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Mogul empire

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A Sunni Muslim group that went to India and ruled over the Hindu. (Minority over majority)

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The technology of the Moguls

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Gunpowder and guns

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Emperors of moguls

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Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb

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Government type for the mogul empire

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Oligarchy

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Babur

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First emperor of the mogul empire

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Akbar

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Religiously tolerant

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Aurangzeb

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Killed brother, imprisoned father
Made empire grow to its biggest state
Policies caused revolt and down fall of empire
Not tolerant to Hindus
> caused civil war between Muslims & Hindus

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Who took over India after down fall of moguls?

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The British

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Why did the British go to India?

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Business (British East India company)

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Why did the British military enter India?

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Indians revolted against the British East India company

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Name the rebellion when Indians revolted against the British East India company

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Sepoy rebellion

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Why did the Indians rebel?

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Get rid of British monopoly

British use cow grease

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Rowlatt act

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Passed during WWI to tighten control over India
1) to trial by jury
2) illegal to hold meetings
People could be imprisoned for 3 years without given trial

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Gandhi’s goals for India

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Hindu-Muslim unity
Civil disobedience
Boycott British goods
Treat the untouchables better

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Massacre at Amritsar

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British troops open fired at croud of unarmed Indian demonstrators

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Muslim leader

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Ali Jinnan

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Hindu leader

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Nehru

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Salt march

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Marched 200+ miles to the Indian Ocean to make salt

Symbolic attack on British monopoly on salt

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Raid of the pharasana salt works

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Demonstrates the power of nonviolence

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Freedom of India

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1947
India divided into India and Pakistan
Over 1 million died due to Hindu-Muslim violence
Muslim migrate to Pakistan, Hindus migrate to India

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Region disputed by Pakistan, India, and China

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Kashmir

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Gandhi assassination

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Killed by Hindu nationalist, Nathuram Godse

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The Ming dynasty

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1368-1544

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The isolation if china began after what event?

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7 voyages of Zheng He

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Reasons for Chinese isolation

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To proud to trade with barbarians

Confucianism

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What did Confucianism encourage and discourage?

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Discouraged trade, encouraged agriculture

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What did the British do to the Chinese?

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British tried to trade with China,but was denied access

British used opium to force china to trade

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Where was opium grown?

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In India

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Opium wars

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Chinese tried to get rid of the British but lost

Industrial revolution gave the British an advantage

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Sino-Japanese war

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Fought over Korea

Japan won because it took action to modernize

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Open door policy

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U.S. declared that china should be open to all countries

U.S. enters world politics

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Boxer rebellion

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Chinese soldiers formed a secret group, the Order of the Harmonious fists
Attacked foreign ministers and Chinese Christians

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Siege of Peking

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Foreigners fled to embassies in Peking
Boxers surround foreigners
Foreigners only have small arms and the international gun
The Qing government helped boxers

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Last emperor of China

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Puyi

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Sun-Yat-Sen

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Nationalist leader who over threw Puyi

Became the president of the republic of china

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Mao Zedong

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Led the communist party

Popular with citizens because he promised to overthrow the foreigners, and equality for the poor

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Communist and nationalist unity

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Defeat the warlords

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Sun Yat Sen’s successor

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Chang Kai Shek

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The long march

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Communists almost wiped out

Flees to the mountains

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What slowed the Chinese civil war?

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Invasion of Japan

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Rape of Nanking

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5,000-200,000 people were killed by Japanese soldiers

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Where did the nationalists flee to?

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Taiwan

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Waring states

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Multiple warlords rule over Japan

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How did the Japanese treat the Portuguese?

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Nicely at first because they have technology

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The tree unifiers

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Oda, Toyatoni Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu

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What did the Portuguese bring that offended the Japanese?

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Christianity

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Who burst Japan’s bubble?

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U.S.

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Meiji reform

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Try to modernize Japan

The emperor’s power went up

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What did the Meji reform reform?

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Public Ed.
Industry
Military
Railroads

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Russo-Japanese war

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Fight over Manchuria

Japan wins war

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Which side of Russo-Japanese war did Europeans favor?

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The Russians

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