Chapter 27 Flashcards
World Civillizations Chapter 27 Vocabulary by Daniel Adeyinka
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| 328381724 | terakoya | Commoner schools founded during the Tokugawa shogunate that taught | 0 | |
| 328381725 | Holy Alliance | Alliance among Russia Prussia, and Austria in defense of religion and the established order; formed at Congress of Vienna by most conservative monarchies of Europe. | 1 | |
| 328381726 | zaibatsu | powerful banking and industrial families in Japan | 2 | |
| 328381727 | yellow peril | perceived threat from Japanese imperialism. | 3 | |
| 328381728 | Bolsheviks | Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI | 4 | |
| 328381729 | Triple Entete | In 1902 Britain, Russia, and France formed an Alliance called the Triple Entete to counter the Triple Alliance | 5 | |
| 328381730 | October Manifesto | Issued in Russia because of fear of a general strike. Granted full civil rights and a popular parliament- Duma. | 6 | |
| 328381731 | kulaks | The wealthy peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags | 7 | |
| 328381732 | anarchists | people who believe there should be no government | 8 | |
| 328381733 | intelligentsia | an educated and intellectual elite in Russia | 9 | |
| 328381734 | Diet | Japanese parliament established as part of the new constitution of 1889; part of Meiji reforms; could pass laws and approve budgets; able to advise government, but not to control it. | 10 | |
| 328381735 | Duma | Russian Parliament | 11 | |
| 328381736 | tsar (czar) | autocratic emperor of Russia | 12 | |
| 328381737 | Trans SIberian Railroad | Constructed in 1870s to connect European Russia with the Pacific; completed by the end of the 1880s; brought Russia into a more active Asian role. | 13 | |
| 328381738 | russian ruble | currency of Russia | 14 | |
| 328381739 | Anglo Russian Convention | 1907-- French had to reconsile Britian and Russia. Eventually resulted in Triple Entente | 15 | |
| 328381740 | hemophilia | congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding that the czar had | 16 | |
| 328381741 | Sino Japanese War | A war between China and Japan for influence, power, and territory | 17 | |
| 328381742 | Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry | 18 | |
| 328381743 | Entete Cordial | ... | 19 |