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| 3501460500 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. | 0 | |
| 3501460501 | Congress of Vienna | An international conference (1814-15) held at Vienna after Napoleon's banishment to Elba, with Metternich as the dominant figure, aimed at territorial resettlement and restoration to power of the crowned heads of Europe. | 1 | |
| 3501460502 | Haitian Revolution | The only fully successful slave rebellion in world history; the uprising in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (later renamed Haiti) was sparked by the French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war (1791-1804). | 2 | |
| 3501460503 | Latin American Revolution | Latin American wars of independence, the 18th- and 19th-century revolutionary wars against European colonial rule that led to the independence of the Latin American states. Any of the other revolutions and rebellions that have taken place in Latin America during and since European colonial rule, in the 20th century. | 3 | |
| 3504789700 | Nationalism | the belief that people's greatest loyalty should be to the nation of people who share a common culture and history instead of to the king | 4 | |
| 3504789701 | Otto Von Bismarck | Prime Minister of prussia, then chancellor of German Empire Responsible for unity in 1871 | 5 | |
| 3504789702 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Italian military and nationalist leader; he unified the southern states of Italy and joined them to the north to form the united kingdom of Italy. | 6 | |
| 3504789703 | Camillo di Cavour | Italian statesman and premier of the kingdom of Sardinia; architect of the Italian unification movement in the late 1800s. | 7 | |
| 3669813990 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 8 | |
| 3669813991 | Social Darwinism | The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. | 9 | |
| 3669813992 | Sepoy Rebellion (Mutiny) | Imperialism in India; The British commanders were forcing Indian soldiers to use their mouth on the cartridges which were greased with cow and pig fat; This was against religious beliefs and led to an uprising by the Sepoys (or Indian soldiers); easily won by the British and this led to the end of the East India Company | 10 | |
| 3669813993 | Berlin Conference | A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules about the colonization of Africa. They disregarded cultural/ethnic/tribal lines. | 11 | |
| 3669813994 | Opium Wars | Opium War European merchants bought lots from China but sold little to them; Europe had very little affect on China's economic system; to balance this merchants began to bring opium to China even though it was illegal; This greatly disrupted the Chinese economic system and ended with the Treaty of Nanjing | 12 | |
| 3669813995 | Treaty of Nanking | First of the unequal treaties; Hong Kong becomes a British colony and it opened five Chinese ports to the British for trade and residence | 13 | |
| 3669813996 | Boxer Rebellion | Also known as The Boxer Uprising, this was the popular peasant uprising in China (supported nationally), that blamed foreign people and institutions for the loss of the traditional Chinese way of life. "Boxers" were traditionally skilled fighters that attacked Westerners, beginning with Christian missionaries. | 14 | |
| 3669813997 | Spheres of Influence | A geographical area where one country, state, empire, etc. is very dominant and controlling. Controlling group often brings their own customs, political ideas, and so on. | 15 | |
| 3939063260 | Causes of WWI (LT & ST) | Nationalism: Bosnians and Serbians were very nationalistic, and the Bosnians(Serbs that were living in Bosnia at the time) wanted to seperate from Austris-Hungary and join Serbia. Alliances:In 1914, France and Germany were looking for Alliances. So France joined Britain and Russia = Triple Entente/Allies. Germany joined with Austris-Hungary and Italy=Triple Alliances/Central Powers. (Note: Italy left the Triple Alliances to join the Allies, when they thought that Germany would lose.) Imperialism:Many countries wanted to acquire land and colonies far away for various reasons. Britain had the largest empire, and other countries wanted colonies for themselves. This was due to industrialism (=more interest in colonies) Militarism: Britain had a strong military, and navy. It was possibly the strongest there was back then. Germany knew this and started to create a navy that could rival Britains. Other countries got suspicious of this and wondered what Germany was up to. | 16 | |
| 3939063261 | Treaty of Versailles | In June 1919, the peacemakers summoned representatives of the new German Republic to the palace of Versailles outside Paris. The Germans were ordered to sign the treaty drawn up by Allies. German reparations would come to over $30 billion dollars. They were forced to assume full responsibility for causing the war. | 17 | |
| 3939063262 | League of Nations | an international organization formed to ensure peace among nations. More than 40 nations joined.They agreed to negotiate disputes rather than resort to war. | 18 | |
| 3939063263 | Armenian Genocide | (1915) During World War I, as the Ottoman Turkish empire fought Russian forces, some of the Armenian minority sided with the Russians. Turkey took revenge killing possibly over a million Armenians. | 19 | |
| 3939063264 | Zionism | a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann. | 20 | |
| 3939063265 | Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) | was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. | 21 | |
| 4043294295 | Vladimir Lenin | Vladimir Lenin was founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state. Vladimir Lenin - Early Life (TV-14; 03:10) At an early age, Vladimir Lenin was exposed to the ideas and actions that would form his communist thinking. | 22 | |
| 4043294296 | NEP | New Economic Policy; limited revival of capitalism especially w/ agriculture/industry; introduced by Lenin to repair damage from Civil War and Communism | 23 | |
| 4043294297 | Joseph Stalin | Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. | 24 | |
| 4043294298 | Collectivization | Hundereds of familys worked on farms for the goverment to boost food production | 25 | |
| 4043294299 | Sun Yixian | Chinese statesman who organized the Kuomintang and led the revolution that overthrew the Manchu dynasty in 1911 and 1912 (1866-1925) | 26 | |
| 4043294300 | 21 Demands | Twenty-one Demands, (Jan. 18, 1915), claims made by the Japanese government to special privileges in China during World War I. The major European powers, which already enjoyed similar privileges in China, could not oppose Japan's move because of their involvement in the war. | 27 | |
| 4043294301 | Long March | Long March definition. An important event in the history of the Chinese communists. Driven from southern and eastern China by Chiang Kai-shek at the end of the 1920s, the communist leader Mao Zedong led his forces on a long march to safety in the northwest part of China. | 28 | |
| 4043294302 | Kuomintang (Nationalist party) | 1912, Chinese nationalist party founded by Sun Yat-Sen, led after 1925 by Chiang Kai-Shek; from kuo "nation, nationalist" + min "people" + tang "party." Kuomintang in Culture Expand. | 29 | |
| 4043294303 | Mao Zedong (policies included) | was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. His Marxist-Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Marxism-Leninism-Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought. | 30 | |
| 4043294304 | Causes of the Mexican Revolution | The Mexican Revolution was brought on by, among other factors, tremendous disagreement among the Mexican people over the dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz , who, all told, stayed in office for thirty one years. During that span, power was concentrated in the hands of a select few; the people had no power to express their opinions or select their public officials. Wealth was likewise concentrated in the hands of the few, and injustice was everywhere, in the cities and the countryside alike. | 31 | |
| 4043294305 | 1917 Constitution (Mexico) | Key components: national ownership of subsoil resources, committed government program of land redistribution, Catholic church could not own property or operate primary schools, members of clergy could not hold office or vote, recognized principles of minimum wage and maximum hours, social security system | 32 | |
| 4229020813 | Mohandas Gandhi | Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. He became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920. He appealed to the poor,led nonviolent demonstrations against British colonial rule, and was jailed many times. Soon after independence he was assassinated for attempting to stop Hindu-Muslim rioting. | 33 | |
| 4229020814 | passive resistance | nonviolent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements. "they called for protest in t | 34 | |
| 4229020815 | Partition of India | The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan (it later split into the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh) and the Union of India (later Republic of India) on 15 August 1947. | 35 | |
| 4229020816 | Fascism | an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. | 36 | |
| 4229020817 | Appeasement | the action or process of appeasing. "a policy of appeasement" | 37 | |
| 4229020818 | Munich Conference | The Munich Conference came as a result of a long series of negotiations. Adolf Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia; British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to talk him out of it. | 38 | |
| 4229020819 | Blitzkrieg | A German term for "lightning war," blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. | 39 |
