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Question 1

Mamluks

Answer 1

formerly enslaved Turks who ruled Egypt, although the Ottoman Empire was technically in control, but not really.

Question 2

Muhammad Ali

Answer 2

Ottoman general sent to re-establish control over Egypt. He did so and then operated the country somewhat independently of the Ottoman Empire. He westernized the nation, established schools, started the first Islamic newspaper, taxed the peasants so high that he could take government control of the cotton industry, and industrialized. He made the country as industrialized and rich as it is today.

Question 3

Commodore Matthew Perry

Answer 3

United States general who demanded Japan trade with the US several times with a show of force until they gave in.

Question 4

Meiji Restoration

Answer 4

Japan was worried they would face cultural or complete erasion if they did not industrialize and westernize, so they overthrew the shogun and restored power to the Emporer. They then visited the US to see their systems and systematically adopted what they liked.

Question 5

Charter Oath

Answer 5

the formal abolishment of the feudal system in Japan

Question 6

zaibatsu

Answer 6

powerful Japanese family organizations that bought industries

Question 7

automatic loom

Answer 7

created by a Japanese carpenter for the Toyoda Loom Works company that later became today’s Toyota Motor Company