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Hist 101 Quiz 4 Miano Mesa
26 Terms for David Miano Matching Quiz
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04/15/2013

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Usman dan Fodio
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a mystic who was the leader of a new movement. The new successor of Mohammad, commander of the Faithful, established Zokoto Calivate as a new capital. Created a Gihad state in west Africa after this event many were inspired.
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Sierra Leone
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a freed slave state, they were all from the same part of Africa, had many languages and customs where all they had in common was being in Britain. Established the Angelical church there.
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Liberia 1822
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establish their own country as a slave state, Monrovia capital of Liberia. 1847 created their own constitution.
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Zanzibar
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commercial empire in east africa, The center of slave trafficking.
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Shaka Zulu
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warrior kingdom, military innovation and combat skills. Created by the Zulu people which becomes the dominant South African country until the Boer. Depopulated entire regions and dominated them. "When his mom died" he had other moms killed so that other sons could feel how it feels.
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Boer Republic
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1600s Dutch East India Company Setup Trade in 1652, Dutch living in South Africa Boers are their decedents. 1806 - the British invade and create and set up Cape Town and kick the Boers Out of RSA, Orange Free State (near the orange river) and the Transvaal (north of the vaal river) Invited the Boers to come in and check it out then the Brother killed them all, Boers upset and took out the Zulus at the battle of Blood River.
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Leopold II
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the king of Belgium, hired Henry Stanley to work for him and set up trading Posts for Belgium in the Congo. Then ruthlessly destroyed this land and its people making many trade agreements. French and Belgium Congo Trade Agreements were set up all throughout.
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South African War Boers
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had diamond and gold that the British Wanted. 1871 - annexed the diamond area, "to protect africans from racist boers" Britain slaved it own Africans. Cecil Roads found a company took over Africa Diamond Business. 1886 - the Transvaal found Gold which attracted everyone. Brits wanted to tell slaves of Boer to rebel. Boers were winning with their Guerrilla warfare.
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The Tanzimat
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middle 1800s wanted to modernize Europe, lead to many reforms in the Ottoman Empire.
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The Crimean War
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Russians vs the Ottomans & Britains & France
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Mohammad Ali
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in charge of Egypt who settle its debt by selling the 40% of the canal. Wanted to breakaway from ottoman empire but brits and French discouraged him.
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Indian National Congress
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1885 educated Indians in Britain who formed the political association. To push for indian independence.
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Manchus
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helped the Ming dynasty get rid of the rebels, but ended up taking over the Ming. Eventually taking over southern china.
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Kangxi
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from very early on at a young age, had to deal with lots of rebellions. Always had a pirate problem along the coast of hong kong. Took over Taiwan, where the pirates base was, beat the pirate. No mixed marriage. Forbid the Chinese and the manchus to get married. Expanded to Tibet, Established border between Russia.
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Qianlong
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popular scholar, poet, painter ordered classical Chinese writings, excelled at military expansion. conquested Xinjiang. Lived too long, increased taxes, corruption in government.
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White Lotus Rebellion
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peasant revolt on corruption in government. A religious cult and promised the removal of the Manchus and the return of the Budha. Marks the decline of the Qian Dynasty.
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Treaty of Nanjing
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Give Hong Kong to Britain, then Chinese Law would not apply there. Part of the Treaty for Britain which allowed for an even stronger Opium Trade. Big Issue for China to stop Opium.
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Taiping Rebellion
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took the capital city nanjing to make their own. fight for piece, take out the machus a group of equally treated males and females. Europeans help take out the Taiping to help the Qing Dynasty live on because of government trade policies allowing opium trade.
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Empress Dowager
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Cixi who was one of the emperors concubines, emperor died then his son who was still too young to rule, she represented him to rule china for the next 14 years. When her son was 19 to be king of china, he died of disease, assigned a new 4 year old nephew to be emperor so she could continue to rule. The Substitute Emperor.
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Mutsuhito
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the first emperor of china where he actually has the power and is feared instead of the shogunate. Move to the city of Edo, renamed to Tokyo which means Eastern Capital.
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Saigo Takamori
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one of the best Samurai's lead the revolt of 40k against the government who actually helped down the Shogunate, took his own life for being traitor. Once he killed himself it was near the end of the Samaria.
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Zaibatsu
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Japanese family owned cooperation’s. Many families owned more than one.( asked the girl who sits in front of me)
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Boxer Uprising
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Floods resulting in signs from the Gods meaning the people were doing bad things. She involved herself in a group of martial arts men. They were against the western reforms and blamed the floods on the European. Boxers (who are working with the empress) thought they would win because they said a verse 3 times and it would save them from bullet wounds. the empress declared war on Russia and Europe. Boxers vs 8 nations. Empress tried to leave the country in a peasant cart. She said she never declared war and was for western reform. It worked and she asked Europeans for help.
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Russo-Japanese War
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Russians agreed to get out of Manchuria and didn't. Japan declared war and attacked secretly with torpedoes to destroy Russian ships. Japan won.
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Yuan Shikai
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he was sent to modernize the Chinese military and was fired. He planned a revolt and the followers were pro westernizing. Sunxixian came up with the ideas and wanted a republic. It caused a revolution in China. Yuan Shikai defeats his enemies and becomes the president to the new republican.
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