Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Who lived in constant fear of assassination? He kept a thousand loaded revolvers hidden throughout his guarded estate and insisted that his pets taste his food before he ate it.
Abdülhamıˉd II
Who tried to transform Turkey into a modern state? He was also known as "father Turk."
Atatürk
What the name of the idea that stressed the need for the unity of all Africans?
Pan-Africanism
In India, who led the movement for Indian self-rule before World War I. He was known as India’s “Great Soul,” or Mahatma.
Mohandas Gandhi
What name is given to a large financial and industrial corporation in Japan?
zaibatsu
What is the deliberate mass murder of a particular racial, political, or cultural group called?
Genocide
Under Reza Shah Pahlavi, Persia was reformed and renamed into what modern day country in the Middle East?
Iran
What African American, educated at Harvard University, was the leader of a movement that tried to make all Africans aware of their own cultural heritage?
W.E.B. Du Bois
What is the term used to refer to refusal to obey laws considered to be unjust?
Civil disobedience
In autumn of 1931 the Japanese military leaders invaded what part of China in order to gain access to the regions natural resources?
Manchuria
Ottoman Turks, during World War I, were accused of committing crimes against humanity against what group of people?
Armenian Christians
Both the Jews and Arabs lay claim to what land area in the Middle East? This land area still is causing unrest to this day.
Palestine
According to the text, what was an African country that tried to gain its independence from a European country after World War I?
Nigeria, Kenya, Libya, Egypt, Spanish Morocco, French Morocco, British Somaliland
Under the INC, India wanted to push for full independence. What does INC stand for?
Indian National Congress
Why did the Japanese government shift to wartime status?
The government was taken over/controlled by military leaders and people who supported Japanese expansion.
What modern day country rose out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923?
Turkey or Republic of Turkey or Turkish Republic
What was the name of the document between Britain and the Zionists that hoped that the settlement of Palestine by a Jewish population friendly to Britain would help protect British interests around the important Suez Canal?
Balfour Declaration
What was a reason why Africans became more politically active and began seeking their independence?
Western education was introduced into African schools.
Africans who served in World War I were exposed to freedom and nationalism.
African students who studied abroad were exposed to freedom and nationalism.
What was the name of the worldwide organization of Communist parties formed in 1919 to advance world revolution?
Communist International or Comintern
In the 1950s, new groups called keiretsu formed, by pooling their resources, the keiretsu helped make Japan a global economic power. There are three main Keiretsu in Japan: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Fuyo. Correctly place these poplar Japanese brand names under the correct Keiretsu: Toshiba, Toyota, Canon,Yamaha, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors.
Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsui: Fuji, Toshiba, Toyota
Fuyo: Canon, Hitachi, Yamaha, Nissan, Rico
After seizing power in 1913, what group responded to Armenian calls for reform with force?
Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)
What was the most significant aspect of Atatürk’s reform program to modernize the modern day country of Turkey?
Attempt to break the power of the Islamic religion or to turn Turkey into a secular state.
What association founded in 1920 by farmers, was intent on blocking further land confiscation in Kenya? This association was also willing to work toward reform within the existing colonial structure.
The Kikuyu Association,
What does the word Pakistan mean?
"The Land of the Pure"
During the early 1930s, civilians formed extremist patriotic organizations. What was the name of the extremist patriotic organization mentioned in the section?
Black Dragon Society