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315575349IndustrializationThe process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services0
315575350NationalismDevotion to the culture of a nation1
315575351Social DarwinismThe belief that one achieves more than others by genetic or biological superiority2
315575352Opium WarWar between Great Britain and China over the Chinese importation of opium3
315575353Factory SystemA method of manufacturing adopted in England during the Industrial Revolution4
315575354Mejii RestorationA change in political control of Japan whereby the emperor regained his political power5
315575355ZaibatsuHuge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890's as part of the process of industrialization6
315575356IntelligentsiaRussian term for articulate intellectuals as a class7
315575357Congress of ViennaEuropean meeting after Napoleon's defeat to try and restore political stability and settle diplomatic disputes8
315575358RadicalA person who believes in the democratic movement that called for liberalism and extended personal rights and freedoms9
315575359Toussaint L' Ouverturea leader of the Haitian revolt against France10
315575360Caudillosmilitary juntas or governments11
315575361Miguel HidalgoCreole priest in Mexico who led rebellion against Spain12
315575362Sino-Japanese WarWar fought between China and Japan over Korea from 1894 to 189513
315575363Simon BolivarCreole military leader who fought for Columbian independence between 1817 and 182214
315575364DumaSomething like parliament but has no real power, every time they tried to make change, Czar disbanaded them15
315575365CreolesPeople of Iberian Peninsular descent who were born in Latin America16
315575366LiberalA person willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own17
315575367ConservativeA person not changing or innovating, holding on to traditional values18
315575368Crimean WarA war between Russia and a group of nations including England, France, Turkey and Sardina from 1853 to 185619
315575369Tokugawa ShogunateFamily of warlords who seized control of Japan in 1600s20
315575370DietParliamentary legislative body that had no real power in Japan21
315575371SocialismIdea that economic competition is inherently unfair and leads to injustice/inequality22
315575372RomanticismMost important; emotion / passion, more self expression. Self-realization of the individual, heroism, love of the natural world23
315575373Taping RebellionRebellion initiated by Hong Xiaquan to overthrow the Manchurians and establish the kingdom of Heaven in China24
315575374Boxer RebellionViolent movement against non-Chinese cultural influence in China during the final years of the 19th century25
315575375Trans-Siberian RailroadConnected European Russia with the Pacific Ocean26
315575376Boer WarThe name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-190227
315575377Suez Canala ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea28
315575378Socialist RevolutionA proletarian (servant) revolt inspired by the ideas of Karl Marx29
315575379Proto-IndustrializationPreliminary shift away from an agricultural economy30
315575380Feminist MovementSought legal and democratic gains for women such as equal access to education, right to vote, professions in workplace31
315575381Triple AllianceAlliance between Germany, Austri-Hungary and Italy at the end of 19th century32
315575382Triple EntenteAgreement between Britain, Russia, and France in 190733
315575383Partitiona division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds34
315575384Benito JuarezIndian lawyer and politician who led a liberal revolution against Santa Ana35
315575385Profirio DiazA general in Juarez army who was elected as president of Mexico and ruled for 35 years36
315575386Tropical DependenciesWestern European possessions in Africa, Asia, and South Pacific where small number of Europeans ruled a large indigenous populations37
315575387Gunboat diplomacyDiplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force38
315575388Modernization TheorySummarize modern transformations of social life39
315575389Ottoman Society for Union and ProgressA secret circle of liberal-minded students in the imperial military medical school in Constantinople (now Istanbul) who aspired to overthrow the autocratic regime of Sultan Abdulhamit II40
315575390Holy AllianceAlliance between Russia, Prussia and Austria to defend the established order41
315575391AnarchistsPolitical group that sought the absolution of formal goverment as a way of creating a better society42
315575392BolsheviksMost radical group of the Russian Marxists movement43

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