AP World 1750-Present

A movement of young leaders that set Japan on the path of political centralization, industrialization, and imperialism

Meiji Restoration

Many resented this Chinese empire for the presence of European merchants and missionaries

Qing

A movement and political party that demanded greater Indian participation in a British controlled India

Indian National Congress

This was a statement from Britain's foreign secretary favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine

Balfour Declaration

Benito Mussolini led this movement and political party, known to over glorify warfare and promote excessive nationalism

Fascist/Fascism

This was the systematic racial segregation set up in South Africa by white Afrikaners

Apartheid

Recently, this form of government has become more stable in places like Indonesia, Myanmar, and India, while less certain in Pakistan, Turkey, and Sub-Saharan Africa

Democracy

This French general overthrew the Directory on his way to become Emperor

Napoleon

This man believed that relentless competition inherent in industrial capitalism would lead to a social order divided between the wealthy powerful few and masses of exploited and impoverished workers

Karl Marx

This man was determined to use Prussian nationalism and German industry to make his state the dominant power in a newly unified Germany

Otto von Bismarck

This was a radical Russian Marxist political party who seized power in 1917

Bolsheviks

This was President Wilson's proposition for the formation of a world organization to safeguard peace following WWI

League of Nations

Hitler joined the German army and was wounded in WWI before building up and leading this political party

Nazis

This group of countries was formed after WWII to encourage diplomacy over aggression

United Nations

This is a shipping shortcut dug in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, shortening the voyage between Europe and Asia

Suez Canal

The need for grazing land and mass agriculture led to this, which in turned caused erosion to occur

Deforestation

In addition to helping Britain colonize India, the US also invested in building these to open the interior to Latin America to development

Railroads/Trains

Many immigrant groups experienced this, the adoption of language and customs of the host nation

Acculturization

The free movement of people via railroads helped spread these, such as Cholera

Diseases

The US and the USSR sponsored these types of conflicts, in which the superpowers pursued their interests by arming, training, and financing local combatants

Proxy Wars

This organization of Middle Eastern countries regulates the production of oil, often using as leverage over western nations

OPEC

This was a complex and diverse intellectual movement that lead to critical new ideas of natural rights and freedoms

The Enlightenment

These are often movements of ethnic groups (bound by a common language, customs, religion, and history) and historically they lead to revolts and revolutions with the aim of becoming their own country

Nationalist(ic)

This was a meeting called by German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck which was to set rules for the partition of Africa by European imperial powers

Berlin Conference

This idea of the survival of the fittest could be applied more broadly to races as well as to social classes

Social Darwinism

This is a social/political movement that emphasizes civil rights of citizens

Liberalism

This was the systematic extermination of Jews during WWII

Holocaust

This was Mao's radical program to bring change to Chinese culture and to increase his own power over the party

Cutural Revolution

Cheap iron led to mass production of items like guns and hardware, further leading to the creation of these parts to keep costs of assembly down

Interchangeable

This engine/machine, turned the energy released by burning fuel, into motion

Steam

This groundbreaking device was used for rapid, long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire

Telegraph

After the US dropped this type of weapon on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered, ending WWII

Atomic Bomb/Nuclear Weapon

Construction of these massive structures and feats of engineering, helped to bring electricity to rural areas

Dams

Medicines and these were developed to control recent pandemics

Vaccines

Photography and the advent of this "invisible" communications technology made the world much more connected

Radios

This war began in part due to taxes being placed on British North American colonies to pay for their own defense

American Revolution/Revolutionary War

In this war, China and Japan fought over Korea with Japan begin victorious

Sino-Japanese War

This was a conflict between Britain and Qing Empire caused by China's refusal to permit the import of an illegal drug

Opium War

This was a 40 year period of time marked by the struggle between communism and capitalism

Cold War

This was a war which began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea

Korean War

This short conflict saw Israel launch a massive surprise attack capturing strategic territory, the holy city of Jerusalem, and essentially tripling the size of its borders all in less than a week

Six Day War

The Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in this Bosnian city in 1914, starting a series of war declarations which ultimately led to WWI

Sarajevo

This economic policy states that governments should regulate trade in order to maximize their hoard of precious metals

Mercantilism

This is the idea that government should leave businesses to operate with little to no regulations

Laissez Faire

This was the restructuring of Soviet agriculture where farmers would work in communities in common fields and provide a fixed amount to the government

Collectivization

This was the name given to Stalin's short AND long term goals to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union, with police enforcing the high output of steel, electricity, and machinery

Five Year Plan

The was the name given to mass collectivization of agriculture in China, ultimately led to famine, starvation, and the death of 20-30 million people

Great Leap "Forward"

This group of Soviets took over half of all industrial and three-fourths of agricultural jobs during WWII. Contributions by this group also led the other Allies to victory over the Axis powers.

Women

This was created after WWII help economically struggling nations

World Bank