4018847245 | White man's burden | rationalization for imperialism, idea that it was the responsibility of Europeans to civilize and Christianize | 0 | |
4018847246 | Scramble for Africa | dividing Africa between European countries | 1 | |
4018847247 | Goals of imperialism | expand influence, take land from natives for own purposes | 2 | |
4018847248 | Berlin Conference | agreement between European nations to only colonize areas agreed upon | 3 | |
4018847249 | Ethnocentrisms | belief that you are superior and everyone else should be like you (racism, superiority) | 4 | |
4018847250 | Old vs. New Imperialism | old imperialism focused on establishing trade ports, new imperialism focused on gaining raw materials | 5 | |
4018847251 | Characteristics of New Imperialism | gain land by force, Christianizing natives, nationalism, raw materials, White Mans Burden | 6 | |
4018847252 | African responses to imperialism | fought back against Europeans, allied with Europeans for protection, armed themselves for defense | 7 | |
4018847253 | Reasons for European colonial acquisitions | superior technology | 8 | |
4018847254 | Importance of South Africa | acquired by Britain after Boer Wars, gold and diamonds | 9 | |
4018847255 | Migration from 1750-1900 | coerced labor, temporary, movement to urban areas | 10 | |
4018847256 | Opium Wars | caused by British desire to trade opium in China (illegal), British won, forced China to open to trade with Europeans | 11 | |
4018847257 | Sepoy Rebellion | Indian soldiers rebelled due to rumor about bullets using animal fat, after rebellion Britain took direct control over India | 12 | |
4018847258 | Japanese Modernization/ industrializations | used Western technology, didn't have to invent it, limited foreign influence so they were able to control industrialization, state-sponsored (not by investors like in Britain), industrialized faster than Britain | 13 | |
4018847259 | Taiping Rebellion | civil was in China between Qing dynasty and Christians, reflected growing power of the west | 14 | |
4018847260 | Meiji Restoration | desire to restore imperial rule to Japan, resulted in Japan seeking increasing contact with Western powers | 15 | |
4018847261 | Treaty of Nanjing | ended Opium War, gave Britain exclusive rights to China | 16 | |
4018847262 | Boxer Rebellion | Chinese uprising against the spread of European and Japanese influence in the country, China was unsuccessful | 17 | |
4018847263 | Continuities between the Ming and Qing dynasties | patriarchal | 18 | |
4018847264 | Enlightenment | intellectual movement that inspired revolutions, government protection of individual rights, government is responsible to its citizens | 19 | |
4018847265 | Revolution Cycle | revolutions are planned by the middle class/ nobility, original ideas aren't enough so the revolution becomes radical, it then becomes too radical | 20 | |
4018847266 | Revolutions of 1848 | monarchies attempted to maintain control and keep peasants happy, revolutions were inspired by democratic reforms | 21 | |
4018847267 | Causes of the French Revolution | economic problems, Enlightenment ideals, unhappy lower class, desire to get rid of the monarch | 22 | |
4018847268 | Effects of the French Revolution | did not permanently achieve its goals, created a temporary democracy, eliminated the G given to nobility, reduced the power of the church | 23 | |
4018847269 | Similarities between the American and French Revolutions | Enlightenment ideas, individual rights, get rid of monarchy, democratic ideas | 24 | |
4018847270 | Congress of Vienna | Congress of Vienna- met to restore post-war to Europe after Napoleon | 25 | |
4018847271 | Franco-Prussian War | war was fought to achieve German Unification | 26 | |
4018847272 | Reasons for emigration and immigration | Emigration= famine, poverty, religious problems; Immigration= loss of native populations, spread of diseases | 27 | |
4018847273 | Causes and effects of Haitian Revolution | inspired by Enlightenment ideas, took advantage of French Revolution, economic problems, inspired Latin American revolutions | 28 | |
4018847274 | Causes of LA independence movements | inspired by other revolutions, Europe was too busy fighting Napoleon | 29 | |
4018847275 | Characteristics of new governments in Latin America | most countries established republics, others (Brazil- King Pedro) set up limited monarchies | 30 | |
4018847276 | Reasons for the slow modernization of Russia | did not invest in industrialization, relied too heavily on serfs | 31 | |
4018847277 | Russian motivation for gaining land from Ottomans | desire for a warm water port | 32 | |
4018847278 | German and Italian Unification | Bismark and Garibaldi, nationalism | 33 | |
4018847279 | nationalism | people are bound by culture and territory to share a common identity, very influential ideal in the 19th century | 34 | |
4018847280 | Industrialization | shift to mechanized production | 35 | |
4018847281 | Products of the first Industrial Revolution | textiles, coal | 36 | |
4018847282 | Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain? | access to labor force, natural resources, water for transportation, commercial society, | 37 | |
4018847283 | Political changes in industrial societies | rising middle class, desire for international trade | 38 | |
4018847284 | . Changing role of cities during the Industrial Revolution | creation of public services, railroads, city offices and government, city planning | 39 | |
4018847285 | Roles of women | gained right to vote during 19th century, began working outside the home in factories | 40 | |
4018847286 | Victorian Age | women and men belonged in separate spheres, cult of domesticity | 41 | |
4018847287 | Karl Marx | Communist Manifesto, believed in a violent revolution to overthrow the government, proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie and establish a classless society | 42 | |
4018847288 | Laissez-faire | Adam Smith, government doesn't get involved in the economy | 43 | |
4018847289 | Ottoman Reforms | Tanzimat, strengthened power of religious elite | 44 | |
4018847290 | Reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire | problems with Turkish rule, religious taxes, weak rulers and military, ineffective government | 45 | |
4018847291 | Crimean War | Russia v. everyone else, proved Russia was weak due to lack of modernization | 46 | |
4018847292 | Balkan Crisis | European powers worked together to prevent Russia from gaining power | 47 | |
4018847293 | Characteristics of the period 1750-1900 | end of slave trade, China= Middle Kingdom, dominance of Western nations, imperialism, industrialization, | 48 | |
4018847294 | Forces for change in Europe from 1750-1900 | capitalism, industrialization, Enlightenment, nationalism | 49 | |
4018847295 | Reasons for the growing power of Western countries | innovation, control of foreign countries, imperialism | 50 |
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