Sweet o'l Europe
A political scandal in France involving the wrongful conviction of a Jewish army captain who was accused of leaking secrets to the Germans.
The Dreyfus Affair
This cultural and artistic movement of the 19th century emphasized emotion, imagination, and individual expression, rejecting the rationality favored in the enlightenment.
Romanticism
What meeting split up the African continent amongst European powers, initiating the Scramble for Africa in 1884.
Chancellor of Prussia who helped unite Germany through the "Three Wars of German Unification".
Otto Von Bismark
What piece of tech was used to put down forces in Mahdist Sudan, and others during the Scramble for Africa?
Maxim Machine Gun
War that ended with the Treaty of Paris and caused Russia to make massive reforms to catch up with Western Europe.
Crimean War
Sigmund Freud
This Belgian king was given the large territory known as the "Congo, " which fell under his direct control. This acquisition of territory also saw the calling for the Berlin Conference.
King Leopold II
Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Camillo Benso di Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II
Term referring to non-industrialized nations such as those in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Thrid World
Name the three countries that are a part of the Triple Entente.
(Double or nothing: Name the three countries apart of the Triple Alliance)
Russia, France, Britain
(Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy)
Impressionism
These conflicts saw the British and African aboriginals going to war in South Africa. The Aboriginals saw many victories in the first few months but ultimately failed because of the technological advantages of the British.
Zulu Wars
Group who, along with Giuseppe Garibaldi, invaded Sicily in 1860 in an attempt to liberate the island.
Red Shirts
Rebellion in India which saw Indian troops in the East India Company rise up against the British.
Sepoy (Great) Rebellion
The "Compromise of 1867" unified which two nations into a single entity.
Austria and Hungary (Austria-Hungary)
What19th-century philosophical movement emphasized science as the true source of knowledge and believed all assertions could be scientifically proven?
Positivism
An anti-foreigner rebellion that took place in China in 1899. Ultimately put down by an 8 nation alliance.
Boxer Rebellion
Leader who was captured by a united German force during the Franco-Prussian war.
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon)
Only city, before the Opium Wars, in China where European nations were allowed to trade.
Canton (Guangzhou)
An avoided conflict between the British and French, who were both trying to connect railroads through Mahdist Sudan. France backed down, and the two signed the Entente Cordial as a way to deter Germany.
Fashoda Crisis
Criticized the reliance on reason and believed that reality could be better understood through experience and intuition.
Henri Bergson
A "science" used to justify European colonization. This is seen in Rudyard Kipling's "White Man's Burden".
Social Darwinism
Coined in the 19th century, this term refers to a pragmatic approach to politics, emphasizing practical and realistic considerations rather than ideological or moral concerns.
Realpolitik
A massacre of peaceful protesters at the winter palace in St. Petersburg in 1905 that triggered a revolution that overturned absolute Tsarist rule and made Russia into a conservative constitutional monarchy.
Bloody Sunday