Unit 4
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| 166346030 | Extraterritoriality | Immunity from the law of the nation | 0 | |
| 166346031 | Mahmud II | Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1808-1839). Attempted to reform Ottoman Empire, military, law, and education to a more western style. | 1 | |
| 166346032 | Tanzimat | Radical reform group in Ottoman Empire (1839-1876), attempted to reform to a European style of law, education, and military. | 2 | |
| 166346033 | Abdul Hamid II | Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1876-1909). Ruled autocratically and used Tanzimat ideas to reform Ottoman Empire | 3 | |
| 166346034 | Young Turks | Exiled Turks calling for reform, universal suffrage, equality, freedom of religion, free public education, secularization of the state, and emancipation of women. Would cause a coup removing Abdul Hamid II. | 4 | |
| 166346035 | Crimean War | Russia Expansion in the west into the Balkan; defeated Ottoman's to seize land. Crimean War (1853-1856), Western powers attacked Russia and showed its weakness; attacked because defending Ottomans. | 5 | |
| 166346036 | Alexander II | Tsar of Russia, Emancipated the serfs and encouraged industrialization. | 6 | |
| 166346037 | Witte System | Created by Count Sergei Witte, economic policies which designed to stimulate economic development & remove unfavorable conditions which hamper economic growth | 7 | |
| 166346038 | Anarchist | People who dislikes any form of government | 8 | |
| 166346039 | Russification | Adoption of Russian language or culture by non-Russian communities | 9 | |
| 166364105 | Pogrom | Violence against a specific group (religion/ethnicity) Pogrom in Russia were anti-Jewish riots | 10 | |
| 166364106 | Nicholas II | Tsar of Russia (1894-1917), was oppressive and used police control. To avoid domestic problems, he went on campaigns of expansion in the East. | 11 | |
| 166364107 | Russo-Japanese War | Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) began with the Japs attacking a Russian sub. Ended with Russian defeat | 12 | |
| 166364108 | Revolution 1905 | Russian revolution (January 1905) works marched on the Winter Palace and were shot and 130 killed. Resulted in mass uprisings and mutinies but eventually government restored power. | 13 | |
| 166364109 | Soviet | Russian political organization | 14 | |
| 166364110 | Duma | Russia's first parliamentary institution; had very little power | 15 | |
| 166364111 | Opium War | Opium War (1839- 1842) - Chinese vs. British. British won. War started because of Chinese seizing ships carrying Opium | 16 | |
| 166364112 | Unequal Treaties | Series of pacts/treaties on China which affected China's sovereignty and marked spheres of influence in China | 17 | |
| 166364113 | Treaty of Nanjing | (1842) Gave Hong Kong to the British, opened 5 Chinese ports for trade and granted extraterritoriality rights to British subjects | 18 | |
| 166364114 | Taiping Rebellion | Mass rebellion by peasants to give many rights to citizens and to establish democratic political institutions. Nearly overthrew Qing dynasty but ended after European support to Qing. | 19 | |
| 166364115 | Self-Strengthening Movement | (1860-1895) Chinese movement which sought to blend Chinese traditions with European technology. Building modern shipyards, railroads, and weapons factories. | 20 | |
| 166364116 | Spheres of Influence | Foreign powers took Chinese tributary states and carved China into spheres of Influence. Giving other nations exclusive rights in these areas. | 21 | |
| 166364117 | Boxer Rebellion | Rebellion against all the foreign intrusion, killed lots of foreigners but united foreign forces stopped rebellion and made Chinese allow foreign troops to be stationed in China | 22 | |
| 166364118 | Matthew Perry | American who forced relations open with Japan | 23 | |
| 166364119 | Meiji Restoration | Reform to restore imperial rule in Japan, resulted in many political and social reforms | 24 | |
| 166364120 | Diet | Legislature in Japan, had little to no power. Emperor had most of the power. | 25 |
