AP World ch.27 Flashcards
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126697725 | Catherine the Great | 1762; Enlightened Despot who expanded Russian territory and introduced Enlightenment ideas | 0 | |
126697726 | Alexander I | 1815; Russian tsar who supported conservatives and joined the Holy Alliance | 1 | |
126697727 | Pushkin | Poet who used Romantic style to show the beauty of Russia | 2 | |
126697728 | Nicholas I | 1825-1855; Russian tsar who put down the Decembrist Uprising, expanded territory and crushed liberal ideas | 3 | |
126697729 | Decembrist Revolt | an uprising of army officers against the ruling of Nicholas I | 4 | |
126697730 | Emancipation edict | 1861; document that freed the Russian serfs under Alexander II | 5 | |
126697731 | Intelligentsia | educated radicals in Russia, used terrorism to achieve reform | 6 | |
126697732 | Anarchists | people who do not want any organized government | 7 | |
126697733 | Russification | Forcing ethnic groups to learn the Russian language | 8 | |
126697734 | Pogroms | Mass executions of the Jews | 9 | |
126697735 | Vladimir Lenin | Russian who supported Marxists ideas, led the communist movement in Russia | 10 | |
126697736 | Nicholas II | 1894-1917 tsar of Russia during the Revolution of 1905, led him to created the October Manifesto and Stolypin Reforms | 11 | |
126697737 | October Manifesto | Document that created a limited monarchy with a representative body called the duma | 12 | |
126697738 | Duma | Russian representative body created by the October Manifesto | 13 | |
126697739 | Kuluks | Wealthy landlords in RUssia who bought up land | 14 | |
126697740 | Neo-confucianism | a form of confucianism used by the upper classes | 15 | |
126697741 | Commander Perry | Opened up trading ports in the Japan to western influence | 16 | |
126697742 | Prefects | A district administrator under the Meiji government | 17 | |
126697743 | Yataro | a former samurai; set up the Mitsubishi company | 18 | |
126697744 | Diet | Legislative branch in Japan | 19 | |
126697745 | Eiichi | Peasant who invested money in industry and became rich | 20 | |
126697746 | Zabiatsu | Families who control certain aspects of the economy | 21 | |
126697747 | Crimean War | war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire aided by France and Britain over the Holy Land. Russia lost because of industrial disadvantage (inferior ships and weapons). | 22 | |
126697748 | Zemstvos | local political councils in Russia that regulated roads and schools | 23 | |
126697749 | Pan Slavic | the unity of all Slavic peoples | 24 | |
126697750 | Bloody Sunday | also known as the Revolution of 1905. It was a series of protests caused by Russia's lose in the Russo-Japanese War under Nicholas II. | 25 | |
126697751 | Stolypin Reforms | reforms under Nicholas II with which the peasants gained some freedom from redemption payments | 26 | |
126697752 | Tokugawa Shogunate | shogunate during which regional daimyos and samurai controlled Japan under the leadership of the shogun; experienced much cultural and economic growth | 27 | |
126697753 | Daimyo | Japanese land owners, comparable to lords in the European feudal system | 28 | |
126697754 | Samurai | Japanese warriors, comparable to knights in the European feudal system | 29 | |
126697755 | Meiji Restoration | 1868 the era following the defeat of the Tokugawa clan. brought an end to feudalism, established a new government, and increased industrialization | 30 |