Revolutions Vocabulary
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
Representative Democracy
In France this estate rose up against the others in Revolution
Third Estate
This man used his own version of communism to rule over the USSR with an iron fist - name this man and his form of communism
Vladimir Lenin - Leninism
The Sepoy Mutiny took place in which country?
India
Where did the Industrial Revolution first begin?
Great Britain
Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
Colonialism
One cause of the French Revolution was weak leadership, what were the names of the two Monarchs during the French Revolution?
King Louis the XVI and Marie Antoinette
Lenin promised the Russian people BREAD (food to eat) LAND (place to farm) and PEACE (from war) Which war was he referring to?
World War I
An Indian soldier were known as
Sepoy
China currently has what type of economic system?
Communism
A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
Dictatorship
The revolutions in Haiti are considered to be the first successful black slave rebellion, How many Africans worked the French plantations?
500,000
Stalin developed a plan to get Russia Back on its feet, name this plan
5 Year Plan
India was first taken over not by a the government of a country but by this trading company
British East India Company
This man led an trek made up communism refugees fleeing from the Chinese government that covered 6,000 miles. Name this man and the name of the trek
Mao Zedong - The Long March
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically
Imperialism
Haiti was considered to be the most valuable of any colonies, producing sugar, coffee, cocoa, and indigo. Haiti was within which region?
Caribbean
The United States armed Cuban refugees and planned an attack on Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, Name this failed attempt to get Castro out of power
Bay of Pigs
This man led the peaceful protest known as the Salt March
Mahatma Gandhi
Laissez-Faire means absence of what in business?
Government
A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens
Totalitarianism
He led the slave rebellion in Haiti and later was thrown in jail were he died shortly after
Toussaint L'ouverture
In October of 1962, US planes spotted secret Soviet missiles bases in Cuba - this was later coined _____ and the US president that oversaw this event was ____
Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy
The belief that Sepoy rifle cartridges were lubricated with _____ offended both Muslims and Hindus who because of their religion can not ingest this
Animal fat, pork, beef
When news of the Treaty of Versailles hit China, outrage swept the county. Angry students gathered at the center of Beijing to protest. this event was known as the?
May Fourth Movement