AP World History Unit 7 - Lesson 7.1

Porfirio Diaz

Dictator ________ (ruled 1884- 1911) oversaw a period of stability in Mexico but allowed foreign investors to take over resources and almost all land was owned by the wealthy 1 %.

Bolsheviks

Organization that represented the revolutionary working Russian class who seized power of the country and set up a communist government

Communism

Political and economic system set up to distribute resources and wealth evenly to the public

Turkification

Plan by the Young Turks to make all citizens of the Ottoman empire to identify with Turkish culture

Dictator Porfirio Diaz (ruled 1884

1911) oversaw a period of stability in Mexico but allowed foreign investors to take over resources and almost all land was owned by the wealthy 1%

Mexican Revolution

From 1910-1920, political revolution sparked by Porifirio Diaz jailing his opposing candidate Francisco Madero, that overthrew dictator Diaz and instituted a constitutional republic

Young Terks

Rising Turkish military and civilian elites.

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

_______________ dominated Mexican politics yet described as corrupt.

Francisco Madero

Democratic reformer of Mexico, ran against Porfirio Diaz

Kemal Ataturk

Founder of the republic of turkey.

Francisco Pancho Villa

Mexican revolution figure and governor of Chihuahua

Emiliano Zapata

Mexican revolutionary figure who started the redistribution of land to peasants.

Bloody Sunday (Russia)

Tsar troops killed protesters for better working conditions, this sparked revolution in Russia.

Russian Revolution of 1905

400,000 workers went on strike in Russia, and many were killed or exiled by Tsar troops.

Russo-Japanese War

Conflict over Russia and Japan over the shared desire to expand towards Korea and Manchuria.

Why did the Ottoman Empire side with German in WW1?

Resentment of European economic policies.

Crimean War

Conflict between Russia and allies (Britain, France, Ottoman Empire) over holy places in Palestine (Russia defeat).

Sun Yat-sen

Leader of Chinese revolutions that overthrew the Qing Empire.

Polygyny

When a man has two or more wives at the same time.

The Three People’s Principles

Democracy, Nationalism, Livelihood.