Unit 7.1 - Shifting Power

Question 1

Internal Problems of Russia in the 20th Century

Answer 1

Corrupt government rule under Tsar Nicholas, they were slow to industrialize and give citizens more liberty/say in the government

Question 2

External Problems of Russia in the 20th Century

Answer 2

Suffered humiliating losses in the Russo-Japanese War (over East Asia) and the Crimean War (w/ Ottoman Empire)

Question 3

Where rebellions against long-standing autocratic governments took place

Answer 3

Russia, China, and Mexico

Question 4

How revolutions changed governments

Answer 4

Challenged existing political/social orders and instituted new political philosophies/practices

Question 5

Bolsheviks

Answer 5

Communist group under Vladmir Lenin

Question 6

How did the Bolsheviks change the Russian government

Answer 6

They set up a communist government, taking ownership of factories, ending private trade, and distributing peasants’ crops to feed urban workers.

Question 7

Chian’s Internal Challenges

Answer 7

Taiping Rebellion, ethnic tension, famine, underfunded government (taxes were low and never changed), and Sun Yat-Sen as the new governor

Question 8

China’s External Challenges

Answer 8

Pressure from other countries to trade

Question 9

Confucian Principles

Answer 9

Loyalty, respect for elders, and efforts to promote social harmony

Question 10

Three Goals Sun Yat-Sen had for China

Answer 10

Democracy, Nationalism, and Livelihood

Question 11

Why did Sun Yat-Sen fail to rule China?

Answer 11

Local warlords would not give up control of their land

Question 12

What did Young Turks advocate for?

Answer 12

A constitution like the Europeans and Turkification in order to reduce ethnic diversity/tension but instead unite all people under Turkish culture

Question 13

Mustafa Kemal

Answer 13

A Turkish Nationalist who led the Turks in defeating the British and other forces, allowing them to establish the Republic of Turkey, which he was the first president of. He made it more like western democracies, opening schools for boys and girls, abolishing polygyny, and supporting women suffrage

Question 14

Porfirio Diaz

Answer 14

Disliked Mexican dictator because of his strong-armed policies and for arresting Francisco Madero, his opponent to being president, starting the Mexican revolution

Question 15

Strong-Armed Policies

Answer 15

Accommodation to foreign powers (foreign power get control over another person’s resources)

Question 16

Francisco “Pancho” Villa

Answer 16

Commander of Madero’s troops who forced Diaz into exile

Question 17

Emiliano Zapata

Answer 17

Mexican revolutionary leader who redistributed land to peasants

Question 18

Results (2) of the Mexican revolution

Answer 18

Stability; they adopted a new constitution which redistributed land, universal suffrage, and public education, and the Institutional Revolutionary Party which dominated Mexican politics