Chapter 15

Question 1

local; of or relating to a province

Answer 1

Provincial

Question 2

last emperor of China

Answer 2

Henry Pu Yi

Question 3

aunt of the emperor Guang Xu who opposed his reforms and had him imprisoned

Answer 3

Empress Dowager Ci Xi`

Question 4

payment for damages

Answer 4

indemnity

Question 5

marketable products

Answer 5

commodities

Question 6

leader of the Revolutionary alliance that eventually overthrew the Qing dynasty

Answer 6

Sun Yat-Sen

Question 7

areas in which foreign powers have been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges

Answer 7

spheres of influence

Question 8

in the Japanese Meiji Restoration, a territory governed by its former daimyo lord

Answer 8

prefecture

Question 9

island given to Britain by at the end of the Opium War

Answer 9

Hong Kong

Question 10

emperor of China that tried to introduce reforms into the Qing Dynasty

Answer 10

Guang Xu

Question 11

policy proposed by the US Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 that stated all power with spheres of influence in China would respect equal trading opportunities with China and not set tariff giving an unfair advantage to their own citizens

Answer 11

Open Door Policy

Question 12

leader of the Tai Ping Rebellion

Answer 12

Hong Xiuquan

Question 13

a political compromise

Answer 13

concessions

Question 14

section of a country set aside for foreigners, but not subject to the host country’s laws

Answer 14

extraterritoriality