Final Exam Study Guide Questions Flashcards
What were living and working conditions like during the industrial revolution?
-high rent
-women had less pay than men
-kids had dangerous jobs
-Entrepenourers (new business owners) got rly rich, while working class had hard working conditions/bad pay
-strikes had occured later on for higher pay and things got better
-birth of factories
-EVERYTHING WENT SO SLOW THO!!!!!!!
What were the effects of the industrial Revolution?
-Population Growth and jobs
-Economy’s benefited
-helped develop war machines/tactics
-Rulers rose up in power (hitler)
How did Japan become a modern industrial power?
-Meiji restoration
-emperor gains power
-had to take idea from west made even better
-imperialism
-industrial revolution
How did imperialist European powers claim control over most of Africa in the 1800s?
-Because the Berlin conference had divided africa up into who got what and Europe had gotten most of it
What were the motivations behind imperialism?
-Nationalism
-Social Darwism (thought white ppl evolved faster than color)
-Christian missionaries
-White mans Burden (thinking white ppl help color ppl cuz their dumber basically)
-natural resources
How did China cope with internal division and foreign invasion prior to ww1?
-China had loss after loss from the opium war, taping rebellion, and the boxer rebellion
-But took upon the industrial rev. and made their army’s and lifestyles better than the westerns
-these wars showed everyone that china can be defeated
How did britain gradually extend its control over most of india, despite opposition?
-Suez canal was created to forgive egypt of thier tax and gave british east india company SO MUCH MONEY (lead to more imperialism)
-With control over the british east india company
-taking tea, spices, and drugs (opium-later to china)
Who were the allied and central powers?
allied=British, Russia, and France
central=Germany, Austro Hungry, and Ottomans
Why and how did WW1 begin in 1914?
-Basically started by a teenager from Bosnia (Princip)
-He was a teenage terrorist and he shot franz furdinad and that was the shot ¨that started the war¨
-Also MAIN contributed to the start of WW1 (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism)
-certain alliances were formed, the central powers and allied powers
How and Where was world war 1 fought?
-Germay draws up the Shleiffen plan (6 weeks to win agasint france bc they thought russia would need 6weeks to get ready)
-fought w/ bad methods of poisonous gas but gas masks soon invented, fought with tanks, planes, and zepplins (blimps)
What are the characteristics of communism and facism?
-Communism=everyone gets equal pay, no hierarchy, derived from Karl Marx, economic equality
-Fascism=single powerful leader of citizens, extreme nationalism, militarism, has dictator, classes/roles
What were the causes ad effects of the russian revolution?
-Russia vs. Bolsheviks
-bolsheviks took over russian gov. and kidnapped the Tsar and bolsheviks were pro communist
-everyone revolts against Tsar and goes with the bolsheviks plans
-signs peace treaty w/ central powers
-RUSSIA BECOMES SOVIET UNION
What were the plans and impacts of the Treaty of Versailles?
-Plans: Germany take fault for ww1, pay for all damages, and reduce numbers of troops and machinery
-This lead to a imp easement of Hitler and him keep taking and the treaty never really did anything
What were the causes and effects of the Chinese Civil War?
-commuinist vs. nationalist china partys
-cause= striff of power mao wanting communism in china, and Chian kai Shek wanting natinalism
-went to war and mao won NOW COMMUNIST
What were the effects of the Chinese Communist revolution?
-Great leap forward began to modernize farming, and embrace ind. rev.
-but famin came with mixing seeds and ruining crops
-25+ million dead
-acutally set them back
-propaganda then attacks gov.
