Europe's World Supremacy Flashcards
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| 136776710 | "culture system" | Parts of a culture, such as traits, territory and history that are shared. | 0 | |
| 136776711 | Indian Mutiny | Discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858. | 1 | |
| 136776712 | sepoys | Indian soldiers loyal to Britain. | 2 | |
| 136776713 | suttee | The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband. | 3 | |
| 136776714 | Thugs | 18 & 19 Century Hindu sect that were mean. | 4 | |
| 136776715 | Macaulay | Branded the Indian languages as barbarous and unenlightened. | 5 | |
| 136776716 | Hindu Indian National Congress | Organized in 1885 to attempt to govern their own country. | 6 | |
| 136776717 | All-Indian Muslim League | Formed in 1906 for the same reason as the Indian National Congress. | 7 | |
| 136776718 | Vladivostok | Port city of Russia near the Sea of Japan that was Russia's last hope for a seaport, even if it was far away. | 8 | |
| 136776719 | Lord of the East | The meaning for Vladivostok. | 9 | |
| 136776720 | Tashkent | Russians took this city in Turkestan in 1864. | 10 | |
| 136776721 | Lord Curzon | Indian lord who countered the Russian ships in the Persian Gulf. | 11 | |
| 136776722 | Manchu Dynasty | Controlled China from 1644-1912. | 12 | |
| 136776723 | White Lotus Society | Revolted in 1800 but was suppressed. | 13 | |
| 136776724 | Heavenly Reason Society | Revolted in 1813 and attempted to seize Peking. | 14 | |
| 136776725 | Taiping Rebellion | Possibly 20 million people perished in this rebellion in China. | 15 | |
| 136776726 | "Chinese Gordon" | Nickname of the British general who helped put down the Taiping Rebellion in China. | 16 | |
| 136776727 | First Opium War | The events caused by China's first contact with the Western world. | 17 | |
| 136776728 | Second Opium War | Occurred in 1857 when Britain and France decided that there would be trade, whether the Chinese liked it or not. | 18 | |
| 136776729 | Treaty of Nanking | Arose from the first Opium War. | 19 | |
| 136776730 | Treaty of Tientsin | Arose from the second Opium War. | 20 | |
| 136776731 | Annam | Area the French assumed protectorate over despite Chinese protest. | 21 | |
| 136776732 | Cochin China | Became part of French Indochina. | 22 | |
| 136776733 | Tonkin | Became another part of French Indochina. | 23 | |
| 136776734 | Treaty of Shimonoseki | ... | 24 | |
| 136776735 | Liaotung Peninsula | A tongue of land reaching down from Manchuria to the sea; at the tip is Port Arthur. | 25 | |
| 136776736 | Port Arthur | Port and place of battle in the Russo-Japanese War. | 26 | |
| 136776737 | Trans-Siberian Railway | Railroad in Russia that went from coast to coast, slow but effective method of transportation. | 27 | |
| 136776738 | Open Door Notes | China being real open to everyone and stuff, caused the Boxer Rebellion. | 28 | |
| 136776739 | Order of Literary Patriotic Harmonious Fists | ... | 29 | |
| 136776740 | Sun Yat-sen | ... | 30 | |
| 136776741 | Battle of Mukden | ... | 31 | |
| 136776742 | Treaty of Portsmouth | ... | 32 | |
| 136776743 | Sakhalin Island | ... | 33 | |
| 136776744 | Significance's of the Russo-Japanese War | ... | 34 | |
| 136776745 | Long Chains of Repercussions | ... | 35 | |
| 136776746 | Steps in Three Mighty Developments | ... | 36 |