TEST REVIEW (most recent) Flashcards
Who created the German confederation for German-speaking Europeans?
The Congress of Vienna
Chancellor of Prussia.
Otto Von Bismark
Which german war lasted 7 weeks?
The Austro-Prussian war
Which german war fought against France?
The Franco-Prussian war.
What caused Russia to lose the Crimean War?
Russia hadn’t embraced the industrial revolution.
When Russia started to modernize how did the Tzars respond?
The Tzars started to lose their power.
What is Russias goal outcome of the Crimean War?
That they will get warm water ports from the Ottoman empire.
Which 2 areas helped the Ottomans during the Crimean war?
England and France.
Because of Imperialism, the industrial revolution is booming and in need of which materials? Which area(s) have it?
It is in need of natural recources like Rubber and petroleum which is what Africa and Asia have. Imperialists invade africa and asia.
What is social darwinism?
Belief in cultural superiority of western nations over less industrially developed nations.
Who is Mahdi?
Muhammad Ahmad (savior of Islam)
What did Mahdi resist?
British expansion into Sudan.
Factor 1 of Ottoman decline.
Religious Reform Movements (sunni and shia fighting)
Factor 2 of the Ottoman decline.
Changing trade routes (europeans going around)
Factor 3 of the Ottoman decline.
Rising national movements. (Broke in favor of nationalism)
What were the young turks and muhammad Ali’s reform ideas?
To create a Republic and a Democracy,
to embrace the industrial revolution,
to embrace western ideas,
build Suez canal.
Importance of Suez Canal?
It was built in Egypt to get to India faster without having to pay money through ottomans.
Company in India that toppled the Mughal Empire.
British East India Company.
How was the British East India Company successful in India?
They made profit off of Tea, Opium, and spices.
What is Sepoy Mutiny?
This gave the Indians a sense of national Unity after the loss to british.
What caused the Opium war?
Britains refusal to stop selling very profitable Opium to China.
Who won the Opium war?
British.
20-30 million peasants died attempting to remove the Qing Dynasty. What event was this called?
The Taiping Rebellion.
Chinese tried to kick out foreigners and defeat multiple imperialistic nations that have superior weapons and industrial revolution. What event was this called?
The Boxer rebellion.
What caused the Russo-Japanese war?
Japan was isolated and was not industrialized so Russia went to war to get Japan out of isolation.
Who won the Russo-Japanese war? And what was the outcome?
Russia. And the ports opened up allowing for trade and for Japanese to modernize.
Who was Mathew Perry?
Commodore who brought 4 battleships to pressure Japan to open up.
The Japanese’s response to westernization.
They open up and became a military and imperial power.
What was the Meiji Restorations impact on Japan?
Shoguns were removed from power and emporers were restored.
Japan borrows ideas from west.
Japan defeats Russia in Russo-Japanese war.
