French Revolution
Ideas
Africa
Ottoman Empire
Japan
100

The largest group in France, they farmed the lands of others and paid heavy taxes to the nobility, the king and the Church

Peasants

100

The liberal and conservative ideologies emerged out of the political ideas surrounding this event

The French Revolution

100

This raw material made the money for King Leopold in the Congo

rubber

100

The term for the western-inspired transformation of the 19th century Ottoman Empire

Tanzimat

100

He forced Japan to open to western trade, ideas

Matthew Perry

200

this small group of well off merchants and professionals lived in cities

Bourgeoise

200

Individual rights, individualism, limited government, separation of Church and state all characterize this ideology

liberalism 

200

In Things Fall Apart, this idea from Europe upsets the structure of power in the village

Christianity 

200

This early 20th century Ottoman Group hoped to transform the Ottoman Empire through nationalism and liberalism

Young Turks

200

The military dictator who ruled from the 1600s to the 1850s and kept Japan isolated

Shogun

300

1789 document that was the foundation for the French Revolution, guaranteed liberty and equality for all

Declaration of the Rights of Man

300

Herbert Spencer believed that the government should do nothing to prevent poor people from dying out.  This policy is often given this name.

Laisse Faire 

300

This agreement set the guidelines for the European takeover of Africa

Berlin conference 

300

This idea, which emerged out of the French Revolution, threatened to tear apart the multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire

Nationalism

300

The emperor, who with the help of his advisors, began the modernization of Japan

Matsuhito/Meiji 

400

In this solemn promise, representatives of the Estates General declared that their authority came from all of France, not just the king, and that they had the authority to restructure all of French society

Tennis Court Oath

400

The ideas of this thinker shaped the understanding of chinese history and government until the 20th century

Confucius

400

Missionaries in Nigeria opened schools to teach English, a key requirement for this kind of imperialist control

Indirect rule

400

The Ottoman Sultan also held this religious title, indicating his rule over Islam

Caliph

400

Japan’s first step toward overseas Empire involved the conquest of Korea, traditionally a protectorate of this nation.

China

500

his thinker encouraged the 3rd Estate to demand a stronger voice in the Estates-General

Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes 

500

His book Reflections on the Revolution in France, established the foundations of the conservative ideology

Edmund Burke

500

Railroads built by the imperialists made trade between the African nations and this world region easier; they did nothing to ease trade among the African nations.

Europe

500

Control of this strategic waterway, linking the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, gave the Ottoman Empire tremendous power

Turkish Straits

500

Term for the 1868 plan of modernization in Japan

Charter Oath

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