Imperialism
What is imperialism?
Is a response to imperialism and colonization and is the act of pushing foreign powers out of a country
What is decolonization?
Decolonization often leads to this
What is/are nationalism/independence movements?
The economic and political theory proposed by Karl Marx that means of production should be publicly and not privately owned.
What is communism?
Chinese nationalist who wanted unified China and created the Republic of China
Who is Sun Yat Sen?
An act of resistance to the sale of opium in China
What are the Opium Wars?
Was the nationalist leader for India
After WWI, the ___________________ broke apart and many countries in the Middle East became independent.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Promised the people "peace, land, and bread" to gain support to overthrow Czar Nicholas II
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Chinese leader who turned China into a communist nation and renamed it The People's Republic of China
Who is Mao Zedong?
A company that the British had in India and were profiting greatly from
What is the British East India Company?
The racial segregation that occurred in South Africa
What is apartheid?
Was the nationalist leader for China who wanted to unite it under communism
Who is Mao Zedong?
Under Lenin, Russia was the first nation to become communist and changed its name to this
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)?
Plan created by Mao to rapidly industrialize China
What is the Five Year Plan?
When a country not only takes over another country but also settles and lives there is called
What is colonization?
Event where Indians who were peacefully protesting were met with gunfire
What was the Amritsar Massacre?
An effort to modernize and industrialize China by creating collective farms and communes, but was a huge failure
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Policy of Stalin to remove any political opposition by torture and/or execution
What is the Great Purge?
Mao's plan to create collective farms and communes but it was a huge failure
The main reason why countries take over other countries
What are natural resources?
The plan created to solve the ethnic conflict between Hindus and Muslims after India gained independence in 1947. This led to the creation of Pakistan
What is the partition plan?
The proposal to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine is known as
What is Zionism?
Policy of Stalin to collect all farmland and have it under government control; those who refused were sent to Soviet labor camps (gulags)
What is collectivization/collective farming?
Students were shot for protesting for more democracy
What is the Tiananenmen Square Massacre?