Midterm Flashcards
Setting off the Mexican Revolution was Francisco Madero demanding free elections. This demand led to ___, and soon a bloody complex struggle.
the resignation of Porfirio Diaz
Englishman John Dalton made an important breakthrough in chemistry by showing that…
elements can be grouped according to their atomic weights
Which statement is true about Japanese politics in the 1920s?
Japan moved toward more widespread democracy
Which of the following was NOT a change made by Lenin?
government control the means of production
The rise to power of the Tokugawa family resulted in…
Japanese isolation
Which countries were members of the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
A result of the Franco-Prussian War was…
a totally unified Italy
Which was NOT a way the European powers divided up the Ottoman Empire?
Serbia wanted to control the area of Constantinople
William II asked Bismarck to resign because..
William II wanted no rivals
In 1922, Japan agreed to limit the size of its navy…
to protect its relations with the West
Person who unified Sicily and Southern Italy (Naples)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Person who was able to unite northern Italy
Camillo Cavour
What was one result of the Boer War?
The formation of the Union of South Africa
How did the Boxer Uprising bring about change in China?
Its failure forced, even conservatives, to agree to institute social and economic reforms
Japan lacked many basic resources, yet it industrialized rapidly after 1868 because…
Japanese political leaders placed a high priority on modernization
While Mao’s army marched, he made sure they treated the people fairly and he also discussed his plans for the future of China. Because of the treatment of the ___, they were always welcome.
peasants
Which statement correctly describes the Japanese economy after World War I?
Japan became a true industrial power
How did British rule lead to growing Indian nationalism?
Indians educated in the West learned ideas like democracy
Emancipation of the serfs benefited the Russian economy because many former serfs…
took jobs in factories
Indigenous people of New Zealand
Maori
The US claimed the right to be police the Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt Corollary
A self-governing nation
dominion
People of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent
mtis
The purpose of the Open Door Policy was to…
protect U.S. trading rights in China
What industry grew because the settlers found the climate and land suited for herding?
wool
After the defeat of Napoleon I, the Congress of Vienna created the German Confederation headed by…
Austria
What was the result of the British North America Act of 1867?
Canada gained self-rule
Germany’s hopes for a quick victory on the Western Front were ended at the…
Battle of the Marne
In the government Bismarck set up for the German empire, membership in the Reichstag was determined by…
a vote of all male citizens
advocated the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine
Balfour Declaration
Mexican president who approved the Constitution of 1917
Venustiano Carranza
doctrine that Gandhi preached
ahimsa
rejected Confucian traditions and learning from the West
May Fourth Movement
shah who modernized Persia
Reza Khan
The Mexican Constitution of 1917….
made Church land “the property of the nation.”
Which of the following were writers of the realism movement?
Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo
In the 1930s, what effect did the Great Depression have in Latin America?
People lost faith in the ideas of liberal government
What is a sphere of influence?
an area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges
Conservative leaders in Latin America in the 1800s believed in…
the traditional social order
When it was founded in 1900, the British Labour Party was primarily made up of…
socialists and union members
Which of the following did NOT cause almost a million people to die of starvation and disease during the “Great Hunger’?
social welfare laws did not protect the workers with insurance
Which one of the following is NOT a basic principle of Socialism?
Workers could negotiate wages as one organized group
When the plea by Nicholas II to William II failed, what was the immediate result?
Russia began to prepare its military forces for war
Seen as a conservative force that opposed progressive policies, the French tried to…
repress Church involvement in government
American philosopher Henry David Thoreau influenced Mohandas Gandhi through his ideas on…
civil disobedience
Russia did not industrialize as soon as other countries because it lacked…
political stability
In the 1830s, Prussia created a union called the Zollverein, which promoted German unity by…
removing tariff barriers between German state
The purpose of Normal Schools was to train students to be…
teachers
What war brought an end to France’s Second Empire?
Franco-Prussian War
Relations improved between Latin America and the United States because the US withdrew troops stationed in Haiti and Nicaragua and also lifted the Platt Amendment. This was part of the ___.
Good Neighbor Policy
What postimpressionist painter used a style that looked like “primitive” folk art?
Paul Gauguin
One result of the October Manifesto was…
the establishment of the Duma
This was discovered by Robert Townshend and made farmland more productive and profitable…
crop rotation
What happened after the French helped Italian nationalists defeat Austria in the mid-1800s?
A united Italy became a rival on France’s border
Japan gained control of Taiwan as a result of the…
First Sino-Japanese War
Which Allied leader wanted to weaken Germany at the Paris Peace Conference so that it could never again threaten France?
Georges Clemenceau
As a result of the Treaty of Sèvres, the Ottoman empire…
lost its Arab and North African lands
After the war, European colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific…
felt betrayed by the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference
Bedford College in England and Mount Holyoke in the United States were among the first colleges for…
women
How did Kaiser William II continue Bismarck’s policies?
He continued to provide social welfare programs and build up the military
An important factor that characterized the Industrial Revolution was that it…
was unplanned and was not organized by any government or group
What did realists often focus their work on?
the harsh side of life in cities or villages
A student protest against the Paris Peace Conference, the ___ set off a cultural and intellectual protest.
May 4 Movement
After the resignation of Bismarck, Germany was a powerful nation with a strong industrial base and army. What was the problem?
politically it was weak, the emperor had unchecked power
Which of the following was an obstacle to progress in Russia in the 1800s?
a rigid social structure
In the Kulturkampf, Bismarck’s goal was to..
reduce the power of the Catholic Church
By the end of the 1800s, Britain transformed itself from a…
constitutional monarchy to a parliamentary democracy
In 1859, Camillo Cavour provoked a war between Sardinia and Austria because…
he wanted to end Austrian power in Italy
In 1832, large towns and cities in Britain received greater representation in Parliament as a result of…
the Great Reform Act
What “Hermit Kingdom” was forced to open its ports to Japanese trade in 1876?
Korea
The Twenty-One Demands…
sought to make China a Japanese protectorate
In Bismarck’s practice of Realpolitik, his political actions were guided by…
the needs of the state
What was a result of the Taiping Rebellion that began in China in 1850?
The Qing government survived but had to share power
What contribution to medical science did German doctor Robert Koch make in the 1880s?
He identified the bacteria that causes tuberculosis
Britain created the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada when it passed the…
Constitutional Act of 1791
When the nationalists retreated to the interior of China Japan marched in to the cultural city of Nanjing. The city surrendered but the Japanese…
killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and brutalized still more
The “self-strengthening movement” did not succeed in China because…
the Qing government did not support it
During the struggle for Italian unification, the “Red Shirts” were forces made up of…
nationalists
The United States gained control of Texas after armed conflict with the forces of…
Antonio López de Santa Anna
As the Ottoman empire crumbled, Russia plotted to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles in order to…
gain access to the Mediterranean Sea
The Platt Amendment gave the United States the right to intervene in the affairs of…
Cuba
Why was the Ottoman empire considered such a valuable ally?
It controlled Russian supply routes
Ethiopia was able to remain independent because….
Ethiopia modernized and imported European weapons
Why did missionaries land in New Zealand in 1814?
to convert the Maori to Christianity
The Shona of Zimbabwe organized to resist European imperialism under the leadership of…
Yaa Asantewaa
What was the result when Cavour stopped Garibaldi from attacking Rome and first unite Northern and Southern Italy into one country?
Rome was outside of the country of Italy and under the control of the Pope
This group was formed by the late 1870s and called for parliamentary democracy and laws to improve conditions for the working class?
Social Democratic Party
What ruler is sometimes called the “father of modern Egypt” due to the reforms he made?
Muhammad Ali
Menelik II
modernized Ethiopia
What invention did the internal combustion engine make possible?
the Wright Brothers’ flying machine
Under the Napoleonic Code, French married women…
had no right to their own earnings
The British used a different type of rule than the French did. What did the British encourage the children of the locals to do?
get an education in Britain
Which of the following was a feature of the new Japanese political system created by Meiji reformers?
absolute power of the emperor
What was the eventual result of Sun Yixian’s efforts to rebuild China based on the Three Principles of the People?
China fell into chaos and Sun stepped down
Which of the following was one of Sun Yixian’s “Three Principles of the People?”
economic security for all Chinese
Which of the following is a true statement about the Dual Monarchy?
Austria and Hungary remained separate states
Tsar Nicholas I was forced to announce reforms. In the October Manifesto he promised “freedom or person, conscience, speech, assembly, and union.” Also he declared no law would go into effect…
without the approval of the Duma
Which of the following was an effect of nationalism in Europe in the early 1900s?
Austria feared increasing rebellion among its subjects
Which branch holds the power in a Parliamentary Democracy?
Legislative
Who were descended from seafaring people that came from Polynesia?
Maori
The Hundred Days of Reform in China was partly brought about by China’s…
defeat in the Sino-Japanese War
The technology for America’s first textile factory came from…
Britain
Which of the following was a result of the Russo-Japanese War?
Japan gained control of Korea
What was one result of the Sepoy Rebellion?
Parliament ended the rule of the East India Company
In 1936 Japan decided to ally itself with what countries?
Italy and Germany
Through reforms that took place during the late 1800s, Britain transformed itself into…
a parliamentary democracy
Tsar Alexander III launched a program of Russification, in which he…
suppressed non-Russian cultures within the empire
Who did King Leopold II hire to explore the Congo River basin and arrange trade treaties with African leaders?
Henry Stanley
When Italy unified, what form of government did it take?
a constitutional monarchy
Who was the president of the new Chinese republic after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty?
Sun Xixian
“The American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”
the Monroe Doctrine
Turkish nationalists, led by Atatürk…
invaded Egypt to overthrow the British
The Boer War was sparked by…
the discovery of gold and diamonds on Boer-held lands
After the unification of Italy, what did many of the rural, poor southerners do?
immigrated to the United States
In 1927, the second Sino-Japanese War…
united the Guomindang and Communists
asked Bismarck to resign as Chancellor
Wilhelm II
representatives of each German state - controlled by the Chancellor
Bundesrat
members were popularly elected
Reichstag
In the late 1800s, what did Charles Lyell accomplish?
He was a pioneer in the new science of geology
What leader, backed by royalists and ultranationalists, was accused of plotting to overthrow the French republic?
Georges Boulanger
In the Treaty of Nanjing, Britain gained control of…
Hong Kong
What was a result of widespread anti-Semitism in Europe in the late 1800s?
Theodor Herzl helped to launch modern Zionism
What is an example of the “realpolitik” concept?
they fought for and took only “German” territory
A company that sells ownership shares to many investors is a…
corporation
Charles Stewart Parnell was a leading figure in the….
Irish nationalist movement
In 1800, Austria was ruled by the oldest ruling house in Europe, called the…
Hapsburgs
On occasion, a group of corporations would join forces to fix prices, set production quotas, or control markets. They formed ___.
cartels
local, elected assembly in Russia
zemstvo
helped create the Dual Monarchy
Ferenc Dek
Why did Prussia defeat the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?
France was badly organized and poorly trained
The militarists who came to power in Japan in the 1930s…
used schools to teach students absolute obedience to the emperor
Bismarck became the king’s highest official when he assumed the title of…
kaiser
In the late 1800s, the British began to profit from which important port in southern Malaya?
Singapore
People that want to abolish all government, anarchists, were causing lots of problems in Italy. To distract the attention from the troubles in Italy, the government tried to establish an overseas empire in…
Egypt
Which of the statements below is true about British social reforms of the mid-1800s?
New laws limited women and children to a 10-hour work day
Which country was able to preserve its independence by defeating Italian invaders in 1896?
Ethiopia
Romanticism can be described as a revolt against the Enlightenment’s emphasis on…
reason
