Final Exam Flashcards
Satyagraha
(devotion to the truth) is a practice of resisting injustice through non-violent means.
Gandhi
(1869-1948) Was leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. He lead with methods of non-violence and love for others.
Salt March
(1930 March 12 - April 6) Gandhi led hundreds of non-violent protesters 240 miles to the Arabian Sea to make salt there. They marched really slow in order to get attention from the public as it was illegal for Indians at the time to make salt on their own.
Indian National Congress
(Founded in 1885) Was the leading party in the Indian independence movement.
Agape
Love that is spiritual, self less and a model for humanity.
Appeasement
To make peace, forgive.
Boxer Rebellion
(1899) Empress Cixi supported Chinese leaders who encouraged an uprising against foreigners.
Czar Nicholas
The last Czar was overthrown by the Russian Revolution in 1917, and people thought he was a bad ruler.
Rasputin
Although he was hated by nobles and high class, Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra
Vladimir Lenin
Early leader of the Bolsheviks who died in 1924, after winning the Russian Revolution.
Proletariat
Workers class. Got bored and created communism (rose up and delete capitalism).
Communism
A way of rule where evryone is the same, and the governement is based on equality and uniformity.
Bolsheviks
People that went for communism and that strived for a utopia by torturing. Communism was, after all, spread by them.
Capitalism
A democratic form of government where wealth is uneven, property can be private, and social class is marked.
East India Company
British trading company that traded with the East Indies.