East Asia Rising
This country was forced to open trade ports after losing the First Opium War to Britain.
What is China?
This revolutionary leader helped overthrow the Qing Dynasty and became the first provisional president of the Republic of China.
Who is Sun Yat-sen?
The 1914 battle where Germany advanced into France but was stopped near Paris.
What was the First Battle of the Marne?
Systems used by governments to limit how much food or goods people could buy.
What is rationing?
The 1917 revolution that forced Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate.
What is the February Revolution?
The reform movement in China that tried to modernize the government and economy in only 100 days in 1898.
What was the Hundred Days’ Reform?
This Japanese emperor ruled during Japan’s transformation into a modern industrial power.
Who is Emperor Meiji?
One of the longest battles of WWI, lasting most of 1916 between France and Germany.
What was the Battle of Verdun?
Government messaging meant to encourage patriotism and support for the war.
What is propaganda?
The second revolution of 1917 in Russia that brought the Bolsheviks to power.
What is the October Revolution?
The violent anti-foreign uprising in China from 1899–1901 supported by the secret society known as the Boxers.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
This Russian revolutionary led the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This massive British offensive in 1916 became known for its enormous casualties.
What was the Battle of the Somme?
Many women joined factories producing weapons and supplies for the war; these were called this type of work.
What is war industry labor?
This political ideology promoted worker control of the economy and inspired the Bolsheviks
What is communism?
This dynasty ruled China for centuries but collapsed after the Xinhai Revolution in 1911.
What was the Qing Dynasty?
The German emperor who ruled during the start of World War I and abdicated in 1918.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
A 1915 campaign where Allied troops attempted to capture a key strait from the Ottoman Empire.
What was the Gallipoli Campaign?
Soldiers fighting from long dug-out defensive lines were using this type of warfare.
What is trench warfare?
The Russian ruling family executed after the revolution.
Who were the Romanovs?
The rapid modernization movement in Japan beginning in 1868 that restored power to the emperor.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
The last emperor of China who ruled briefly before the fall of the Qing dynasty.
Who is Puyi?
The final major Allied offensive in 1918 that pushed German forces back.
What was the Hundred Days Offensive?
Civilians often faced shortages of food, fuel, and medicine due to naval blockades and wartime economies.
What were wartime shortages?
The peace treaty that took Russia out of World War I.
What was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?