china and japan

Question 1

MING Dynasty

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The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. Wikipedia

Question 2

Qing dynasty

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The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, also called the Empire of the Great Qing or the Manchu dynasty, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917.

Question 3

Examination system

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an attempt to recruit men on the basis of merit rather than on the basis of family or political connection. Because success in the examination system was the basis of social status and because education was the key to success in the system, education was highly regarded in traditional China.

Question 4

Opium

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a reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic.

Question 5

Taiping rebellion

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The Taiping Rebellion or Taiping Civil War (simplified Chinese: 太平天国运动; traditional Chinese: 太平天國運動; pinyin: Taìpíng Tīanguó Yùndòng, literally “Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement”) was a massive rebellion or civil war in China that lasted from 1850 to 1864, which was fought between the established Manchu-led Qing

Question 6

Beijing

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Beijing, China’s massive capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for its modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nearby, the massive Tiananmen Square pedestrian plaza is the site of Mao Zedong’s mausoleum and the National Museum of China, displaying a vast collection of cultural relics.

Question 7

Treaty of Nanjing

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The Treaty of Nanking or Nanjing was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties because Britain had no obligations in return.

Question 8

Taiwan

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a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895–1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949.
Capital: Taipei.

Question 9

Empress

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a female emperor.

Question 10

Ci Xi

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Empress Dowager Cixi, of the Manchu Yehenara clan, was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years from 1861 until her death in 1908.

Question 11

Self strengthening movement

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a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

Question 12

Imperial city

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as Rome) that is the seat of empire. 2 : a city that is an immediate vassal of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Question 13

Porcelain

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a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.

Question 14

Boxer rebellion

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In 1900, in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion (or the Boxer Uprising), a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.

Question 15

Tokugawa Shogunate

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was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1603 and 1867.

Question 16

Commodore Matthew Perry

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was a Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the Mexican–American War and the War of 1812.

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Question 18

Consulate

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the place or building in which a consul’s duties are carried out.

Question 19

ETA

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the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet ( Η, η), transliterated as ‘e’ or ‘ē.’

Question 20

Edo

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Edo, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868.

Question 21

The Hermit Kingdom

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is a term applied to any country, organization or society which willfully walls itself off, either metaphorically or physically, from the rest of the world. The Joseon dynasty of Korea was frequently [not in citation given] described as a hermit kingdom during the latter part of the dynasty.

Question 22

Isolation

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the process or fact of isolating or being isolated.

“the isolation of older people”

Question 23

Dutch learning

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Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally “Dutch Learning”, and by extension “Western Learning”) is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan to keep abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to …

Question 24

Junks

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discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Question 25

Queue

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a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

Question 26

Hsuan-yeh

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Question 27

Philology

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the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.

Question 28

Extraterritoriality

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Extraterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations.

Question 29

Unequal treaties

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Unequal treaty is a term applied to any of a series of treaties signed with Western powers during the 19th and early 20th centuries by Qing dynasty China and late Tokugawa Japan after suffering military defeat by the foreign powers or when there was a threat of military action by those powers.

Question 30

Yangtze Valley

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the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai. Chang, Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Yangtze, Yangtze

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