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13541374271Industrial RevolutionBegan in Britan c. 1750 and led to a need for raw materials and markets0
13541374272Emancipation of Serfs and Slaves19th century development which allowed labor to be more mobile1
13541374273ProletariatThe working class in factories as described by Marx2
13541374274BourgeoisieThe factory owners those who controlled the means of production according to Marx3
13541374275French RevolutionA revolution which resulted in the excecution of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette4
13541374276GuillotineA new method of execution which represented equality under the law5
13541374277Louis XVITried and executed by French revolutionaries in the late 18th century6
13541374278NapoleonCreated an Empire in Europe during the early 19th century but was finally defeated in 18157
13541374279American RevolutionInspired by the Enlightenment, this is war for independence led to a republic8
13541374280Hatian RevolutionThis was the first successful Latin American Revolution9
13541374281NationalismA sense of common identity based on culture, language, values, and geographic boundaries10
13541374282DemocracyA government system in which people have a say in who rules and how they rule11
13541374283Congress of Vienna1815 conference which attempted to restore monarchial power in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon12
13541374284Simon BolivarLeader of the war for independence in northern South America13
13541374285Benito JuarezLeader who attempted to reform Mexico in the mid 19th century14
13541374286Dependency TheoryCore states provide manufatured goods while periphery states provide raw materials15
13541374287Conference of BerlinA late 19th c. meeting between European leaders who agreed to divide Africa so as to avoid war16
13541374288CoalThis fossil fuel is burned to turn water into steam for steam locomotives17
13541374289Indentured ServitudeA contract labor system in which workers signed up to work for an extended period of time, e.g. 7 years18
13541374290Adam Smith and John Stewart MillEconomic reformers who supported ideas which encouraged less government control of the economy19
13541374291Panama CanalCompleted in 1914, linked the Pacific and Atlantic Oceaan20
13541374292Suez CanalalCompleted in 1869 in Egypt, linked the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea21
13541374293American Transcontinental RailroadCompleted in 1869, linked the east and west coasts of the United States22
13541374294CottonThe raw material necessary in the British textile industry, from India, Egypt and Southern USA23
13541374295Opium WarsFought between the British and the Chinese 1838-1842, resulted in the opening of 5 Chinese ports24
13541374296CreolesThe class of people in Latin America who were of European descent but born in the Americas25
13541374297MestizosThe class of mixed race, e.g. Spanish and Indian, in Latin America26
13541374298Boxer Rebellionan anti-foreign uprising in China which led to the intervention of foreign powers 190027
13541374299MarxismAn economic theory which predicted the end of capitalism and rise of the prletariant-led socialist system28
13541374300Social DarwinismHerbert Spencer's false use of Darwin's theory to explain Western dominance based on race29
13541374301Muhammad AliThe ruler of Egypt who attempted to modernize this part of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th c.30
13541374302Meiji RestorationThe end of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the beginning of Japanese modernization31
13541374303Quing DynastyThe Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion helped bring down this dynasty in 191132
13541374304Russo-Japanese WarThe first victory for a non European nation over a European nation since the industrial revolution33
13541374305Taiping RebellionCivil War in China 1850-1864, Qing vs. "Christian" rebels, est. 20-30 million died34
13541374306Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer that argued that women are not inferior to men, "Vindication of the Rights of Women" 179235
13541374307Raw Materials and MarketsIndustrialized nations looked for opportunities gain control over distant lands for these36
13541374308The (1)"means and the (2) motives" for imperialism1. Weapons, Trains, steamships 2. The need for raw material and markets37
13541374309Trans Siberian RailroadCompleted in 1916, linked western Russia to the Pacific at Vladivostok38
13541374310Sepoy Mutiny1857 revolt in India by Indian/British soldiers which led to direct rule of India by the British Raj39

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