Ap World Vocab Unit 11 Flashcards
Taiping uprising
Chinese rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty that devastated the country between 1850 and 1864 
Opium wars
Two wars fight between western powers, and China after China tried to restrict the importation of foreign goods, especially opium, China lost both wars 
Commissioner Lin Zexu
Royal official charged with ending the opium trade in China, destroyed opium, imports, provoked the opium wars 
Unequal treaties
Series of 19th century treaties where China made major concessions to western powers 
Informal empires
Areas that were dominated by western powers in the 19th century, but retained their own governments and independence 
Self strengthening
China’s program of internal reform in the 1860s and 1870s, based on the application of traditional principles 
Boxer uprising
Anti-foreign movement, led by Chinese militia, large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed 
The sick man of Europe
Western Europe’s description of the Ottoman empire based on the empires, economic and military weakness 
Tanzimat
Reform measures undertaken in the Ottoman empire 
Young Ottomans
Group of Ottoman Empire reformers that urged western reforms into the political system
Young Turks
Movement of Turkish military and elites that advocated a militant secular public life and a Turkish national identity 
Tokugawa Japan
Period of peace in Japan that prevented Civil War, but did not unify the country, led by military rulers or Shogun 
Meiji restoration
Political takeover of Japan, by a group of young samurai who eliminated the Shogun, and claimed they were restoring power to the young emperor 
Russo-Japan war
War that established Japan as a military competitor in East Asia 
