AP World History Flashcards
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6828924636 | Mughal Empire | 0 | ||
6828924637 | Syncretism | Mixing of some religion's beliefs and systems with another religion | 1 | |
6828931488 | Ottoman Empire | Muslim empire that had a very strong military, central government, and active trading | 2 | |
6828936091 | Industrialization | Began in western Europe, 18th century, factories and machines became very popular. Effects: - Much bigger economies - Women can work - A lot more people in cities | 3 | |
6828949810 | Capitalism | 자본주의 - You work harder, you get more money - Factory owners become very rich while workers are poor - Money earned is used to invest more | 4 | |
6828960618 | Enlightenment | Ideas: - Freedom of speech - Everyone should participate in the government - Freedom of religion | 5 | |
6828967044 | Marxism (communism) | - Everyone should have the same amount of money - No rich no poor people - The government should be in charge of all companies - No private property - Opposite of capitalism | 6 | |
6828983345 | Nationalism | Idea that one's own country should be #1 and fuk other countries | 7 | |
6828996060 | Age of Revolutions | Inspired by Enlightenment - People realized they deserve rights so they were pissed at the king and overthrew them - Happened in France and in Latin America | 8 | |
6829009117 | Imperialism | Belief that best political system is to colonize as many countries as possible | 9 | |
6829016131 | Social darwinism | Idea that stronger people are better - European countries thought they were better than Asians and Africans because they conquered | 10 | |
6829025032 | Meiji Restoration | Japan tried to become more like the Western powers politically and socially so they can become more powerful - Made the government more centralized and ended feudalism | 11 | |
6829053477 | 19th Century Migration | Because of industrialization, a lot of poor people in Europe and Asia moved to America so they become richer | 12 | |
6829055281 | Indentured servitude | Poor people in Asia went to Caribbean and America to work for "x" amount of years in exchange for free ship ride | 13 | |
6829089527 | Open Door Policy | China used to block all trading activities, but the US forced them to open up for trade | 14 | |
6829102658 | "Second" Industrial Revolution | Now cars, airplanes, electricity, telephone, chemical, and steel become popular | 15 | |
6829123294 | The World Wars | 16 | ||
6829147111 | The Great Depression | After World War 1 ended, America no longer sold weapons to Europe = no money. 2. Stock market crashes. Result = a lot of people lose their jobs, become homeless. The international economy also suffers. | 17 | |
6829195788 | Authoritarianism | After World War 1, a lot of European countries like Germany and Italy became 1-man government | 18 | |
6829217087 | Decolonization | Stopped colonizing and a lot of colonizes gained their independence - Result: These countries struggle a lot | 19 | |
6829228776 | Partition | When India got its independence, it divided into two countries: India (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims) | 20 | |
6829264110 | Cold War | US vs Soviet Union - US was symbol of democracy and Soviet Union was symbol of communism - It wasn't actually a fight - Built a lot of nuclear weapons, tried send people to space first, etc. | 21 | |
6829273929 | MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) | If country A and country B both have nuclear weapons, then they will stop each other from using it | 22 | |
6829281798 | Multinational, Transnational Corporation | After World War 2, a lot of companies became so big that they have businesses in many countries | 23 | |
6829300820 | Pacific Rim | All the Asian countries that became economically strong after World War 2 - Korea - Japan - China - Singapore | 24 | |
6829318082 | Chinese Revolution (cultural revolution) | Mao Zedong turned China into communism and closed off to other countries. Made social revolutions -- everyone had to be loyal to Mao, and nationalism. | 25 | |
6829335649 | Apartheid | In Africa, whites were the minority but they controlled and discriminated blacks. | 26 | |
6829353906 | Feminism | Fighting for women's rights | 27 | |
6829358231 | Globalization | 글로벌화시대 | 28 | |
6829361980 | Historiography | Analyzing the past | 29 |