, provided minimum wage, restricted religon
Sino means what? China
What happened during the "Hundred Days of Reform?" Let all people vote, all kids could got to school free, divided rich peoples' land among poor people
What was the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 over? China VS. Japan for Korea
Empress Cixi (Tehsee) of China was who? Concubine that "ruled" for nephew until he was an adult
What was Empress Cixi (Tehsee) of China's nick name? Dragon Lady
Empress Cixi (Tehsee) of China ruled how? Oppressive rule; She opposed ALL reform. Pro-Western was treason
Empress Cixi (Tehsee) of China arrested who? Her nephew and killed his reformers
Empress Cixi (Tehsee) of China's nephew did what? Hundred Days of Reform
Chinese Revolution of 1911 was a result of what? It was a backlash against Cixi's Conservatism
Chinese Revolution did what? Declaration of a republic
Unification of China began under who? Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was in charge of what? Empress Cixi getting overthrown and run out.
Who is the father of modern China? Sun Yat-sen (Nationalist Party)
Who believes the People's Principles? Nationalists in China
What are the People's Principles? Nationalism, oppostion to Manchu Rule, Democracy, People's livelihood
Sun Yat-sen was where when the revolt started? America; He read about the revolt in a newspaper
The Chinese revolutioni was the first time for what? 1st time in history that China was NOT ruled by imperial dynasty
Who came after Sun? Chiang Kai-shek
Who fought for control of China after Sun? Communists under Mao Zedong
Who was Simon Bolivar? Venezuelan leader
Bolivar did what? He was enlightened and educated; he traveled to Europe and United States
Bolivar wins the war: true of false True
What results from Bolivar's win? GRAN COLOMBIA- Columbia, Ecuador, and Venezuela
What is a republic? People vote for people who make laws?
Who was the leader in Argentina? Jose de San Martin
By 1820s, who was free from Spanish rule? A lot of South America
Napoleon invaded Portugal, and what happened? Portuguses king- John VI flees to Brazil
John VI leaves his son Pedro where? In Brazil to rule
Pedro does what? Declares independece for Brazil and makes himself emperor
Who rules after Pedro? Pedro II
What advantage did Brazil have? ADVANTAGE OF STABLE MONARCHY DURING INDEPENDENCE
Brazil did what in 1888? Abolished slavery
Brazil set up: A republic
Effects of Latin American independece movements: Europe kicked out of Latin American
Negative reults of Latin American independence: Slavery still existed; peasants still worked plantations owned by a FEW landowners; No middle/working class; enlightenment ideas did not spread outside landowning class
Catholic Church remained: Very powerful in Latin America
Latin American economies were dependent on: Europe
Who had power in Russia? Czars had absolute power
Who used secret police to defeat rebellions and reform? Alexander I and Nicholas I
1860s- Alexander I did what? Emancipation Edict- abolished serfdom
What abolished serfdom in Russia? Emancipation Edict
In Russia, what happened to freed serfs? They were given small plots of land, and had to give huge payments to the government. It was hard to improve situation
Some arts began to flourish in Russia after: Serfs freed
Tolstoy-Anna Karenina wrote what (Russia)? War and Peace, a book
A Russian artist, Dostoyevsky did waht? The Brothers Karamazov
Tchaikovsky, a Russian, wrote what? Swan Lake and the Nutcracker (ballet)
What was Russification? All Russians HAD TO learn Russian language and convert to Orthodox Christianity
Anyone who did not convert to Orthodox Christianity in Russia, was: Persecuted, especially Jews
Moderates in Russia march on czar's palace peacefully and ask for reform. What happens? Nicholas II sends his troops against protesters- Bloody Sunday- 1905
Czar attempts legislative reform and appoints: Prime Minister and creates Duma
What is Duma Prime Legislative (No real power; czar keeps power.)
What happens in India? Rich people are getting educated
The educated Indians ___ Wanted freedom
What is formed in India? Indian National Congress
Mohanda K Gandhi was what? Central figure in India's freedom movement
What does Mohatma mean? Great Soul
Mohanda Gandhi was called? "Mohatma" Gandhi (Mohatma means great soul)
Who are Peninsularies? Rich people from Spain who run things in Latin America
Bolivar and Martin are doing what? Freeing the countries in Latin America
Between what time did all Spanish colonies become independent nations? Between 1808-1824
What did Napoleon create all over world? Nationalism
What is nationalism? Feelings of connection to home, region, language, cluture
What two countries eventually unified? Italy and Germany
Who was the Italian nationalist who kicked out Spain and united Italy? Giuseppi Garibaldi
What was Garibaldi's (Italy) army called? Red Shirts
What do the Red Shirts do? Unite Italy
Where is Prussia located? Within Germany
Prussia and other kingdoms become: Germany
Germany and Austiran Empire were NOT united since when? Holy Roman Empire
Who united Germany? Otto von Bismarck
Who was Otto von Bismarck? He was prime minister of Prussia who united Germany
Bismarck's goal was to: Consolidate the region under Prussia's authority
Who was the SECOND REICH? OTTO VON BISMARCK (BEFORE WWI)
WHAT WAS FIRST REICH? HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
THIRD REICH? HITLER
Germany becomes world power, and by 1914, thought what? They thought they could take on anyone
Why did the countries move toward REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTS IN SECOND HALF OF CENTURY? INDUSTRIALIZATION, MODERNIZATION, URBANIZATION, POPULATION GROWTH, TOO MANY ISSUES FOR ONE MAN TO HANDLE
What is UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE? EVERYONE CAN VOTE ALL COLORS BOTH GENDERS
Second and third reform acts in Britain did what? UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
Louis Napoleon renamed himself what? Napoleon III
Deposed means thrown out
In 1871, France becomes what? Democratic Republic and has UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
Nationalism is more powerful than what? Demand for democracy
Garibaldi was ____ Italy
Von Bismarck was ___ Germany
Austria-Hungary struggled on what? How much power to give ethnic minorities
Austria-Hungary is 2 countries internally (domestically), but 1 country internationally
Who fought the Crimean War? Russia VS Ottoman Empire
What did Russia VS Ottoman Empire for? Balkans
Who wins Crimean War? Ottomans win with the help of France and England
Czar Alexander II forced to do what after defeat in Crimean war? implement reforms
What did Alexander II of Russia do? Modernize Russia and Emancipation of serfs in 1861
Nicholas II ignored who in 1905? Duma
Who neutered the government (Duma) in 1905? Nicholas II
Who had authority and power in Japan in 18th century? Shogunate (Technically emperor, but shogunate had all power)
Tokugawa Shogunate did what? Centralized (unified) Japan
Problems in Japan? Dictatorial, stratified society, few personal freedoms, and ISOLATED from world
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE MEIJI RESTORATION? THEY BECOME INDUSTRIALIZED
Meiji restoration abolishes what? Feudalism
What did the Constitution of 1890 in Japan do? Elected parliament called DIet
Women were viewed as what in Japan 1890? Second class citizens
During industrialization, Japan sent who where? Young members of upper class to study in Western Europe
Japan became what during their industrialization? "AMERICA EAST"
What injustice happened in Nagasaki? Temperatures in a working factory were too hot, and the workers were shot for trying to escape
Political posititons became based on what during Japanese industrialization? Merit
There was no longer negative status of who in Japan during industrialization? Trade, merchants, artisanship
The lower class in Japan during industrialization had what privileges Free education, allowed to serve in military, population grew
What is Feminism? WOMEN ARE EQUAL TO MEN
WHO FOUNDED FEMINISM? MARY WOLSTONECRAFT
WHO WAS MARY WOLSTONECRAFT? ENGLISH WRITER AND MOTHER OF MODERN FEMINISM
WHAT WAS MARY WOLSTONECRAFT'S MAIN IDEA?Q EDUCATION IS THE KEY
Who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women? Wolstonecraft
Olympes de Gouges argues what? Women suffrage
What did the Feminists say? Women were indviduals with different strengths and abilites; Should be allowed to develop without social restrictions
The lack of civil rights for women made it difficult to do what? Argue for other causes
What causes did women help? Slavery, temperance, improving schools, helping poor
What jobs could women have? teaching, nursing
Who helped orphans and poor? women
Who called for better working conditions and right to vote? Women Suffragette
When did women get suffrage? WWI
What replaced agriculture as largest part of economy? Industrialization
What class grew with industrialization? MIDDLE CLASS
What class emerged with industrialization? LOWER CLASS- INDUSTRIAL WORKING CLASS
What was key to economy in 18-19th centuries? slavery
Fall of mercantilism with rise of ___? capitalism
Who wrote the Wealth of Nations? Adam Smith
What is Adam Smith's "invisible hand?" Supply and Demand
What is a Marxism quote? Rich people have always taken advantage of the poor people
What is Socialism? Economic competition is inherently unfair and leads to injustice/inequality
Utopian socialists say what? With good planning and regulation- everyone can be happy
What is more radical socialism? Maxism
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto? Karl Marx
History is driven by what? Class struggle between upper and lower class
Who said that all history was a result of struggle between bourgeoise and proletariat? Karl Marx
Workers would overthrow, which would lead to ___? Communism (A revolution was necessary)
What would result from overthrow? Dictatorship of the proletariat
What would go away in communism? the state and government
Communism gives what kind of society? Classless society
Ideally in Communism, what would happen? Perfect justice, social equality, and plenty
Who gets what in COMMUNISM? GOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY NEED
WHO GETS WHAT IN SOCIALISM? GOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY HOW HARD YOU WORK
WHO CONTROLS RESOURCES IN SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM? GOVERNMENT
What is Bourgeosie? Middle and Uppper Class
What is Proletariat? Lower class
What was the only NON-WESTERN nation to have effective colonial empire? JAPAN
What is popular representation? people representation
What is anarchism? No government
What was illegal in industry at first? trade unions
What worldview becomes huge in WEST? Secular
Darwin's theory of evolution accereralted what? secular worldview
Huge Emigration from Europe and China to___? North and South America (Most to United States)
Who said, "God is dead?" Fridich Nietzche
What did Nietzche say? All systems or morals are valueless in the material modern age
Japan adopted Western behaivor- True or false True
What is the perfect example of a ROMANTIC NOVEL? FRANKEINSTEIN
Why is Frankeinstein connected to Enlightenment? DR. FRANKEINSTEIN USES SCIENCE TO PLAY GOD LIKE THE ENLIGHTENMENT. HIS CREATION KILLS HIM.
Who started ROMANTICISM? Rousseau
What was ROMANTICISM a backlash to? The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was about logic and reason outlook, whereas ROMANTICISM was: EMOTION AND PASSION ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND LOVE OF NATURAL WORLD
Realism rejected ___ Romanticism and had a critical view of life; everyday life, poverty, class injustice
What gave the WEST the ability and resons to conquer the world? Industrialization
What caused imperialism:? Need for raw materials, and markets for goods
What did America get from Hawaii? Sugar and pineappples
Central America and Caribbean are dependent on: foreign loans
Latin America dependent on who for finished goods? Europe
What gave the WEST the ability and resons to conquer the world? Industrialization
What caused imperialism:? Need for raw materials, and markets for goods
What did America get from Hawaii? Sugar and pineappples
Central America and Caribbean are dependent on: foreign loans
Latin America dependent on who for finished goods? Europe
United States protected the AMEICAS FROM EUROPEAN THREAT with what? MONROE DOCTRINE
Need to maintain bases and coal stations becuase: Steam powereed ocean fleets; needed elaborate repair and fueling facitlities
Medical advances did allowed for what? Go into tropical regions without fear of sleeping sickness, yellow fever, malaria
Racial superiority led to what belief? White people are supposed to conquer "backward people"
Who said, "I contend that we are the finest reace in the world, and the more of it we inhabit, the better it is." Cecil Rhodes
Who applied social darwinism to humanity? Herbert Spencer
What is social darwinism? The people who are most technologically and culturally advanced should coquer other people
Who wrote the poem "White Man's Burden?" Rudyard Kipling
What does "CIVILIZED" MEAN in terms of White Man's burden? INDUSTRIALIZED AND CHRISTIAN
What does the sun never sets on the British Empire mean? Britian had so many colonies that the sun actually never set on the entre british empire.
Who hated on Africa? Portuguese and Belgians
What was the French similar version of White Man's Burden? la mission civilisatrice
Who did germany and italy poison gas (not Jews)? North africa
What is jute? strong fiber for ropes
What gave an opening to Europe? Mughal rule- Fighting between Hindus and Muslims
Who did the British East India Company conquer? Bengal in Bangladesh
Who had a trade influence in India? Britain
Who were the sepoys? Indian Soldiers that were body guards for the British East India Company in India
WHo was similar to Big Rob? Sepoys
What was a rumor that made the sepoys furious? Bullet cartridges were greased with pork and beef fat - both forbidden to Hinus and Muslims
Sepoys killed who? The British who disrespected their religons.``
Britain took over India after ___? Sepoy Mutiny
What was British imperialism in India? Raw material from India to britain- finished materials back to india- textile industry
What religon spread from Britian to India? Christianity
India National Congress formed when? 1885
What gave British an immense wealth and prestice and some world power? Control of India
What happened in India because of Britain? Famines that kill one third of Indian population
What did the English say to their Indian friends? "Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals, and in intellect."
What was eliminated in India? Sati-burning widows alive; thugee-ritual assassination of travelers; and harsh treatment of untouchables
What is southeast asia similar to in USA? Florida of Asia
Who controlled Indonesia before 1800? Dutch East India Company
Who controlled Indochina - Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia? France
Who controls Burma? Britain
Britain had a huge influence in what Asian country? China
What Asian country remained independent because of their AWESOME kings? Thailand
Thailand was a buffer (middle ground) free zone between what? Between British Burma and French Indochina
Why did USA want Phillipines? Prevents Japanfrom having a naval base over here; US colony now; moral obligation to help poor yellow brothers
What happened in the Spanish Ameican War of 1898? Americans and Natives overthrew Spanish; USA annexation of Phillipines
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