China & Japan

Question 1

Ming dynasty

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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.

Question 2

Qing dynasty

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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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was the basic support for the ongoing study of the Confucian classics during late-imperial times and could be said to have been the impetus behind the school curriculum that was followed all over China, even at the level of the village school for young boys.

Question 4

Opium

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the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy. Opium latex contains approximately 12 percent of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other …

Question 5

Taiping rebellion

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was a massive rebellion or civil war in China that lasted from 1850 to 1864, which was fought between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the millenarian movement of the Heavenly Kingdom of Peace

Question 6

Beijing

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China’s massive capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia.

Question 7

Treaty of nanjing

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. 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 state in East Asia

Question 9

Empress

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A female emperor

Question 10

Cixi

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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

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was 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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a section of the city of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the Forbidden City at its center.

Question 13

Porcelain

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a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.

Question 14

Boxer rebellion

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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.

Question 17

Meiji restoration

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was a chain of events that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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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is the former name of Tokyo.[2] 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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a term applied to any country, organization or society which willfully walls itself off, either metaphorically or physically, from the rest of the world.

Question 22

Isolationism

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a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Question 23

Dutch learning

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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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a Malaysian Islamic scholar and preacher

Question 27

Philogy

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is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics. It is more commonly defined as the study of literary texts and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.

Question 28

Extraterritoriality

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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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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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is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

Question 31

Toyotomi hideyoshi

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was a preeminent daimyo, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan’s second “great unifier”.