Final #3 Flashcards

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When did the Industrial Revolution happen?

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At the same time as all of the Enlightenment Revolutions.

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How did the Industrial Revolution get its name?

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B/c of its name given to the global development and rise of industrial technology and the transition from wide-spread agricultrue to manufacturing c. 1750-1850 CE

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Where did people move during the industrial revolution?

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From the country to the city

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Prior to the Industrial Revolution roughly ___% of people were involved in farming in some way. Today in America, it is around ___%.

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80; 1

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5
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What was a crucial invention of the Industrial Revolution?

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Steam Engine

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6
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What did Steam Engines originally run on?

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Coal

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What was the steam engine orginally used for?

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To pump water out of the mines

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What elements did the Steam Engines use?

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Water, gears, and wheels

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9
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What launches the larger revolution?

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The comination of the mills, the water, iron, coal, and child labor.

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What lead to the one of the greatest industrial projects in American History, The Erie Canal?

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the intersection of water, transportation, and Industry

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What was one essential form of communication?

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The Telegraph

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12
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List some inventions that come from the Industrial Revolution?

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The Flying Shuttle, spinning Jenny, and Factories

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13
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Did the Industrial Revolution make slavery better or worse?

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Worse

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14
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What is imperialism?

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Spreading your country’s influence and control through diplomacy, trade, or military force.

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What is colonialism?

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The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country or territory, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

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16
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________ often involves ________ and is often fueled by _________ all of which expanded with the Industrial Revolution.

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Imperialism; Colonialism; Nationalism

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17
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Imperialism is associated with _______ and had been a factor since ancient ___________, but with the Industrial Revolution came exapanded _________, __________, and ________ along with a need for more materials

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Empire; Mesopotamia; weapons; transportations; communications

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18
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What is otherixing?

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When you think of people as something “other” than you

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19
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When did linguists develop the Ind-European theory?

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1800CE

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20
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What is Indo-European?

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That there was some proto-language from which many later languages developed including Greek, Hindi, Persian, etc.

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21
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What are Caucasians?

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Orginally a people from in and around the Caucasus Mountain range - i.e. Persia

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22
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In an early theory, who did the Aryan people conquer and implement?

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They conquered the Dravidians and then implemented everything good that ever came out of Inidia, including Sanskirt, Hinduism, chess, science, and math

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23
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Was Aryan a title or a people?

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A title

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24
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Rome represented the…

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Pinnacle of Empire

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25
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Greece represented the…

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Pinnacle of Culture and the greatest conquerer of all time

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Greece and Rome were the models for…

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The Imperialist Nation-State and begin to turn up in numerous aspects of soiety

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27
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Where did the fascination with the classical world come from?

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The Indo-European ideology that Greece and the Greeks were the foundation of Western civilization. Also, it was the product of a common activity among the young wealthy elites called the Grand Tour (late 17th cnetury to c. 1840_

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28
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Archaeology as a subset of ____________ is …

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Athropology; usually focused on a study of human activity in the past and in particular their creation and use of material culture and the recovery of that material.​

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29
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In _______, Europeans controlled roguhly ___% of Africa.

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1881; 10

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30
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By the start of ______ in _____, the Europeans would control ____% of Africa.

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WWI; 1914; 90

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31
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Why is everyone so interested in Africa?

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It has been rich in resources, metals, minerals, plants, animals, and slaves

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32
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Why is it challeneging to conquer Africa?

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It has a wide variety of regions, climates, complications, difficlut to access, and the locals fight back

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33
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What were the pull factor to Africa?

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God, diamonds, blood diamonds, natural reources (lumber cacao), ivory

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34
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What was the Macxim Gun?

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The world’s first machine gun

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How did the name Scramble for Africa come to be?

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It was given to the division and rapid colonization of Africa by Western European Nations

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36
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What was the Suex Canal?

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In 1869, it was originally built by the French Suez Canal Company in conjunction with the Egyptian government linked the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

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What was the significance of the Suex Canal?

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It eliminated the need to go around Africa and gave easy access to all the coastal areas of the continent from any direction.

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38
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Who got control of the Suex Canal in 1882?

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The British

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39
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What was the Berlin Conference of 1884?

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Germna Chancellor Otto von Bismarck hosted a meeting where they literally sat around a table and carved up Africa for colonization.

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40
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The only African territroes to survive the Scramble for Afric were…

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Ethiopia, fought off Italy, and Liberia, fought off America

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41
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There were 7 tribes between:

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Gambua, Portuguese Guinea, and French West Africa

42
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What is isolationism?

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The practice of isolation your country from the rest of the world, diplomatically, economically, and physically.
- Avoid foreign entanglements
- Avoid foreign influences
- Controlling your population and what they are exposed to avoid problems

43
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Who did most European powers have significant trade deficits with?

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China

44
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Did China have an industrial revolution to help with population growth yet? Why is this important?

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No; it increased poverty, lead to rebellion and leave China open to Western Imperialism

45
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What did the European trade with China for?

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Silk, porcelain, and tea

46
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Where did China limit all foreign trade to?

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Canton (Guangzhou)

47
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Why did Britain decide to start selling Opium?

A

To make some money

48
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Where did Opium come from?

A

India

49
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When was the merchant monopoly in Canton eliminated?

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1833

50
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Where did the British take refuge in after they were booted from Canton?

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Hong Kong

51
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What was one of the deciding factors in the first Opium War?

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A series of British steamships sent to China in battle

52
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When was the First Opium War?

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1839-1842

53
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Why did the second Opium War break out?

A

Opium was still illegal

54
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When was the second Opium War?

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1856-1860

55
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What was Japan’s society like in the 1500s

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A feudal society

56
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What did Japan’s feudal society feature?

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A number of social classes

57
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What was one signifcant group in Japanese society?

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The Samuraii

58
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When did the Catholic Church send many missionaries to Japan in order to convert them to Catholicism?

A

After the Reformation and the Thirty Years War.

59
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Who was the first foreign smaurai?

A

Yasuke

60
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Numerous European traders were active in the region each attempting to trade with…

A

various Japanese warlords and get advantages

61
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What was the result of the Japanese striving for stability?

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The result was a unification of the warlords (shogun) and the founding of a ruling period beginning with Tokugawa Leyasu.

62
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What another name from the Tokugawa period? When did it last until?

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Edo Period; (1603-1868)

63
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Why is the Edo or Tokugawa period largely remebered?

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For the Shougun and Samurai

64
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Did the Emperor have much power in Japan?

A

No

65
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Who was the true leadern of Japan?

A

The Shogun aided by the Daimyos, supported by the Samurai

66
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___% of the population were rice farmers

A

80

67
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Was Japan Isolationist?

A

Yes

68
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When was the Sakoku Edict Issued?

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1635

69
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What did the Sakoku say?

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1). No comes in or goes out
2). No Catholicism
3). Trade is limited to specific goods and the Portuguese were prohibited entirely

70
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When did stability in Japan last until?

A

1854

71
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Who did the Americans send to get a foothold in Asia, for coaling stations for their steam engine warships?

A

Commodore Matthew Perry

72
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When did Commodore Perry are in Edo Bay and surround the city of Uraga?

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1853

73
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What were the consequences of opening Japan?

A

The return of Emerpor Meiji as the primary power in Japan in 1868

74
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What did the Meiji Restoration result in?

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The modernization of Japan, industrialization, and weapins

75
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When did the Samurai end?

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In 1877 at the battle of Shiroyama where they were not use for machine guns

76
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What does collaboration refer to in Imperialism and Colonialism?

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Local leaders and others who cooperated with the imperialists/coloinizers and help them in exchange fot some benefit

77
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Who was working for the Mughal Empire, the French East India Company, and the British East India Comany?

A

Indian group called the Sepoys

78
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Where did the Portuguese set up shop in 1510? What did they establish?

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Along the Coast Sri Lanka; they established a trading colony in Gao

79
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When did the British East India Company arrive in Surat?

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1608

80
Q

What is the essence of colonialism?

A

Exploitation

81
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What resources did India have that British want?

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Iron, coal, cotton, diamonds, opium, and people

82
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What diamond did the British East India Company take back to England?

A

Kah-i-Noor Diamond

83
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What is plutocracy?

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An elite ruling class that derives its power from wealth, as well as society governed by the wealthy

84
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What is Jingoism?

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It is extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy

85
Q

Why are the Philippines often the target of outsiders?

A

B/c of their strategic locations and often surprising amount of resources

86
Q

Who were the Philippines influenced, ruled, and traded with…

A

Numerous groups from China, India, and Japan, Malaysia, and have been Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim long before the Europeans showed up

87
Q

Who took control of the Philippines after the Spanish American War?

A

America

88
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What is Yellow Journalism?

A

Fake News

89
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What always plays a role in imperialism?

A

Religion

90
Q

Just as the Ottomans expansion brought Islam, the Europeans’ expansion brought….

A

Christianity

91
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By 1683, the Ottomans cotrolled?

A

Most of Arabia, the Middle East, the Balkans (including Greece), North Africa, and parts of Europe

92
Q

Who coined the phrase Orientalism?

A

Edward Sid

93
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When did the Europeans and and Americans buy art, artifacts, and travel to see the sights of the exotic east?

A

Late 1800s-early 1900s

94
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How did the decline of the Ottomans begin?

A

In 1683, they were attacked while trying to attack Vienna by Austria and other Eastern European forces and the Holy Roman Empire, including the Winged Hussars

95
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Who did the Ottomans team up with against the attack from Austria.

A

Transylvania

96
Q

When did Greece declare independence?

A

1821

97
Q

When did the Ottoman lose the Crimea war to the Russians?

A

In the 1850s

98
Q

When did the Ottomans lose Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Romania to idependence?

A

1877-1878

99
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When did Austra-Hungary declare independence?

A

In 1908

100
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What started WWI?

A

The angering of Serbia by Austria-Hungary through annexing Bosnia