Ch 11.1 and 12.1
Great Britain
What two countries pushed for the most land in the Scramble for Africa?
Belgium and the Second Reich (Germany)
These people were treated the worst in Russia under Alexander III
What is the Jews?
What happened during the Potato Famine in Ireland and what was one result?
Potato plants rotted in the ground and many Irish had nothing to eat. Britain didn't really help because most didn't believe it was happening. One million died and one million moved to other countries (mostly the U.S.).
One reason that people in Great Britain did not think well of people in Australia.
Because many of them were criminals or children of criminals
Why did the Boers leave Cape Colony?
The British took over, and the Boers didn't like one of their laws that said every slave in the colony would be set free
These two countries were the only ones in Africa free from European rule by the end of the 19th century.
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?
What was the war over Korea in the late 1800s called, and who won?
(first) Sino-Japanese War; Japan won
What was Queen Min of Korea like? What was one thing she did that proved this? What happened to her?
She was ambitious. She made sure her relatives got positions in the government, she convinced her husband that it was time to take power, and Korean signed a new trade treaty with Japan. She was assassinated (after she asked for help from Russia).
A bandit that hid along roads in Australia and held up the wagons that took gold from the mines to the towns.
What is a bushranger?
What two resources were discovered in Africa, in or near Afrikaner (Boer) land?
Diamonds and gold
They offered a treaty to Ethiopia to get some of their land (and its resources). But they tricked Menelik II
What was the hidden message of José Rizal's book Touch Me Not?
The Spanish government was cruel, unjust, and oppressive
How did American newspapers report on the "Cuban crisis" and why? How did this affect the Spanish-American War?
Newspapers put headlines on the front page that were sometimes exaggerated and sometimes lies, in order to sell papers. That influenced people, and also helped convince Congress to declare war on Spain.
The country that Ireland was a part of during the 1800s.
What did the British do to end the war with the Boers?
They put Afrikaner families into (concentration) camps so they could watch them.
How did Menelik II keep Ethiopia independent?
He went to war with them and won, because he had more soldiers, modern weapons, and knowledge of the land.
Which countries fought each other in the Spanish-American War and who won?
The U.S. and Spain; the U.S. won
How was the rule of Alexander III in Russia different from that of his father, Alexander II?
Alex III took away the rights of the Russian people that his father established, and sent people who opposed him to Siberia. Increased autocracy.
What are two reasons that the Irish quarreled with the British?
Ireland was demanding the right to rule itself; also, Catholics were not treated well by Protestants.
What is a Boer / Afrikaner?
Descendants of Dutch (from the Netherlands) men and women who had once immigrated to Cape Town
The next-to-last czar of Russia
Who is Alexander III?
How did the modern age make war worse?
Railroads + modern roads + steam-powered trains + ships made it easier to move large numbers of soldiers/weapons (and weapons became more powerful)
How did Alexander II die?