Pre-AP World History Review 4 of 6 Flashcards
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| 347246723 | Imperialism | the takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation | 0 | |
| 347246724 | Social Darwinism | the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies-particularly a justification for imperialist expansion | 1 | |
| 347246725 | Berlin Conference | A meeting of which representatives of European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa | 2 | |
| 347246726 | Paternalism | A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights | 3 | |
| 347246727 | Assimilation | A policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs. | 4 | |
| 347246728 | geopolitics | A foreign policy based on a consideration of the strategic locations or products of other lands | 5 | |
| 347246729 | Sepoy | An Indian soldier serving under British command. | 6 | |
| 347246730 | Totalitarianism | Government control over every aspect of public and private life | 7 | |
| 347246731 | Bolsheviks | A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917 | 8 | |
| 347246732 | Collective Farms | A large government - controlled farm formed by combining many small farms | 9 | |
| 347246733 | Indoctrination | instructions in the governments beliefs - to mold people's minds (brainwash). | 10 | |
| 347246734 | Militarism | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army prepared for war. | 11 | |
| 347246735 | Triple Alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I. | 12 | |
| 347246736 | propaganda | Information or material spread - especially the spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause. | 13 | |
| 347246737 | armistice | An agreement to stop fighting | 14 | |
| 347246738 | Treaty of Versailles | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I. | 15 | |
| 347246739 | League of Nations | An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations. | 16 | |
| 355482611 | Nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 17 | |
| 355482612 | Ethiopia | The only African nation to successfully resist the Europeans | 18 | |
| 355482613 | India | England's prime supplier of raw material during the Industrial Revolution. | 19 | |
| 355482614 | Sepoy Mutiny | (1857) Hindus and Muslim sepoys refused to open cartridges that came in paper waxed with animal fat for religious reasons; killed British officers, and proclaimed restoration of the Mughal authority; had different interests, and were crushed by the British | 20 | |
| 355482615 | Indonesia | served as a source of oil, tin, and agriculture for the Dutch East India Company. | 21 | |
| 355482616 | Singapore | location of Suez Canal for British. Became one of the world's busiest ports. Colony of Great Britain | 22 | |
| 355482617 | Malaysia | Had large deposits of tin and became world's leading rubber exporter. Colony of Great Britain | 23 | |
| 355482618 | French Indochina | Area where French invaded after the religious persecution of French missionaries. | 24 | |
| 355482619 | Philippines | Land gained by the United States in 1898 after Spanish-American war. Nationalists of country were against this colonization but were defeated in 1902. | 25 | |
| 355482620 | Hawaii | was annexed in 1898 in order to sell sugar for greater profits. | 26 | |
| 355482621 | Siam | Remained neutral from other imperialists. Under rule by King Mongkut, he established schools, reformed the legal system, and reorganized the government. | 27 | |
| 355482622 | imperialism, militarism, nationalism | causes of WWI | 28 | |
| 355482623 | Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry | 29 | |
| 355482624 | Triple Entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | 30 | |
| 355482625 | Allies | one side in World War I: Great Britain, France, and Russia, later joined by the U.S. | 31 | |
| 355482626 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire | 32 | |
| 355482627 | March Revolution | overthrew czar Nicholas and set up the provisional government | 33 | |
| 355482628 | Czar Nicholas II | Russian Czar during WWI; unpopular with Russian people; overthrown in March 1917; executed by Bolsheviks after November Revolution (1917) | 34 | |
| 355482629 | Bolshevik Revolution | The overthrow of Russia's Provisional Government in the fall of 1917 by Lenin and his Bolshevik forces, made possible by the government's continuing defeat in the war, its failure to bring political reform, and a further decline in the conditions of everyday life. | 35 | |
| 355482630 | communism | an economic system in which all means of production - land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses - are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally. | 36 | |
| 355482631 | Communist Party | New name of the Russian Bolsheviks who dissolved the constitutional assembly in 1918 | 37 | |
| 355482632 | soviets | councils representing the interests of workers and soldiers | 38 | |
| 355482633 | Lenin | Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924) | 39 | |
| 355482634 | USSR | name given to Russia after the councils that helped launch the Bolshevik Revolution | 40 | |
| 355482635 | Stalin | Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) | 41 |