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History final

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With which colony did France have a protracted war of independence from 1954-1962
Algeria
In 1909, German scientists synthesized ammonia, paving way for an agricultural revolution through what
Nitrogen fertilizers
Which country did not fight in the war of the pacific (1879-1883) over guano and nitrate deposits
Brazil
The Mexican revolution (1910-1920) overthrew which long time leader
Porfirio Diaz
Which country remained under Spanish rule until 1898 because of sugar
Cuba
In which year was the Black Tuesday stock market crash
1929
In what year did the Peoples Republic of China begin under Mao Zedong
1949
In 1884-1885 European leaders met at which conference to divide Africa
Berlin
Which country was not part of the communist political block initiated by Warsaw Pact of 1955
France
Following the Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles in 1919 which international body was created
League of Nations
Calicoes refers to which Indian product sought by British consumers, which produced tensions amoungst Bristish manufactures
Cotton
In 1953 a Cold War stalemate created a de-militarized zone (DMZ) at the 38th parallel on which peninsula
Korean
The Sepoy Rebellion or "greased cartridge controversy" occurred in which territory in 1857 resulting to the British Raj
India
King Leopold II sparked the eventual "scramble for Africa" by establishing a colony in the Congo for which country in 1876
Belgium
Which Christian rebellion/civil war killed roughly 20 million people in China from 1850-1864
Taiping
Following the first opium wars (1839-1842) the British left troops in which Chinese territory
Seoul
Which medicinal remedy allowed Europeans to fight malaria and enter the interior regions of Africa and India in the nineteenth century
Quinine
Jawarharal Nehru of India, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and other leaders of post-colonial nations, banded together in 1961 for which movement
Non-alignment
In 1954 the United States Central Intelligence Agency overthrew Jacobo Arbenz, the democratically elected president of which country
Guatemala
The rise of Ronald Regan and Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s led to a wave of deregulation know as what
Neoliberalism
Which power was not a member of the Central Powers during WW1
Russia
The great divergence between Europe and China was fueled by
Coal
From 1868 to 1912 japan underwent rapid industrialization and political reordering known as
Meiji Restoration
Which ally nation withdrew from WW1 before the war ended
Russia
In which century did women obtain suffrage around most of the world
1900s
In 1899, Rudyard Kipling wrote "The White Man's Burden." During which war was the poem written, and what was its context and significance? How does the poem connect to Cecil Rhodes "Confession of Faith?"
Written during the Spanish- American War in 1899. Rudyard is referencing the colonization of the Phil. The "burden" is having to convert and civilize "savages". Rhodes references Africa in the same way as Kipling. He would want to be born in British colonies. Edmond- burden is white people and being enslaved
In the 1790s, Emperor Qian Long of China wrote to King George 3 of Britain with regard to trade. What was the message and how was it justified? How did the Opium Wars change this relationship?
The emperor was mocking the king. China had the Canton System and didn't need to trade with anyone. British asked for more ports. He denied it. British were barbarians, China was enlightened. There was a war, British won, downfall of China.
Hernan Cortes conquered which empire in the Americas
Aztec
Who is considered a founder of Protestantism and Reformation
Martin Luther
The Safavid, Mughal, and the Ottoman empires all descended from which group?
Turkish
The Counter-Reformation in Europe refers to which religion
Catholicism
Muslim trader and admiral Zheng He captained fleets for which empire
Ming
Which modern country received the most African slaves in the Americas during the duration of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Brazil
Which Russian Tsar, influenced by absolute monarchs in Europe, took the title of emperor and moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 1703
Peter the Great
The Seven Years War, sometimes called world war zero or the first global war, occurred during which time span
1756-1763
Who wrote "The Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen (1791)?
Olympe de Gouges
The Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople and changed the city name to
Istanbul
On what did the Canton System, initiated in 1759 by Qing Dynasty, place restrictions
European trade
Which elemental cycle was the limiting factor during the Biological Old Regime
Nitrogen
Which commodity did Spain and its colonies primarily provide to China through the Manila Galleon
Silver
Which Russian leader expanded the Muscovite territory beyond Moscow and into Siberia during the mid-1500s
Ivan IV
The Ming Dynasty moved the capital of China from Nanjing to which location
Beijing
The Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan expelled foreign traders and missionaries, but maintained relations with which European group
Dutch
Which crop dominated the plantations in the Caribbean colonies
Sugar
French philosophes such as Montesquieu and Jean Jacque Rousseau theorized against which ruling order during the Enlightment
Absolutism
Which treaty ended the Thirty Years War in 1648 and established the rise of nations in Europe
Westphalia
Roughly how many slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas from the 1500s-1800s
12 million
Emperor Akbar the Great marries a Princess Jodha to unite the Muslim and Hindu faiths in which empire
Mughal
When did the Black Death occur
Mid fourteenth century
European empires expanded their colonial territories under which economic theory
Mercantilism
Prior to the triangular slave trade, which ocean was the center for economic activity
Indian
Rulers Mansa Musa and Ibn Battuta made the haji to Mecca from which continent during the 1300 and 1400s
Africa
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