Iran
This ruler came to power in Iran in 1925. He began major modernization reforms that included new infrastructure, centralization of power, state-owned industries, and improved education.
Who is Mohammed Reza Shah?
This Soviet leader released his Five-Year Plans to industrialize the Soviet Union quickly.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
While initially being a military leader, he became the first president of modern Turkey and led major reforms to modernize Turkey.
Who is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
This period marked the start of Japan's reform in modernizing its government, military, and economy.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This was the original name of Iran before Mohammed Reza Shah changed it.
What is Persia?
Mohammed Reza Shah banned the veil and pushed a western fashion agenda for women as part of this larger policy focused on reforming the Iranian society.
What is secularization?
This political party came to power and began reforming the Russian society after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ended the Islamic religious law and replaced with these new reforms influenced by Europe.
What are secular reforms?
Japan was influenced European to create this type of government structure.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
This country granted women's suffrage earlier than France or Italy as part of their pursuit towards Western equality.
What is Turkey?
Mohammed Reza Shah started multiple reforms to modernize Iran by giving land to farmers, improving education, and granting women’s suffrage.
What is the White Revolution?
This policy was created by Stalin as apart of his modernization attempts. It forced peasants to give up their land and join large farms ran by the government.
What is Collectivization?
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk promoted this official language in schools and government in order to build a sense of nationalism.
What is the Turkish language?
As part of their pursuit to modernization, Japan promoted equal rights and gave this group new legal and social freedoms.
Who are women?
Japan's constitution created this new type of legislative body to represent the people in a Western democracy way.
What is the National Diet?
While the Reza Shah brought economic growth to Iran, many believed he was corrupt and this led to a revolution in that year.
What is the 1979 Iranian Revolution?
Nikita Khrushchev enforced this policy in the Soviet Union after Stalin's death. The Soviet Union opened to minimal cultural exchange with the west.
What is de-stalinization?
This reform changed how people were named. It ended traditional Islamic naming and required all citizens to have last names.
What is the Surname Law?
Japan sent students and other officials aboard to learn from the West and bring in Western advisors. This was a major mission often called this.
What is the Iwakura Mission?
During the earlier stages of the Soviet Union, this artistic movement was supported by the government to promote modernization.
What is Social Realism?
Iran became allied with this Western superpower. They provided Iran with military aid and advisors however, many Iranians saw them as a foreign control.
What is the United States?
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced this policy to allow more Western-style reforms such as freedom of speech and press.
What is Glasnost?
Turkey's economy was modernized by using this kind of development which included building factories and transportation systems.
What is State-led industrialization?
After World War II, Japan's economy modernized rapidly with help from the U.S. This lead to a period of fast growth often referred to as this.
What is the Japanese Economic Miracle?
This program in Turkey focused on reducing foreign economic control by building a national economy through state-owned industries.
What is Etatism?