Unit 4 Test Flashcards
King Leopold II
Ran the Congo as his private colony
Algeria
Direct control
Nigeria
Indirect control
Menelik II
Became emperor of Ethiopia
Successfully played Italians, French and British off against each other
Defeated Italians at the Battle of Adowa
Peter I
Ruling when Russia began to modernize
Built a European capital and established the Russian Empire
Catherine the Great
Expanded Russia’s borders
Attempted some reforms
Tsar Alexander I
Failed to keep up as the rest of Europe industrialized
Favored an autocratic regime
Tsar Nicholas I
Succeeded Tsar Alexander I
Turned away from Westernization
Created a police state and exiled critics to Siberia
Began Crimean War
Who began the Crimean war
Tsar Nicholas I
Tsar Alexander II
Son of Tsar Nicholas I
Began peace negotiations
Agreed not to establish any military arsenal or naval presence on the Black Sea coast
Alexander II
Emancipated the serfs
Pursued reforms like “Durma”
Alexander III
Alexander II’s son
Cancelled plans for Durma
Suppressed civil liberties and created a police state
Initiated anti-Jewish “pogroms” that caused many to flee from Russia
Suleiman the Magnificent
Expanded Ottoman Empire
Selim III
Came to power in 1789
Attempted reforms in modernizing the army
Overthrown and reform movements stopped
Kangxi Emperor
In the golden age
