Modern World History 102 Part 2
This deck covers key events, movements, and transformations in modern world history, focusing on the late 19th and 20th centuries. It includes topics such as imperialism, revolutions, global conflicts, and economic changes.
In contrast to Indians struggle for independence in the twentieth century, black South Africans struggle for control of their country was
Answer: waged against an internal community of permanent white settlers who controlled the country
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In contrast to Indians struggle for independence in the twentieth century, black South Africans struggle for control of their country was
Answer: waged against an internal community of permanent white settlers who controlled the country
In the Global South, which of the following was the standard by which people measured and granted legitimacy to their governments?
Answer: Economic development
Which of the following represented a form of imperialism without territorial possessions that came under attack in the twentieth century?
Answer: US influence in Latin America
Which of the following was a social or economic circumstance within the European colonies that contributed to anti colonial movements?
Answer: The growing number of Western- educated colonial elites who no longer viewed colonial rule as a vehicle for their peoples progress
Which of the following represented a fundamental contradiction that undermined the colonial enterprise in the second half of the twentieth century?
Answer: The ideal of national self-determination was at odds with the denial of independence to colonies.
In Africa in the early 1980s, what happened to the political parties that had led the movements for independence from colonial rule?
Answer: Most were soon swept away by military coups.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
In contrast to Indians struggle for independence in the twentieth century, black South Africans struggle for control of their country was | Answer: waged against an internal community of permanent white settlers who controlled the country |
In the Global South, which of the following was the standard by which people measured and granted legitimacy to their governments? | Answer: Economic development |
Which of the following represented a form of imperialism without territorial possessions that came under attack in the twentieth century? | Answer: US influence in Latin America |
Which of the following was a social or economic circumstance within the European colonies that contributed to anti colonial movements? | Answer: The growing number of Western- educated colonial elites who no longer viewed colonial rule as a vehicle for their peoples progress |
Which of the following represented a fundamental contradiction that undermined the colonial enterprise in the second half of the twentieth century? | Answer: The ideal of national self-determination was at odds with the denial of independence to colonies. |
In Africa in the early 1980s, what happened to the political parties that had led the movements for independence from colonial rule? | Answer: Most were soon swept away by military coups. |
Which of the following resulted from the so-called White Revolution of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Iran? | Answer: Discontent and resentment that led to an Islamic revolution |
Which group of countries has been the most successful in stimulating economic growth and industrialization in the late twentieth century? | Answer: East Asian countries |
What did all nationalist movements in Asia, Africa, and Oceania in the second half of the twentieth century share in common? | Answer: The goal of political independence |
Which of the following characterized Mohandas Gandhi's agenda in India's struggle for independence? | Answer: A nostalgic return to preindustrial society composed of self-sufficient villages |
Which of the following has contributed to the environmental changes of the twentieth century? | Answer: The explosive increase in the world population |
Which of the following characterizes the response of religious fundamentalism to global modernity? | Answer: A selective rejection of certain aspects of modernity |
Which of the following issues was more central to women's movements in the Global South than in the industrial West? | Answer: Economic survival |
Which of the following is considered a success of the international women's movement? | Answer: International recognition that women's rights are human rights |
Which of the following has been a goal of Islamic fundamentalist groups in the Muslim world since the 1970s? | Answer: To create a distinctly Islamic modernity not dependent on Western ideas |
What do those who speak of a so-called American Empire point to in support of their opinion? | Answer: American economic, military, and cultural influence around the world |
Which of the following reflects a response of African feminists to Western feminism in the 1970s and beyond? | Answer: They criticized Western feminism as a form of cultural imperialism. |
Which of the following was a distinctive feature of environmental movements in the Global South? | Answer: The involvement of poor people |
Which of the following highlights the global mobility of capital in the world since 1945? | Answer: Foreign direct investment |
In the permissive economic climate of recent decades, transnational corporations frequently relocate their facilities in search of | Answer: the least restrictive environmental regulations |
Scramble for Africa | Answer: Europeans taking over Africa in the period of New Imperialism |
Decolonization | Answer: freeing a country from being dependent on another country |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Answer: lawyer, politician and founder of Pakistan |
Bolsheviks | Answer: member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party |
Comintern | Answer: International communist organization that advocated world communism |
Deng Xiaoping | Answer: Leader of China from 1978-1989 |
Warsaw Pact | Answer: Military alliance of communist nations |
Total War | Answer: War without restrictions |
Dependant Development | Answer: Central concept of dependency theory |
Boxer Rebellion | Answer: uprising in China against western and Japanese influence |
Difference between Russian and Chinese communism? | Answer: Russia -1917 Laborers City Internationalism China -1921 Peasants Rural area Nationalistic |
British views of colonialism and the colonized? | Answer: Said people where monkeys, shape of skull mattered, weren't as advanced EXP: Propoganda posters, White mans Burden |
3 world systems | Answer: -1st World/ United states and allies/ Capitalism -2nd World/ Russia and eastern european communist block/ communist -3rd world/ ex colonies/ industrialize |
Opium War? | Answer: -China didn't want Opium, Britain does so they bring gunships -Britian wins -Treaty of Nanking, Low tariffs on british goods and dual citizen ship for britians |
Formal and Informal Imperialism? | Answer: Formal- territorial control/ political and economic control -EX: When Britain had control over the colonies Informal- Home country only gains economic control, only wants money |
Socialism | Answer: Community should regulate production, distribution and exchange |
Communism | Answer: property is publicly owned, each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs |
Fascism | Answer: Dictator, government controls everything |
Capitalism | Answer: Distribution of foods are determined mainly by competition in a free market |