Exam 2

Question 1

Diderot

Answer 1

1713-1784

Atheism

Question 2

Taille

Answer 2

Land tax on common people

1st reason for war

Question 3

Third estate

Answer 3

Common people
The French bourgeois and working class before the revolution

Question 4

Cixi

Answer 4

Ruled as co-regent and later became the regent of China after the widow passed.

Ruled the country with her boyfriend Prince Gong.

Question 5

Boxer rebelion

Answer 5

1899-1901
Known as “The Fists of Righteous and Harmony”.
Didn’t fight with weapons but fought with mix martial arts.
Eventually crushed by the 8 powers.

Question 6

Matthew C. Perry

Answer 6

U. S. Commodore.
Demanded trades with japan.
Set up unequal trade for japan.
Gave them one year to respond to the treaty.

Question 7

Meiji

Answer 7

New empire that over threw the shogunates.
Means enlightened rule.
Helped set up better economy for japan.
Created the middle class.

Question 8

Opium wars

Answer 8

First was 1839-1842. 
Fought between British and Chinese. 
Caused by burning of opium at Humen. 
Second was 1856-1860. 
Fought between British and French vs. Chinese. 
Ended with unequal treaty.

Question 9

Boers

Answer 9

They were farmers.

Started war with the British because they were trying to scavenge their land of goods.

Question 10

July 14 ,1789 (France)

Answer 10

The storming of Bastilles.

Question 11

1812 (Russia)

Answer 11

Napoleon’s attack on Russia.

Started with 600,000 and ended with around 93,000.

Question 12

March 3, 1861 (Russia)

Answer 12

Emancipation Manifesto.

Issued by Alexander ll.

Question 13

1868 (Japan)

Answer 13

Meiji rule came to be.

Question 14

The Bastille

Answer 14

Prison in the 17th and 18th century for important persons charged with various offenses.

Question 15

The National Convention

Answer 15

Abolished monarchy September 21, 1792

Became republic September 22, 1792

Question 16

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 16

Leader of the Jacobins.

Dominated the committee of public safety.

Question 17

Georges Danton

Answer 17

First president of committee of public safety.
Leader of French Revolution.
Helped with the overthrow of monarchy.

Question 18

The committee of public safety

Answer 18

Political body of the French Revolution that gained dictatorial control over France during the reign of terror.

Question 19

Napoleon

Answer 19

Born in Corsica.
Was an Italian man but went to military school in France.
Fell in love with a woman by the name of Josephine.
Emperor of the French “not France”.

Question 20

Borodino

Answer 20

Battle between France and Russia during napoleons reign.

Kutuzov was leader of Russia and tried to hold French out of Moscow but didn’t succeed.

Question 21

Industrial revolution (consequences)

Answer 21

Was a good thing but urbanization caused more people to commit crimes and then poverty and unemployment became a huge factor.

Question 22

The Congress of Vienna

Answer 22

Made by the four powers that defeated napoleon.

Goal was to balance the power in Europe to prevent imperialism.

Question 23

The Holy Alliance

Answer 23

Helped promote Christianity in Europe.
Signed by Russia, Austria, and Prussia.
Also helped keep existing European order.

Question 24

The Decemberists

Answer 24

Members of the upper class who had some sort of military background that was in on the rebellion of Nicholas l.

Question 25

Louis Phillipe

Answer 25

French king.
Also known as the citizen king.
Took power after Charles X and the revolution.

Question 26

Louis Blanc

Answer 26

Published “Organization of Labor”.

Created cooperatives which gave employment to the poor.

Question 27

Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

             “Napoleon lll”

Answer 27

2nd empire.
Napoleons nephew.
Became emperor of French “not France”.
Voted in by his name.

Question 28

The Second Republic of France (dates)

Answer 28

1848.

1851.

Question 29

Karl Marx

Answer 29

German man.

Helped publish the communist manifesto.

Question 30

Friedrich Engels

Answer 30

German man.

Helped publish communist manifesto after the death of Karl Marx.

Question 31

The communist manifesto

Answer 31

Published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Served as the platform of the Communist League.

Question 32

The International Workingmen’s Association

Answer 32

1864-1876.

Question 33

Imperialism

Answer 33

Action involving a nations power to be expanded.
Countries would invest money in other countries overseas.
Export of capital.

Question 34

The estates-general

Answer 34

Composed of delegates from 3 social orders:

Clergy, nobility, and commoners.

Question 35

The Jacobins

Answer 35

Radical revolutionaries in French Revolution.

Met in club headquarters in Paris.

Question 36

Herbertistes

Answer 36

Followers of Jacques Herbert.