Chapter 12

Question 1

Clash between British and Chinese

Answer 1

Opium War

Question 2

Provided exemption from Chinese Law at 4 Chinese ports besides guan Zhou

Answer 2

Extraterritorial Rights

Question 3

Hong Xiuguan revolt

Answer 3

Taiping Rebellion

Question 4

A region in which the foreign nation controlled trade and investments

Answer 4

Sphere of Influence

Question 5

Proposed that China’s “doors” be open to merchants of all nations

Answer 5

Open Door Policy

Question 6

Led by society of harmonious fists

Answer 6

Boxer rebellion

Question 7

Why was China traditionally not interested in trading with the west?

Answer 7

They weren’t interested in the “strange objects” and things the west offered

Question 8

What conditions during the Qing Dynasty gave rise to the taiping Rebellion?

Answer 8

Growing population, poor harvests, corruption, and opium addiction

Question 9

Although Guangxi’s Hundred Days of Reform failed, what changes did it finally set in motion?

Answer 9

Helped trigger boxer rebellion, and led to a sense of Chinese rebellion

Question 10

Japan opened 2 parts at which US take on supplies

Answer 10

Treaty of Kanagawa

Question 11

Mutsuhito period of rule (1867-1912)

Answer 11

Meiji Era

Question 12

Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea

Answer 12

Russo-Japanese War

Question 13

Brought country under control

Answer 13

Annexation

Question 14

What events caused japan to end its isolation and begun westernization?

Answer 14

Treaty of Kanagawa and extraterritorial rights led them to believe they were losing control of their country and needed to westernize

Question 15

What were the results of Japan’s growing imperialism at the end of the 19th century?

Answer 15

Became strongest military in Asia

Question 16

Dictators

Answer 16

Caudillos

Question 17

Stated that the US continents are not to be colonized by European Powers

Answer 17

Monroe Doctrine

Question 18

Exiled writer/ returned to fight for Chile’s independence

Answer 18

José Martí

Question 19

Conflict between US/Cuba and Spanish/ lasted about 4 monethd

Answer 19

Spanish-American War

Question 20

Man made canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

Answer 20

Panama Canal

Question 21

Gave US right to be international police power

Answer 21

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 22

How were Latin American caudillos able to achieve power and hold on to it?

Answer 22

Gained power because of political instability and kept it because they were backed up by the military

Question 23

What effects did the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary have on Latin America?

Answer 23

Gave US power to be an international police power

Question 24

Why was the US so intent on building the Panama Canal?

Answer 24

It would be easier to trade and get to the other side of the world without going around South America

Question 25

Played leading role in Mexico’s fight for independence

Answer 25

Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Question 26

Strongly influenced politics of Mexico

Answer 26

Benito Juárez

Question 27

Reformation of Land

Answer 27

La Reforma

Question 28

Came to power in mide 1870s

Answer 28

Porfio diaź

Question 29

Believed in democracy and wanted to strengthen its hold in Mexico

Answer 29

Francisco Madero

Question 30

Bold Robin Hood Policy from taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor

Answer 30

Francisco “Pancho” Villa

Question 31

Raised a powerful revolutionary army

Answer 31

Emiliano Zapata

Question 32

What were 5e major causes of tension between the Mexicans and the American colonists who settled in Texas?

Answer 32

Slavery, religion, and colonists wanted a greater self government

Question 33

What roles did Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Emiliano Zapata play in the Mexican Revolution?

Answer 33

Became leaders that raised on these helped out the poor