History 1020 auburn McCoy exam 1
Questions and Answers.
Popular Sovereignty - Answer the idea that the power of the state resides in the people
globalization - Answer the process by which businesses or other organizations develop
international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Napoleon Bonaparte - Answer General who rose to power in a post-Revolutionary coup d'état,
eventually proclaiming himself emperor of France. He placed security and order ahead of social
reform and created a civil legal code. _______ expanded his empire through military action, but
after his disastrous Russian campaign, the united European powers defeated _______ and
forced him into exile. He escaped and reassumed command of his army but was later defeated
at the Battle of Waterloo. (p. 539)
Industrial Revolution - Answer The process defined by the emergence of manufacturing and
the mass production and distribution of goods on a global scale. It includes the transition from
production depended upon hand tools to one based upon machine tools, the reorganization of
labor, the use of coal and steam power, and the establishment of the factory system.
Muhammad Ali - Answer Ruler of Egypt between 1805 and 1848. He initiated a set of
modernizing reforms that sought to make Egypt competitive with the great powers. Constructed
series of dams across the nile river.
East India Company - Answer British charter company created to outperform Portuguese and
Spanish traders in the Far East; in the eighteenth century the company became, in effect, the
ruler of a large part of India
Opium War - Answer (1839-1842) War fought between the British and Qing China over British
trade in opium; resulted in granting to the British the right to trade in five different ports and
the ceding of Hong Kong to the British
Wahhbasim - Answer Early eighteenth-century reform movement organized by Muhammad
Ibn abd al-Wahhab, who preached the absolute oneness of Allah and a return to the pure Islam
of Muhammad.
, Mfecane movement - Answer African political revolts in the first half of the nineteenth century
that were caused by the expansionist methods of King Shaka of the Zulu people.
Millenarian - Answer Believer in the imminent coming of a just and ideal society.
Taiping Rebellion - Answer Rebellion by followers of Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly
Kingdom against the Qing government over the economic and social turmoil caused by the
Opium War. Despite raising an army of 100,000 rebels, the rebellion was
Liberalism - Answer Political and social theory that advocates representative government, free
trade, and freedom of speech and religion.
Utopian Socialism - Answer The most visionary of all Restoration-era movements. Utopian
socialists like Charles Fourier dreamed of transforming states, workplaces, and human relations
and proposed plans to do so.
Proletarians - Answer Industrial wage workers
Karl Marx - Answer Father of Communism, Created Form of scientific socialism with Friedrich
Engels that was rooted in a materialist theory of history: what mattered in history were the
production of material goods and the ways in which society was organized into classes of
Tenskwatawa - Answer (1768-1834) Shawnee prophet who urged disciples to abstain from
alcohol and return to traditional customs, reducing dependence on European trade goods and
severing connections to Christian missionaries. His message spread to to other tribes, raising
the specter of a pan-Indian confederacy.
Imperialism - Answer Acquisition of new territories by a state and the incorporation of these
territories into a political system as subordinate colonies
Manifest Destiny - Answer Belief that it was God's will for the American people to expand their
territory and political processes across the North American continent
Limited-Liability-Joint Stock Company - Answer Company that mobilized capital from a large
number of investors, called shareholders, who were not to be held personally liable for financial
Questions and Answers.
Popular Sovereignty - Answer the idea that the power of the state resides in the people
globalization - Answer the process by which businesses or other organizations develop
international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Napoleon Bonaparte - Answer General who rose to power in a post-Revolutionary coup d'état,
eventually proclaiming himself emperor of France. He placed security and order ahead of social
reform and created a civil legal code. _______ expanded his empire through military action, but
after his disastrous Russian campaign, the united European powers defeated _______ and
forced him into exile. He escaped and reassumed command of his army but was later defeated
at the Battle of Waterloo. (p. 539)
Industrial Revolution - Answer The process defined by the emergence of manufacturing and
the mass production and distribution of goods on a global scale. It includes the transition from
production depended upon hand tools to one based upon machine tools, the reorganization of
labor, the use of coal and steam power, and the establishment of the factory system.
Muhammad Ali - Answer Ruler of Egypt between 1805 and 1848. He initiated a set of
modernizing reforms that sought to make Egypt competitive with the great powers. Constructed
series of dams across the nile river.
East India Company - Answer British charter company created to outperform Portuguese and
Spanish traders in the Far East; in the eighteenth century the company became, in effect, the
ruler of a large part of India
Opium War - Answer (1839-1842) War fought between the British and Qing China over British
trade in opium; resulted in granting to the British the right to trade in five different ports and
the ceding of Hong Kong to the British
Wahhbasim - Answer Early eighteenth-century reform movement organized by Muhammad
Ibn abd al-Wahhab, who preached the absolute oneness of Allah and a return to the pure Islam
of Muhammad.
, Mfecane movement - Answer African political revolts in the first half of the nineteenth century
that were caused by the expansionist methods of King Shaka of the Zulu people.
Millenarian - Answer Believer in the imminent coming of a just and ideal society.
Taiping Rebellion - Answer Rebellion by followers of Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly
Kingdom against the Qing government over the economic and social turmoil caused by the
Opium War. Despite raising an army of 100,000 rebels, the rebellion was
Liberalism - Answer Political and social theory that advocates representative government, free
trade, and freedom of speech and religion.
Utopian Socialism - Answer The most visionary of all Restoration-era movements. Utopian
socialists like Charles Fourier dreamed of transforming states, workplaces, and human relations
and proposed plans to do so.
Proletarians - Answer Industrial wage workers
Karl Marx - Answer Father of Communism, Created Form of scientific socialism with Friedrich
Engels that was rooted in a materialist theory of history: what mattered in history were the
production of material goods and the ways in which society was organized into classes of
Tenskwatawa - Answer (1768-1834) Shawnee prophet who urged disciples to abstain from
alcohol and return to traditional customs, reducing dependence on European trade goods and
severing connections to Christian missionaries. His message spread to to other tribes, raising
the specter of a pan-Indian confederacy.
Imperialism - Answer Acquisition of new territories by a state and the incorporation of these
territories into a political system as subordinate colonies
Manifest Destiny - Answer Belief that it was God's will for the American people to expand their
territory and political processes across the North American continent
Limited-Liability-Joint Stock Company - Answer Company that mobilized capital from a large
number of investors, called shareholders, who were not to be held personally liable for financial
