He used his policy of “blood and iron” to unite the German states under Prussian rule.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
100
Napoleon III set up this empire.
What is the Second Empire?
100
Trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, or other restrictions.
What is Free Trade?
100
Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
What is Imperialism?
100
Powerful banking and industrial families in Japan were known as this.
What is Zaibatsu?
200
He was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, and was the Emperor of France from 1852 to 1870.
Who is Napoleon III?
200
He invested in industry, railroad building and the urban renewal of Paris for France.
Who was Napoleon III?
200
The campaign against slavery and the slave trade.
What is the Slave Trade?
200
This poem written by Rudyard Kipling summarizes the duties of imperial nations.
What is “The White Man’s Burden”?
200
Conflict between China and Japan in 1894-1895 over control of Korea led to this war.
What is the First Sino-Japanese War?
300
He was a school teacher and was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion.
Who is Hong Xiuquan?
300
In 1871 this event lead to the death of 20,000 hostages in Paris.
What was the Paris Commune?
300
A Crime punishable by death.
What is a Capitol Offense?
300
An area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges.
What is the Sphere of Influence?
300
The reformers in Japan looked at the ideas of European governments and adapted the ideas of this country's government to their own.
Who is Germany?
400
In July 1853, he commanded a fleet of armed American ships that sailed into lower Tokyo Bay.
Who Commodore Matthew Perry?
400
In the first 10 years of the Third Republic 50 of these political parties were formed and then fell.
What were Coalition Governments?
400
In 1829, Parliament passed this law, which allowed Irish Catholics to vote and hold political office.
What is is the Catholic Emancipation Act?
400
This event occurred because of the demand for work on plantations and in mines, which caused many Africans to be sent to the Middle East, North Africa, and India.
What is The Transatlantic Slave Trade?
400
During this war, Japan’s armies defeated Russian troops in Manchuria, and its navy destroyed almost an entire Russian fleet.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
500
A liberal reformer of Zapotec Indian Heritage who offered hope to the oppressed people of Mexico
Who is Benito Juarez?
500
Napoleon failed in these when he placed Maximilian, an Austrian Hapsburg prince, on the throne of Mexico.
What Foreign Affairs?
500
In 1832, Parliament passed this law which redistributed seats in the House of Commons, and gave representation to large towns and cities.
What is the Great Reform Act of 1832?
500
In the 1830’s, British merchants brought this to trade for tea when they arrived in China, and this eventually led to a war between the two countries over foreign trade restrictions.
What is opium?
500
A turning point during Japanese History which lasted from 1868- 1912 was known as this.