3956808317 | Abdul Hamid II | Sultan who came to power in 1867 and tried to stop revolutions in the Ottoman; falsely accused Armenians of rebelling w/o authority; allowed the Muslims to attack Armenians | 0 | |
3956808318 | Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. | 1 | |
3956809578 | Cixi | Empress of China who resisted change as Europeans took over her nation. | 2 | |
3956809651 | Cohong | Specially licensed Chinese firms that were under strict government regulation | 3 | |
3956816233 | Matthew Perry | A commodore in the American navy. He forced Japan into opening its doors to trade, thus bringing western influence to Japan while showing American might. | 4 | |
3956818730 | Crimean War | 19th century war between the Ottomans and Russia. France, Britain, and Italians helped the Ottomans to defeat Russia but it proved the growing weakness of the Ottoman Empire. | 5 | |
3956818731 | Duma | Russian Parliament | 6 | |
3956821338 | Emancipation Manifesto | abolished serfdom | 7 | |
3956824176 | Fukuzawa Yukichi | More than any other intellectual, he popularized Western thought, ideas and customs | 8 | |
3956829972 | Hundred Days Reforms | Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao wanted to industrialize Chin | 9 | |
3956833133 | Ito Hirobumi | He went on to become Japan's first prime minister | 10 | |
3956833134 | Lin Zexu | 19th-century Chinese official charged during the 1830s with ending the opium trade in southern China; set off the events leading to the Opium War. | 11 | |
3956836682 | Mahmud II | 19th Ottoman sultan who built a private, professional army; crushed the Janissaries and initiated reforms on Western precedents. | 12 | |
3956836683 | Meji Restoration | Modernization of Japan | 13 | |
3956839732 | Muhammad Ali | Not a modern nationalist, but this Egpytian figure is seen as the father of modern Egypt and made modernizing reforms in the military, economic and cultural spheres during the 19th century. | 14 | |
3956839733 | Mutshito | Mushito was the emporor of Japan. He helped to reform Japan by creating a new, modern army. | 15 | |
3956841198 | Nicholas II | Last tsar of Russia, he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops, but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin. | 16 | |
3956845324 | Opium War | 1839-1842. Chinese attempted to prohibit the opium trade, British declared war and won against Chinese. Treaty of Nanjing, agreed to open 5 ports to British trade and limit tariffs on British goods and gave Hong Kong. | 17 | |
3956845325 | Pogroms | Government supported attacks against Russian Ashkenazim | 18 | |
3956847932 | Qing | The name of the last dynasty in China. They had ruled in China since 1644. | 19 | |
3956849553 | Sergei Witte | A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness | 20 | |
3956849554 | Sultan Selim III | the first Ottoman leader to attempt to instate far-reaching reforms in 179 | 21 | |
3956855716 | Taiping Rebellion | (1850-1864) A revolt by the people of China against the ruling Manchu Dynasty because of their failure to deal effectively with the opium problem and the interference of foreigners. | 22 | |
3956856814 | Tanzimat Era | Time of liberal reform from 1839-1876 in which the Ottoman Empire gave other religious groups greater equality but this was not enough to save the empire | 23 | |
3956856857 | Treaty of Nanjing | The treaty ending the Opium war, which was heavily favored toward the British. The Chinese were to pay 21 million dollars, give the British Hong Kong and to extend trading rights to the British. | 24 | |
3956858907 | Tsar Aleksandr II | The tsar and emperor of Russia; Aleksandr at first favored the Liberal reforms and freed the serfs. He was assassinated | 25 | |
3956861934 | Young Turks | Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform | 26 | |
3956863354 | Zaibatsu | The large family-controlled banking and industrial groups that owned many companies in Japan before World War II. | 27 | |
3956866196 | Zemstovs | locally elected assemblies, Russia | 28 |
AP World History Chapter 31 Flashcards
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