Embry's chapter 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mogul Empire | an empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857 |
| Sepoys | Indian soldiers in the British army |
| Why were the Sepoys so angered with the British East India Company? | they thought the new amo-cartritiges were sealed in pig or cow fat |
| What was the jewel in the British Crown | India |
| Raj | the British-controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947 |
| What were the pros and cons of hte Raj for the Indian people | pros...British build railroads, roads, and canals. It was a source for raw materials, such as cotton, tea, indigo, and jute. became the most significant sourcs of raw cotton for British textile factories. CONS..prejudice, The introduction of British manufactured goods, especially textiles, devestated India's pre-existing industry. British closed Indian textile factories to prevent competition with British companies |
| Indian National Congress | Indian nationalist group formed to work for rights and power for Indians under British rule. |
| Why did the Muslims form the Muslim League | sought to protect the interest of Indian Muslims in 1906; later became the main forces calling for India independence and a separate nation for Indian Muslims |
| Ram Mohun roy | an activist who wanted to abaolish several aspects of traditional Indian society, felt that the British were violating the Indian peopl's rights, including the rights of free speech and religion |
| What caused the opium war | There was an imbalance of trade between China and Britain. British discovered a solution to the trade imbalance-opium .. because there was a great demand for it in China..The addiction was so bad that China government banned the import of it. Foreign merchants continued to smuggle it into China and the war broke out. |
| Treaty of Nanjing | "unequal treaty" to end Opium War in which China had to accept British terms for peace |
| What three things did the British win in the Opium war | 1)opened five more ports to western trade.2)gave extraterritorialityto the British, meaning that British citizens accused of crimes had the right to be tried in British courts rather than in chinese courts. 3)In the next two decades, china was forced to sign more treaties with Britain, France, the US, and Russia. |
| Qing Dynasty | the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu |
| Taiping Rebellion | a mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan. |
| Open Door Policy | written by John Hay; would allow free trade in the Chinese ports under Europoean control. This would allow the US to continue its trade in China |
| Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. |
| Sun Yat-Sen- What were his three principles | 1) nationalism 2) democracy 3) people's livelihood |
| Revolution of 1911 | An uprising in the industrial center in China led by Sun Yat-sen's followers while he was away. Led to a collapse of the old order. |
| Yuan Shikai | Chinese general and first president of the Chinese Republic (1912-1916). He stood in the way of the democratic movement led by Sun Yat-sen. (p. 768) |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | 1854 treaty between Japan and the US. Japan agreed to open two ports to American ships |
| Meji Restoration | the overthrow of Japan's shogun in 1868 and restoration of power to the emperor |
| What two wars did Japan win to prove their modernization had worked? | 1) Sino-Japanese war 2) Russo-Japanese |
| Treaty of Saigon | gave the French control of most of the territory in southern Vietnam |
| Siam | the only Southeast Asian country to retain its independence in the 1800s ( called Thailand today) |
| List 7 reasons for Imperialism | ? |
| Suez Canal | a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea |
| Ferdinand de Lesseps | French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894) |
| Who controlled the finished canal? | Great Britain |
| Dr. Livingstone | traveled to the |
| Henry Stanley | The man that found David Livingstone after he had been presumably lost in Africa and later took up his work |
| King Leopold II | King of Belgium (r. 1865-1909). He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the ruler of the Congo Free State (to 1908). (p. 732) |
| Berlin Conference | A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa |
| Great Trekk | ? |
| What two states did Boers found? | ? |
| What made the British interested in the two states? | ? |
| Boer War | A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa. |
| How were the British able to win the Boer War? | ? |
| Zulu | A people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united beginning in 1818. |
| Ethiopia | only African nation of Ethiopia to retain its independence by matching European firepower |
| Which European nation had the most land in Africa? | ? |
| Cape to Cairo | The idea of a trans-African railroad from South Africa to Egypt to bring British culture to all of Africa |
| Francisco Pancho Villa | A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution. An outlaw in his youth, when the revolution started, he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata. (819) |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | Led the Mexican fight for independence served as Mexico's president 4 times. Fought the U.S. for Texas; won the battle of Alamo |
| Caudillo | military dictator in Latin America |
| Benito Juarez | a Mexican president (was Indian) who fought for a better life for the poor |
| Who supported Emperor Maximilian? | ? |
| What two men led to the resignation of Porfirio Diaz? | ? |
| Carranza | president of Mexico in 1917 who approved a new constitution |
| Jose Marti | Cuban poet and journalist who organized a guerilla revolution against Spain in 1895- "Cuba Libre" free Cuba was his battle cry-and sought US support and intervention. |
| "Remember the Maine" | A ship in a Havana harbor that was blown up |
| What did the US gain in the Spanish American War? | Puerto Rico, Guam, and agreed to purchase the Philippines for $20 million |
| Platt Amendment | allowed the US to intervene in Cuba, to approve foreign treatires, and to lease land at Guantanamo Bay for a naval base |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino who was lead both the Phillipine revolution against Spain and then the United States |
| How did the US managae to get the Panama Canal built? | the revoutuionist got sponserd by the US so they let the US build the canal |
| Monroe Doctrine | Issued by Monroe as a result of Spanish colonies declaring their independence. It was warned Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere. It was issued to keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | president theodore roosevelt's 1904 extension of the monroe doctrine, in which he declared that the united states had the right to exercise "police power" throughout the western hemishere. |
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