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What were the causes and effects of the Meiji Restoration?
Causes: Desire to modernize and avoid foreign domination. Effects: Rapid industrialization, political centralization, and military modernization.
What were the causes and effects of Japan's invasion of Manchuria?
Causes: Economic problems during the Great Depression, desire for resources and expansion. Effects: International condemnation, weakening of the League of Nations, further Japanese aggression.
What were the causes and effects of the Mandate System?
Causes: Dissolution of Ottoman and German empires after WWI. Effects: Nationalist movements in mandated territories, resentment towards colonial powers.
What were the causes and effects of increased literacy in colonies?
Causes: Colonial education systems, missionary efforts. Effects: Rise of nationalist movements, demands for self-determination.
What were the causes and effects of Pan-Africanism and Pan-Arabism?
Causes: Colonial oppression, shared cultural identity, desire for unity and self-determination. Effects: Increased solidarity, nationalist movements, eventual independence for many nations.
What were the causes and effects of the rejection of Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Causes: European powers prioritizing their own interests. Effects: The US adopted an isolationist policy, feeling snubbed by its allies. This set the stage for future conflicts.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression on Japan?
Causes: Global economic downturn. Effects: Military leaders saw expansion as the solution to economic woes.
What were the causes and effects of the dissolution of Empires after WWI?
Causes: World War I. Effects: The Ottoman Empire and German colonies were broken up after WWI. Former colonies were placed under the control of Allied powers (like Britain and France).
What is self-determination?
The right of a people to choose their own government and political status.
What is the Mandate System?
A system established after WWI where former colonies of defeated powers were administered by Allied powers.
What is Pan-Africanism?
A movement promoting the unity and solidarity of all people of African descent.
What is Pan-Arabism?
A movement promoting the unity and cooperation of Arab nations.
What is the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
Japan's concept for an economic and political bloc in Asia led by Japan.
What is the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A campaign of civil disobedience in India led by Gandhi.
What is the Salt Satyagraha?
Gandhi's symbolic march to protest British salt taxes.
What is Imperialism?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
What is Isolationism?
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of foreign countries.
What is Nationalism?
Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
A period of rapid modernization and industrialization in Japan starting in 1868.
What happened during the Invasion of Manchuria?
Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and renamed it Manchukuo, violating international agreements.
What was the Rape of Nanjing?
A horrific event in 1937 where Japanese forces committed mass atrocities in Nanjing, China.
What was the Paris Peace Conference?
The meeting of Allied victors to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers after World War I.
What was the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922)?
A campaign of civil disobedience in India, led by Gandhi, to protest British rule.
What was the Salt Satyagraha (1930)?
A symbolic march led by Gandhi to protest British salt taxes in India.
What was the effect of the Great Depression on Japan?
Military leaders saw expansion as the solution to economic woes.
What was the result of the rejection of Wilson's Fourteen Points?
The US adopted an isolationist policy, feeling snubbed by its allies. This set the stage for future conflicts.
What was the effect of increased literacy in West Africa?
Led to the formation of nationalist groups demanding independence. A new generation of leaders, often educated in Europe, pushed for self-rule.
What was the effect of the dissolution of Empires after WWI?
The Ottoman Empire and German colonies were broken up after WWI. Former colonies were placed under the control of Allied powers (like Britain and France).