AP World History 1750-1914 – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
industrialization
answer
The growing or birth of production
question
Monroe Doctrine
answer
The proclamation that prevented European nations from colonizing in the Americas
question
Opium War
answer
The war that led Western imperialism in China
question
Social Darwinism
answer
The belief that one achieves more than others by genetic or biological superiority
question
nationalism
answer
Devotion to the culture of a nation
question
Factory system
answer
A method of manufacturing adopted in England during the Industrial Revolution.
question
Meiji Restoration
answer
A change in political control of Japan whereby the emperor regained his political power.
question
pogroms
answer
Meaning "wreaking of havoc" in Russian, this was a massive violent attack on a particular ethnic or religious group with simultaneous destruction of their environment.
question
Congress of Vienna
answer
European meeting after Napoleon's defeat to try and restore political stability and settle diplomatic disputes
question
zaibatsu
answer
Huge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890s as part of the process of industrialization
question
radical
answer
A person who believe in the democratic movement that called for liberalism and extended personal rights and freedoms
question
Toussaint L'Ouverture
answer
a leader of the Haitian revolt against France
question
caudillos
answer
military juntas or governments
question
Miguel Hidalgo
answer
Creole priest in Mexico who led rebellion against Spain
question
Sino-Japanese War
answer
war fought between China and Japan over Korea from 1894 to 1895
question
Simon Bolivar
answer
Creole military leader who fought for Colombian independence between 1817 and 1822
question
Duma
answer
Something like parliament but has no real power, every time they tried to make change, czar disbanded them.
question
Creoles
answer
People of Iberian Peninsular descent who were born in Latin America
question
Liberal
answer
A person willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own..
question
Conservative
answer
A person not changing or innovating, holding on to traditional values.
question
Crimean War
answer
a war between Russia and a group of nations including England, France, Turkey and Sardinia from1853 to1856
question
Tokugawa Shogunate
answer
Family of warlords who seized control of Japan in 1600s.
question
Diet
answer
Parliamentary legislative body that had no real power in Japan.
question
Socialism
answer
Idea that economic competition is inherently unfair and leads to injustice/inequality
question
Communism
answer
A forced idea of socialism that is ideally perfect with regards to justice and social equality
question
Romanticism
answer
Most important - emotion/passion, more self expression, Self-realization of the individual, heroism, love of the natural world
question
Taping Rebellion
answer
Rebellion initiated by Hong Xiuquan to overthrow the Manchurians and establish the kingdom of Heaven in China..
question
Boxer Rebellion
answer
Violent movement against non-Chinese commercial, political, religious and technological influence in China during the final years of the 19th century.
question
Boer War
answer
The name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa.
question
Suez Canal
answer
a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
question
Socialist Revolution
answer
A proletarian revolt inspired by the ideas of Karl Marx
question
Proto-industrialization
answer
Preliminary shift away from an agricultural economy
question
Feminist Movement
answer
Sought legal and democratic gains for women such as equal access to education, right to vote, professions in workplace
question
Triple Alliance
answer
Alliance between Germany, Austri-Hungary and Italy at end of 19th century
question
Triple Entente
answer
Agreement between Britain, Russia, and France in 1907
question
partition
answer
a division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds
question
Benito Juarez
answer
Indian lawyer and politician who led a liberal revolution against Santa Ana
question
Profirio Diaz
answer
A general in Juarez' army who was elected as president of Mixico and ruled for 35 years
question
tropical dependencies
answer
Western European possessions in Africa, Asia, and South Pacific where small number of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations
question
gunboat diplomacy
answer
diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force
question
Modernization Theory
answer
summarize modern transformations of social life
question
Ottoman Society for Union and Progress
answer
a secret circle of liberal-minded students in the imperial military medical school in Constantinople (now Istanbul) who aspired to overthrow the autocratic regime of Sultan Abdülhamit II.
question
Holy Alliance
answer
Alliance between Russia, Prussia and Austria to defend the established order.
question
Anarchists
answer
Political group that sought the absolution of formal government as a way of creating a better society.
question
Bolsheviks
answer
Most radical group of the Russian Marxists movement
question
democracy
answer
A form of government that represents the people
question
Intelligentisia
answer
Russian term for articulate intellectuals as a class
question
Trans-Siberian Railroad
answer
Connected European Russia with the Pacific Ocean
question
radicalism
answer
democratic movement that called for liberalism and extended rights
