Unit 5 AP world history Flashcards

4018847245	White man's burden	rationalization for imperialism, idea that it was the responsibility of Europeans to civilize and Christianize	0
4018847246	Scramble for Africa	dividing Africa between European countries	1
4018847247	Goals of imperialism	expand influence, take land from natives for own purposes	2
4018847248	Berlin Conference	agreement between European nations to only colonize areas agreed upon	3
4018847249	Ethnocentrisms	belief that you are superior and everyone else should be like you (racism, superiority)	4
4018847250	Old vs. New Imperialism	old imperialism focused on establishing trade ports, new imperialism focused on gaining raw materials	5
4018847251	Characteristics of New Imperialism	gain land by force, Christianizing natives, nationalism, raw materials, White Mans Burden	6
4018847252	African responses to imperialism	fought back against Europeans, allied with Europeans for protection, armed themselves for defense	7
4018847253	Reasons for European colonial acquisitions	superior technology	8
4018847254	Importance of South Africa	acquired by Britain after Boer Wars, gold and diamonds	9
4018847255	Migration from 1750-1900	coerced labor, temporary, movement to urban areas	10
4018847256	Opium Wars	caused by British desire to trade opium in China (illegal), British won, forced China to open to trade with Europeans	11
4018847257	Sepoy Rebellion	Indian soldiers rebelled due to rumor about bullets using animal fat, after rebellion Britain took direct control over India	12
4018847258	Japanese Modernization/ industrializations	used Western technology, didn't have to invent it, limited foreign influence so they were able to control industrialization, state-sponsored (not by investors like in Britain), industrialized faster than Britain	13
4018847259	Taiping Rebellion	civil was in China between Qing dynasty and Christians, reflected growing power of the west	14
4018847260	Meiji Restoration	desire to restore imperial rule to Japan, resulted in Japan seeking increasing contact with Western powers	15
4018847261	Treaty of Nanjing	ended Opium War, gave Britain exclusive rights to China	16
4018847262	Boxer Rebellion	Chinese uprising against the spread of European and Japanese influence in the country, China was unsuccessful	17
4018847263	Continuities between the Ming and Qing dynasties	patriarchal	18
4018847264	Enlightenment	intellectual movement that inspired revolutions, government protection of individual rights, government is responsible to its citizens	19
4018847265	Revolution Cycle	revolutions are planned by the middle class/ nobility, original ideas aren't enough so the revolution becomes radical, it then becomes too radical	20
4018847266	Revolutions of 1848	monarchies attempted to maintain control and keep peasants happy, revolutions were inspired by democratic reforms	21
4018847267	Causes of the French Revolution	economic problems, Enlightenment ideals, unhappy lower class, desire to get rid of the monarch	22
4018847268	Effects of the French Revolution	did not permanently achieve its goals, created a temporary democracy, eliminated the G given to nobility, reduced the power of the church	23
4018847269	Similarities between the American and French Revolutions	Enlightenment ideas, individual rights, get rid of monarchy, democratic ideas	24
4018847270	Congress of Vienna	Congress of Vienna- met to restore post-war to Europe after Napoleon	25
4018847271	Franco-Prussian War	war was fought to achieve German Unification	26
4018847272	Reasons for emigration and immigration	Emigration= famine, poverty, religious problems; Immigration= loss of native populations, spread of diseases	27
4018847273	Causes and effects of Haitian Revolution	inspired by Enlightenment ideas, took advantage of French Revolution, economic problems, inspired Latin American revolutions	28
4018847274	Causes of LA independence movements	inspired by other revolutions, Europe was too busy fighting Napoleon	29
4018847275	Characteristics of new governments in Latin America	most countries established republics, others (Brazil- King Pedro) set up limited monarchies	30
4018847276	Reasons for the slow modernization of Russia	did not invest in industrialization, relied too heavily on serfs	31
4018847277	Russian motivation for gaining land from Ottomans	desire for a warm water port	32
4018847278	German and Italian Unification	Bismark and Garibaldi, nationalism	33
4018847279	nationalism	people are bound by culture and territory to share a common identity, very influential ideal in the 19th century	34
4018847280	Industrialization	shift to mechanized production	35
4018847281	Products of the first Industrial Revolution	textiles, coal	36
4018847282	Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?	access to labor force, natural resources, water for transportation, commercial society,	37
4018847283	Political changes in industrial societies	rising middle class, desire for international trade	38
4018847284	. Changing role of cities during the Industrial Revolution	creation of public services, railroads, city offices and government, city planning	39
4018847285	Roles of women	gained right to vote during 19th century, began working outside the home in factories	40
4018847286	Victorian Age	women and men belonged in separate spheres, cult of domesticity	41
4018847287	Karl Marx	Communist Manifesto, believed in a violent revolution to overthrow the government, proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie and establish a classless society	42
4018847288	Laissez-faire	Adam Smith, government doesn't get involved in the economy	43
4018847289	Ottoman Reforms	Tanzimat, strengthened power of religious elite	44
4018847290	Reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire	problems with Turkish rule, religious taxes, weak rulers and military, ineffective government	45
4018847291	Crimean War	Russia v. everyone else, proved Russia was weak due to lack of modernization	46
4018847292	Balkan Crisis	European powers worked together to prevent Russia from gaining power	47
4018847293	Characteristics of the period 1750-1900	end of slave trade, China= Middle Kingdom, dominance of Western nations, imperialism, industrialization,	48
4018847294	Forces for change in Europe from 1750-1900	capitalism, industrialization, Enlightenment, nationalism	49
4018847295	Reasons for the growing power of Western countries	innovation, control of foreign countries, imperialism	50