AP World History 1750-1914 Flashcards
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20336816 | industrialization | The growing or birth of production | 0 | |
20336817 | Monroe Doctrine | The proclamation that prevented European nations from colonizing in the Americas | 1 | |
20336818 | Opium War | The war that led Western imperialism in China | 2 | |
20336819 | Social Darwinism | The belief that one achieves more than others by genetic or biological superiority | 3 | |
20336820 | nationalism | Devotion to the culture of a nation | 4 | |
20346459 | Factory system | A method of manufacturing adopted in England during the Industrial Revolution. | 5 | |
20346460 | Meiji Restoration | A change in political control of Japan whereby the emperor regained his political power. | 6 | |
20346461 | pogroms | Meaning "wreaking of havoc" in Russian, this was a massive violent attack on a particular ethnic or religious group with simultaneous destruction of their environment. | 7 | |
20346462 | Congress of Vienna | European meeting after Napoleon's defeat to try and restore political stability and settle diplomatic disputes | 8 | |
20346463 | zaibatsu | Huge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890s as part of the process of industrialization | 9 | |
20346464 | radical | A person who believe in the democratic movement that called for liberalism and extended personal rights and freedoms | 10 | |
20346465 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | a leader of the Haitian revolt against France | 11 | |
20346466 | caudillos | military juntas or governments | 12 | |
20346467 | Miguel Hidalgo | Creole priest in Mexico who led rebellion against Spain | 13 | |
20346468 | Sino-Japanese War | war fought between China and Japan over Korea from 1894 to 1895 | 14 | |
20346469 | Simon Bolivar | Creole military leader who fought for Colombian independence between 1817 and 1822 | 15 | |
20346470 | Duma | Something like parliament but has no real power, every time they tried to make change, czar disbanded them. | 16 | |
20346471 | Creoles | People of Iberian Peninsular descent who were born in Latin America | 17 | |
20346472 | Liberal | A person willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own.. | 18 | |
20346473 | Conservative | A person not changing or innovating, holding on to traditional values. | 19 | |
20346474 | Crimean War | a war between Russia and a group of nations including England, France, Turkey and Sardinia from1853 to1856 | 20 | |
20346475 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Family of warlords who seized control of Japan in 1600s. | 21 | |
20346476 | Diet | Parliamentary legislative body that had no real power in Japan. | 22 | |
20346477 | Socialism | Idea that economic competition is inherently unfair and leads to injustice/inequality | 23 | |
20346478 | Communism | A forced idea of socialism that is ideally perfect with regards to justice and social equality | 24 | |
20346479 | Romanticism | Most important - emotion/passion, more self expression, Self-realization of the individual, heroism, love of the natural world | 25 | |
20346480 | Taping Rebellion | Rebellion initiated by Hong Xiuquan to overthrow the Manchurians and establish the kingdom of Heaven in China.. | 26 | |
20346481 | Boxer Rebellion | Violent movement against non-Chinese commercial, political, religious and technological influence in China during the final years of the 19th century. | 27 | |
20346482 | Boer War | The name given to the South African Wars of 1880-1 and 1899-1902, that were fought between the British and the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in Africa. | 28 | |
20346483 | Suez Canal | a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea | 29 | |
20346484 | Socialist Revolution | A proletarian revolt inspired by the ideas of Karl Marx | 30 | |
20346485 | Proto-industrialization | Preliminary shift away from an agricultural economy | 31 | |
20346486 | Feminist Movement | Sought legal and democratic gains for women such as equal access to education, right to vote, professions in workplace | 32 | |
20346487 | Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Austri-Hungary and Italy at end of 19th century | 33 | |
20346488 | Triple Entente | Agreement between Britain, Russia, and France in 1907 | 34 | |
20346489 | 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 | 35 | |
20346490 | Benito Juarez | Indian lawyer and politician who led a liberal revolution against Santa Ana | 36 | |
20346491 | Profirio Diaz | A general in Juarez' army who was elected as president of Mixico and ruled for 35 years | 37 | |
20346492 | tropical dependencies | Western European possessions in Africa, Asia, and South Pacific where small number of Europeans ruled large indigenous populations | 38 | |
20346493 | gunboat diplomacy | diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force | 39 | |
20346494 | Modernization Theory | summarize modern transformations of social life | 40 | |
20346495 | 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 Abdülhamit II. | 41 | |
20346496 | Holy Alliance | Alliance between Russia, Prussia and Austria to defend the established order. | 42 | |
20346497 | Anarchists | Political group that sought the absolution of formal government as a way of creating a better society. | 43 | |
20346498 | Bolsheviks | Most radical group of the Russian Marxists movement | 44 | |
20346499 | democracy | A form of government that represents the people | 45 | |
20346500 | Intelligentisia | Russian term for articulate intellectuals as a class | 46 | |
20346501 | Trans-Siberian Railroad | Connected European Russia with the Pacific Ocean | 47 | |
20346502 | radicalism | democratic movement that called for liberalism and extended rights | 48 |