Unit 6 MKP

Question 1

Dowager Cixi
(1835-1908)

Answer 1

-Chinese empress dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government
-Supported Self-Strengthening Movement to modernize China but refused westernization

Question 2

Mangal Pandey
(1827-1857)

Answer 2

Sepoy soldier who played a key part in the events immediately before the start of the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Question 3

Meiji Emperor
(1852-1912)

Answer 3

Emperor of Japan who ruled over a period of rapid change where Japan changed from an isolated feudal state to an industrialized imperial power

Question 4

Commodore Matthew Perry
(1794-1858)

Answer 4

-Played a key role in the opening of Japan to the west
-known as the Father of the Steam Navy

Question 5

Charles Darwin
(1809-1882)

Answer 5

-English naturalist, geologist, and biologist
-Known for contributions to the theory of evolution and the second scientific revolution

Question 6

Shaka Zulu
(1787-1828)

Answer 6

Founder of Southern Africa’s Zulu Empire who reformed the Zulu army and their military tactics

Question 7

Muhammad Ali
(1769-1849)

Answer 7

-Self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
-Regarded as the founder of modern Egypt for his military and industrial reforms

Question 8

Cecil Rhodes
(1853-1902)

Answer 8

English=born SOuth African businessman responsible for helping claim much of Africa for Great Britain
(From Cape Town to Cairo)

Question 9

Queen Victoria
(1819-1901)

Answer 9

-Longest reigning monarch of the UK and Ireland
-Named Empress of India

Question 10

King Leopold II
(1835-1909)

Answer 10

King of Belgium and sole owner of the Congo Free State in Africa where he used forced labor to acquire rubber

Question 11

Lin Zexu
(1785-1850)

Answer 11

-Chinese Governor General under the Qing emperor who forcibly opposed opium trade
-Blamed for the First Opium War which humiliated China

Question 12

Menelik II
(1844-1913)

Answer 12

-Emperor of Ethiopia whose policies created modern Ethiopia
-Victory in the Battle of Adwa allowed Ethiopia to defeat Italy and stop the Europeans from trying to control Ethiopia

Question 13

Hong Xiuquan
(1814-1864)

Answer 13

-Leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty
-Established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over portions of southern China where he proclaimed himself the “Heavenly King” and brother of Jesus Christ

Question 14

Hiram Maxim
(1840-1916)

Answer 14

-American-born British inventor best known for creation of the first portable automatic gun, the Maxim gun

Question 15

Ferdinand de Lesseps
(1805-1894)

Answer 15

-French diplomat
-Developer of the Suez Canal which joined the Mediterranean and Red Sea, reducing sailing time

Question 16

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 16

-U.S. president who announced the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in his State of the Union address in 1904
-Monroe Doctrine warned European powers to keep out of the Americas in 1822; did not want European powers in South America

Question 17

James K. Polk
(1785-1849)

Answer 17

-11th president
-Known for extending territory during Mexican-American War
-Added Texas, Oregon Territory, and the Mexican Cession