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AP World History Unit 5 Review Already Passed In what way was Latin America different from the other regions that remained outside the direct control of Western imperialism? ✔✔During the centur... y of industrial imperialism, Latin America cast off previous colonial controls through revolution. In what century did most Latin American countries achieve their independence? ✔✔19th The United States expressed its attitude toward Latin American independence in 1823 with the issuance of the ✔✔Monroe Doctrine Which of the following events was rejected by creole elites as a model of revolution because of excessive radicalism? ✔✔French Revolution In what way was the experience of the Napoleonic wars different for Portugal than for Spain? ✔✔The entire royal family fled from the French to Brazil and established their capital there. For whom in Latin America did the independence of Haiti serve as a symbol of freedom and hope? ✔✔The slaves What event in 19th century Europe precipitated the movements for independence in Latin America? ✔✔the forced abdication of the royal family of Spain during the Napoleonic wars Who initiated the movement for independence in Mexico by calling on the mestizos and Indians to rebel in 1810? ✔✔Father Miguel de Hidalgo Independent leaders who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies and who sometimes seized the national government were called ✔✔caudillos Simon Bolivar was responsible for the independence movement in ✔✔northern South America Which of the following was NOT a weakness associated with the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century? ✔✔conversion of much of the population to Christianity In the later 1700s, what power became the main threat to the Ottoman's survival? ✔✔Russia The first region to successfully rebel and achieve independence from the Ottoman Empire was ✔✔Greece By the 1870s, Ottoman Empire ✔✔had been driven from virtually all of the Balkans By 1801, what ruler had succeeded in establishing his dominance over Egypt? ✔✔Muhammad Ali, an Albanian officer in the Ottoman army European financiers lent money to the successors of Egyptian leaders because they desired access to Egypt's cheap cotton and, by the 1850s, a share in the ✔✔Suez Canal The dynastic name taken by the Manchu dynasty was ✔✔Qing Unhappy about the unfavorable terms of trade in China, British merchants hit on a possible solution to reverse the flow of bullion in the form of ✔✔opium from India The semi-Christian rebellion that broke out in southern China in the 1850s and early ✔✔Taiping rebellion What was the political and social position of the Manchu rulers at the end of the 19th century? ✔✔The Manchu rulers stubbornly resisted the far reaching reforms that were the only hope of saving the regime and Chinese civilization. Which of the following represents a significant difference between Russia and Japan? ✔✔Russia engaged in selective borrowing from Western models by 1700 What war in the mid-19th century demonstrated Russia's widening gap with the West? ✔✔Crimean War Which of the following was present during the Russian program of industrialization? ✔✔Rich natural resources Russian radicals who sought the abolition of all formal government were called ✔✔anarchists Lenin's approach was adopted by the groups of Russian Marxists known as ✔✔Bolsheviks The Duma was ✔✔a national parliament created in the aftermath of the 1905 revolution In what year was a new emperor, Mutsuhito, but commonly called "Mejji" or "Enlightened One," proclaimed in Japan, signaling the end of a major political crisis? ✔✔1868 Who was responsible for the forced opening of Japan in 1853? ✔✔Commodore Matthew Perry What was the primary difference between the reformed Japanese government and reformed Russian institutions by 1914? ✔✔Japan's government had incorporated business leaders into its governing structure. One of the major similarities between Japanese and Russian industrialization was the fact that ✔✔scarce capital and unfamiliarity of new technology compelled state direction. [Show More]

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