315575349 | Industrialization | The process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services | 0 | |
315575350 | Nationalism | Devotion to the culture of a nation | 1 | |
315575351 | Social Darwinism | The belief that one achieves more than others by genetic or biological superiority | 2 | |
315575352 | Opium War | War between Great Britain and China over the Chinese importation of opium | 3 | |
315575353 | Factory System | A method of manufacturing adopted in England during the Industrial Revolution | 4 | |
315575354 | Mejii Restoration | A change in political control of Japan whereby the emperor regained his political power | 5 | |
315575355 | Zaibatsu | Huge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890's as part of the process of industrialization | 6 | |
315575356 | Intelligentsia | Russian term for articulate intellectuals as a class | 7 | |
315575357 | Congress of Vienna | European meeting after Napoleon's defeat to try and restore political stability and settle diplomatic disputes | 8 | |
315575358 | Radical | A person who believes in the democratic movement that called for liberalism and extended personal rights and freedoms | 9 | |
315575359 | Toussaint L' Ouverture | a leader of the Haitian revolt against France | 10 | |
315575360 | Caudillos | military juntas or governments | 11 | |
315575361 | Miguel Hidalgo | Creole priest in Mexico who led rebellion against Spain | 12 | |
315575362 | Sino-Japanese War | War fought between China and Japan over Korea from 1894 to 1895 | 13 | |
315575363 | Simon Bolivar | Creole military leader who fought for Columbian independence between 1817 and 1822 | 14 | |
315575364 | Duma | Something like parliament but has no real power, every time they tried to make change, Czar disbanaded them | 15 | |
315575365 | Creoles | People of Iberian Peninsular descent who were born in Latin America | 16 | |
315575366 | Liberal | A person willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own | 17 | |
315575367 | Conservative | A person not changing or innovating, holding on to traditional values | 18 | |
315575368 | Crimean War | A war between Russia and a group of nations including England, France, Turkey and Sardina from 1853 to 1856 | 19 | |
315575369 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Family of warlords who seized control of Japan in 1600s | 20 | |
315575370 | Diet | Parliamentary legislative body that had no real power in Japan | 21 | |
315575371 | Socialism | Idea that economic competition is inherently unfair and leads to injustice/inequality | 22 | |
315575372 | Romanticism | Most important; emotion / passion, more self expression. Self-realization of the individual, heroism, love of the natural world | 23 | |
315575373 | Taping Rebellion | Rebellion initiated by Hong Xiaquan to overthrow the Manchurians and establish the kingdom of Heaven in China | 24 | |
315575374 | Boxer Rebellion | Violent movement against non-Chinese cultural influence in China during the final years of the 19th century | 25 | |
315575375 | Trans-Siberian Railroad | Connected European Russia with the Pacific Ocean | 26 | |
315575376 | Boer War | The name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902 | 27 | |
315575377 | Suez Canal | a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea | 28 | |
315575378 | Socialist Revolution | A proletarian (servant) revolt inspired by the ideas of Karl Marx | 29 | |
315575379 | Proto-Industrialization | Preliminary shift away from an agricultural economy | 30 | |
315575380 | Feminist Movement | Sought legal and democratic gains for women such as equal access to education, right to vote, professions in workplace | 31 | |
315575381 | Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Austri-Hungary and Italy at the end of 19th century | 32 | |
315575382 | Triple Entente | Agreement between Britain, Russia, and France in 1907 | 33 | |
315575383 | Partition | a division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds | 34 | |
315575384 | Benito Juarez | Indian lawyer and politician who led a liberal revolution against Santa Ana | 35 | |
315575385 | Profirio Diaz | A general in Juarez army who was elected as president of Mexico and ruled for 35 years | 36 | |
315575386 | Tropical Dependencies | Western European possessions in Africa, Asia, and South Pacific where small number of Europeans ruled a large indigenous populations | 37 | |
315575387 | Gunboat diplomacy | Diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force | 38 | |
315575388 | Modernization Theory | Summarize modern transformations of social life | 39 | |
315575389 | Ottoman Society for Union and Progress | A 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 II | 40 | |
315575390 | Holy Alliance | Alliance between Russia, Prussia and Austria to defend the established order | 41 | |
315575391 | Anarchists | Political group that sought the absolution of formal goverment as a way of creating a better society | 42 | |
315575392 | Bolsheviks | Most radical group of the Russian Marxists movement | 43 |
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