British Imperialism
Widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59
Sepoy Rebellion
These led to stalemates, harsh living conditions, and massive casualties due to exposure, disease, and deadly assaults across "no man's land."
What are the trenches?
Served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Who was Mao Zedong?
Bloody massacre committed by the Japanese imperial army in 1937. There were mass executions, rapes, and looting.
Joint-stock company that came to rule large areas of India, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions.
What is the British East India Company?
Treaty that held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The ruler of the Soviet Union from 1927 until 1953
Who was Joseph Stalin?
An economic and social campaign led by the Chinese Communist Party from 1958 to 1962. Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through the formation of people's communes.
What was the Great Leap Forward?
In 1910, Japan officially incorporated a country into its empire through pressure and manipulation. The annexation led to the suppression of culture, the exploitation of resources, and harsh treatment of the people.
The boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India.
What is the Radcliffe Line?
What technological innovations and advancements in weapons made WWI different from previous wars? Name 4
Machine guns, tanks, submarines, warplanes, poison gas
A social, political, and economic theory developed by a German philosopher which advocates for the overthrow of capitalist systems and the establishment of a classless society where the means of production are collectively owned and controlled, ultimately leading to communism.
What is Marxism?
A violent sociopolitical purge movement in China from 1966 until 1976.
What was the Cultural Revolution?
This period saw Japan rapidly modernize, adopting Western industrial, political, and military practices, which helped Japan emerge as a major global power by the early 20th century and set the foundation for Japan's rise as an industrialized and imperial nation.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
What is the Raj?
Fought in Northern France during World War I, this was one of the bloodiest battles in history and resulted in over a million casualties. It marked the first major use of tanks in warfare.
What is Battle of the Somme?
Mass protests and strikes in Petrograd due to food shortages, poor working conditions, and dissatisfaction with World War I. The revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the establishment of a provisional government.
What is the February Revolution?
This political party came to power in 1949 after defeating the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) in the Chinese Civil War, and it has governed China ever since, under the leadership of figures like Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping.
What is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?
A U.S. Navy officer who is best known for his role in opening Japan to the West in the mid-19th century. In 1853, he led an expedition to Japan, arriving with a fleet of "black ships" and demanding that Japan open its ports to American trade.
Who is Mathew Perry?
The region has been a source of conflict since the partition of British India in 1947, with both India and Pakistan claiming it in full, but each controlling only parts of it. The dispute has led to multiple wars and ongoing tensions, making this region a focal point in South Asian geopolitics.
What is Kashmir?
The systematic mass killing and forced deportation of around 1.5 million people by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923. The perpetrator still denies the genocide today.
What is the Armenian Genocide?
Led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party, it resulted in the overthrow of the Provisional Government and marked the start of Soviet rule in Russia.
What is the October Revolution?
A strategic retreat undertaken by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its Red Army from 1934 to 1935 to escape the Chinese Nationalist government (Kuomintang).
An agreement between the United States and Japan that ended Japan's policy of seclusion/isolation and opened the country to foreign trade. The treaty allowed American ships to access two Japanese ports for supplies and trade.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?