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4th quarter review
Industrialization, Nationalism, Imperialism
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History
9th Grade
06/14/2008

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What is conservativism?
Definition
The belief in tradition and social stability
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What is the principle of intervention
Definition
The right of powerful countries to maintain order throughout Europe
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What is liberalism?
Definition
The belief that people should be free from government restraint
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What is Universal Male Suffrage
Definition
voting rights for all adult men
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What is nationalism?
Definition
The chief force in three 1830 revolutions
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What is textiles?
Definition
The first business to industrialize
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What is the middle class?
Definition
This social class came about as a result of industrialization.
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Who is Charles Darwin?
Definition
He did more than anyone to create a picture of humans as material (rather than religious)?
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What is realism?
Definition
This was the literary tradition to which Charles Dickens belongs
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What are ruling class oppressors?
Definition
According to Marx, the means of production were owned by them.
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What is proletariat?
Definition
This was Marx’s term for the urban working class
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What is bourgeoisie?
Definition
This was Marx’s term for the new urban middle class
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What is stunning material growth produced by the second industrial revolution?
Definition
This was at the heart of the 19th century’s worship of progress
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What are past experiences?
Definition
According to Freud, human experience was strongly determined by this
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What is dictatorship?
Definition
This term means absolute governmental power by an individual or group
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What is science?
Definition
This was one of the chief pillars supporting the optimistic view of the world of 19th century Europe?
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What is psychoanalysis?
Definition
This is when doctor and patient probe the unconscious to make patient aware of repressed thoughts
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What is gaining access to new markets and raw materials
Definition
This is an economic motive for the New Imperialism
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What is a political motive for the New Imperialismhis
Definition
Overseas colonies were a source of prestige in Europe
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What is racism and Social Darwinism?
Definition
This was a social motive for the New Imperialism
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What is spreading religion and "white man's burden"?
Definition
This is a cultural motive for the New Imperialism
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What were the chief goals of the Western powers in Southeast Asia?
Definition
to exploit natural resources and to open up markets for their own manufactured goods
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Who was King Leopold II of Belgium?
Definition
He was the real driving force behind the colonization of Central Africa
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What was the major immediate cause of the Sepoy Rebellion?
Definition
The rumor that British were issuing bullets greased with cow and pig fat
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What was the largest colonial population in the world at 300 million people?
Definition
300 million Indians ruled by 3,500 British officials under Queen Victoria
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What was the greatest cost of British rule in India to the Indians
Definition
economic: destroyed local industries; unemployment; higher taxes; caused starvation
by switching Indian crops from food to cotton. But also degradation & humiliation
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Whose return from South Africa energized India’s struggle for independence?
Definition
Mohandas Gandhi.
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What is Empress of India?
Definition
In 1876, Queen Victoria assumed this title
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What are the three social classes in Latin America?
Definition
1st-Peninsulares; 2nd-Creoles; 3rd-Meztizos
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What is exporting raw materials and importing finished goods?
Definition
This ensured the ongoing domination of the Latin American economy by foreigners
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What is land?
Definition
Wealth, social prestige, and political power during the 19th century in Latin America were based on this.
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Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
Definition
He led a movement for independence in the Philippines
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What are the caudillos?
Definition
This term refers to the Latin Americans who ruled by military force and were supported by the landed elite
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What was pressure applied by the modern west in the form of attack?
Definition
This was an external reason for the abrupt decline and fall of the Qing Dynasty
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~Chinese pay cost of war ~Chinese give up Hong Kong
~opening 5 coastal ports to trade ~limited taxes on British goods
Definition
These were the terms of the Treaty of Nanjing. (FINAL JEOPARDY)
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What is imperialism?
Definition
This was the extension of a nation’s power over other lands
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What is indirect rule?
Definition
This kind of imperialism involved by working with existing political elites
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What was the Taiping Rebellion?
Definition
This was one of the most devastating civil wars in history
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What was the Open Door Policy?
Definition
This was Hay’s proposal to ensure equal access to Chinese markets
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What were Boxers?
Definition
They were members of a Chinese nationalist secret organization
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What is extraterritoriality?
Definition
Under this policy, Europeans were not required to follow Chinese laws
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What is opium?
Definition
To improve their balance of trade with China, the British sold this to the Chinese
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What is concessions?
Definition
This is the word for political compromise.
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What were Liberals and Progressives (add for FJ Lib want parliament in charge and Prog want executive in charge.
Definition
These were the two main factions in the Meiji Government. for FINAL JEOPARDY add what each wanted
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What is to “create a rich country and a strong state” to guarantee Japan’s survival against the west?
Definition
This was the chief goal of the Meiji reformers
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