Asian History
This period of Japanese history saw rapid modernization and societal change in an attempt to avoid colonization
What is the Meiji Period?
This revolution, sparked in part by WWI, saw Vladimir Lenin gain control of Russia
What is the 1917 Revolution/The October Revolution?
This American naval officer was sent to Japan in 1853 to force open trade by "peaceful means"
Who is Commodore Matthew C. Perry?
This author was the original theorist of the Communist movement
Who is Karl Marx?
This conflict, caused by various factors including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, saw most of Europe at war for four years
What is WWI/The Great War?
This battle led to the EIC gaining a foothold in Bengal
What is the Battle of Plassey (1757)?
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This economic event, starting in 1929, spread from the United States around the world
What is the Great Depression?
This man invented the steamship
Who is Robert Fulton?
This treaty, with its large penalties for Germany, indirectly empowered groups like the Nazis
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This conflict was sparked partly by the introduction of the Enfield Rifle
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
These conflicts, fought by European powers in China, saw their power grow and the cession of territories like Hong Kong
What are the Opium Wars?
This war saw the United States gain area from Texas to California
What is the Mexican-American War?
This invention allowed for the removal of cotton seeds from fiber threads by turning a simply crank
What is the cotton gin?
This organization, founded after WWII, is meant to foster international peace and cooperation
What is the United Nations?
This Chinese revolutionary is known for his "Three Principles of the People"
Who is Sun Yat-sen?
This conference led to European powers agreeing to respect each others spheres of influence in Africa
What is the Berlin Conference (1884-1885)?
This British movement argued for, among other things, universal suffrage and the secret ballot
What is Chartism?
This movement examined the lives and difficulties of the urban working class, and proposed a number of different ideas to improve them
What is socialism?
This political philosophy, first espoused by Benito Mussolini, is generally anti-democratic and militaristic
What is fascism?
This word found in several Indian languages means "Rule" and is used to describe Britain's direct control of India
What is "Raj"?
Japan's creation of this state in 1934 precipitated their withdrawal from the League of Nations
What is Manchukuo?
This event saw peaceful demonstrators attacked in Manchester by local yeomanry
What is the Peterloo Massacre?
This 1832 British law extended the right to vote to many, but not all, men in the country
What is the Reform Act of 1832?
This man, as General Secretary of the Communist Party, used his position to seed the organization with his supporters
Who is Joseph Stalin?