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Communism

A form of complete socialism.

Locomotive

The Rocket is the most successful...

Luddite

Someone who is Anti-technology.

Crop rotation

Alternating fields for planting.

Utilitarianism

The idea that government should try to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Strike

When workers protest by not working.

Suffrage

The right to Vote.

Factories

Buildings with large machines in them.

Corporation

A business owned by stockholders.

Entrepreneur

A person who organizes, manages and takes the risk of a business.

John McAdam

Scottish engineer who designed better roads.

James Watt

Made the steam engine faster and more efficient.

Karl Marx

The communist manifesto was written by

Adam Smith

Wrote the Wealth of Nations

Queen Victoria

Ruled the United Kingdom for 64 years

Utilitarianism

The process of developing a machine production of goods is called

Jeremy Bentham

The idea for #5, was a brainchild whose head was preserved

Socialism

The system by which the means of production controlled by the public and operated for the general welfare is called,

Manchester

was a typical mill city in England

Urbanization

The movement of people from the country into cities is called

Middle class

Sited voters and professionals were part of the

James Hargreaves

The Spinning Jenny was invented by

Shuttle

John Kay's invention the doubled the work of a weaver

Richard ark wright

The water frame was invented in 1769 by

Cotton

What American plantations produced for the British

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan

Churchill

P.M. of Great Britain

DeGaulle

Leader of the French government in exile

W. Wilson

U.S. President at the end of the war

Rommel

"the desert fox"

Mac Arthur

supreme allied commander

Yamamoto

Japanese admiral

dominated by Britain

The term Raj is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was...

indian soliders

The sepoys were

Famine, Revolted because of nationalism religious beliefs and hate for British rule

All of the following were causes of the Sepoy Mutiny Except…

The British government tightened its control over India.

Result of the Sepoy Mutiny

change some of their cultural and religious practices

According to Ram Mohun Roy, what did Indians have to do to successfully move towards independence?

Turkey

At the end of World War I, all that remained of the Ottoman Empire was

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?

Sun Yixian

He led the Revolutionary Alliance and, as the first president of the Republic of China, strove without success to establish nationalism, democracy, and economic security.

Leon Trotsky

After helping to form the Soviet state, he lost a power struggle to replace the first Soviet leader and then was forced into exile, where he was later murdered by agents of his successful rival.

Mohandas K. Gandhi

He was an English-educated lawyer who used the tactics of civil disobedience in leading the Indian independence movement.

Alexander Kerensky

He headed the provisional government established in Russia after the March Revolution but remained in power less than a year.

Mustafa Kemal

He led the struggle to unify Arabia. As king, he allowed for some modernization of his country but insisted on maintaining Islamic traditions.

Mao Zedong

As a leader of the Chinese Communist Party, he recruited peasants for the Red Army, which fought the Nationalists from mountain strongholds.

Reza Shah Pahlavi

He seized power from Persia's shah, changed the name of his country to Iran, and held absolute power while working to modernize the nation.

Joseph Stalin

This "man of steel" led a totalitarian regime that murdered millions of Soviet citizens and controlled every aspect of Soviet life.

Rasputin

This mysterious "holy man" held the Russian czarina in his spell until he was murdered by nobles who feared his influence over the government.

Bolshevik Revolution.

All of the following occurred during the reign of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, EXCEPT for the

local councils.

Under Russia's provisional government, soviets were

economic development.

The Soviet state's Five-Year Plans stated the nation's intentions regarding

Stalin → members of the Communist Party

Which of the following reflects the leader who was responsible for the Great Purge and the main group that was victimized by it?

Chinese Communists, fleeing the Nationalists.

The "Long March" was a 6,000-mile journey undertaken by Chinese Communists, fleeing the Nationalists.

Chinese Communists were killed by Chinese Nationalists.

Who were the victims of the Shanghai Massacre, and who were their murderers?

Japan

In the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies gave Chinese territories that had previously been controlled by Germany to

levels of technology.

The main difference between European colonies and protectorates in Africa had to do with their

watched over and taken care of.

The European policy of paternalism reflected the belief that Africans should be

France

Which nation adopted and then largely abandoned the policy of assimilation in Africa?

He managed to maintain his nation's independence.

How did Menelik II differ from other 19th-century African leaders?

unnaturally imposed

Which of the following best describes the national boundaries that existed in Africa at the end of the 19th century?

declined to about a third of its greatest size.

By 1914, the Ottoman Empire had

Russia

Which of the following lost the Crimean War?

Egypt

Muhammad Ali instituted a series of reforms in the military and in the economy of

French and Egyptians.

The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the

Persia

In 1907, which of the following was divided into spheres of influence by Russia and Britain?

China

All of the following places were located on the Pacific Rim EXCEPT

Rubber

What agricultural product was introduced to Ceylon and the Malay peninsula from England after having been brought to England from the Amazon?

Harbor

The main reason for British colonization of Singapore was to obtain use of its

Hawai’i

Queen Lilokalan was the last monarch of

Siam

Which of the following was modernized by King Mongkut?

hawai’i

As a direct result of the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following EXCEPT

The Philippine Islands

Emilio Aquinaldo fought for the independence of

Sugar Cane planters

Which U.S. business interest group pushed for the annexation of Hawaii?

writing technique.

Stream of consciousness is a

the world of the imagination.

New styles in art in the 1920s reflected a great interest in expressing

fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Charles Lindbergh is famous for being the first person to

Japan

Directly after World War I, all of the following countries were troubled by weak economies EXCEPT

an international peace agreement

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

stocks had been selling for more than they were really worth.

The major cause of the collapse of the stock market was that

create large public works projects.

One of the steps taken by the U.S. government under Franklin D. Roosevelt to improve the American economy was to

restore Americans' faith in the economy.

Roosevelt's famous statement, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," was intended to

a workers' revolution

In Italy and Germany, fascism appealed to people who feared

Communist states.

With the exception of Czechoslovakia, eastern European nations in the

Russia

Which country went from a monarchy to a democracy to a Communist nation within a few months?

Emperor Hirohito

All of the following were leaders of Fascist governments EXCEPT

Spain

Which country underwent a civil war in the late 1930s?

Germany

Which country invaded Rhineland in 1936?

Japan

Which country invaded China in 1938?

the Soviet Union

Which country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany in August 1939

Czechoslovakia

The Munich Conference was called to deal with the immediate threat,Germany posed to

NATO

This is an alliance between the United States, Canada, and ten Western European nations.

containment

The name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.

Iron curtain

This term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe.

Sputnik 1

This names the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.

Warsaw Pact

This was an alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern, European allies.

United nations

This is an organization of nations set up atter World War II, including both of the superpowers.

Warsaw Pact

This was an alliance to which East Germany belonged but West Germany did not.

Brinkmanship

This is the policy of demonstrating willingness to engage in a war to protect national interests.

Marshall Plan

This is an economic aid package designed to give European nations the aid needed to rebuild after World War II.

U-2 Incident

This names a conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.