Ch. 18 Vocabulary Flashcards
Boxer Rebellion
An uprising at the turn of the century which aimed to expel the “foreign devils.” This rebellion was put down, but only with the help from westerners, reinforcing China’s loss of control of its own destiny.
A rebellion that altered China’s future greatly
Anarchists
Many intelligentsia became anarchists opposed to any formal government, and they sought to attach the existing order through assassinations and bombings.
People who want no law and order.
Canton System
British silver went to China to pay for the imported tea, silk, and decorative items, but Britain was offended by the Qing restrictions on trade, called the Canton system, because British goods had to come into only one Chinese port
Trade system between China and Britain
Catherine the Great
Like Peter, Catherine had a vision of a more powerful Russia supported by western technology and warm-water ports.
The widow of Peter The Great who carried on his legacy.
Crimean War
The Crimean War, fought in 1853-4, revealed to all the major powers how weak the Ottoman Empire had grown. The war was sparked as Russia’s armies attacked southward, threatening Ottoman lands
War that showed how weak that the Ottoman had become.
Cult of the Emperor
Oligarchical; a wide campaign to glorify the emperor as a symbol of Japanese power.
A campaign used to make an emperor seem all-mighty
Decembrist Revolt
A major uprising in 1825 led by western-oriented army officers who sought political reform.
A European uprising started for political reform
Diet
The Japanese House of Peers was filled with Meiji leader and former daimyos, and its lower house, called THE DIET, was given the power to pass laws, approve budgets, and advise the government, but not control it.
Japanese gov. Group that passes laws
Duma
A Russian assembly or legislative body
A Russian political team
Holy Alliance
Alliance between Russia, Austria and Prussia against Napoleon’s regime.
A three on one assault led against Napolean.
Hong Xiuquan
He led a religious movement called the “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace” whose mission was to drive the Qing out of China.
A man who desperately wanted the Qing to begone.
Intelligentsia
A group of people encouraged to voice political opinions through the expansion of universities and access to the printed word.
A mass of folks speaking through paper.
McCartney Mission
A delegation headed by George McCartney by the British government to open more trade between China and Britain.
An act that was started to help trade between Britain and China.
Meiji Restoration
Using the young emperor Mutsuhito’s reign name of “enlightened rule”to legitimize their overthrow as a “restoration” of the power of the emperor, who had always been a figurehead in the Japanese political system.
Most favored nation states
The following year a treaty forced the Chinese to guarantee most-favored-nation-status to Britain, giving it trading advantages over all other nations.
Muhammad Ali
African leader who repelled Napoleon’s continuous attacks.
