Exam 1 - Soph Flashcards
What was most significant about Masako Ichijo Shoken?
She was the first co-equal female head of state in Japan
What religious outlook did the Meiji dynasty subscribe to?
Confucianism
Japan derived substantive parts of its written language/symbols from what nation?
China
Japan derived substantive parts of its 1889 Constitution from what nation?
The United States.
Who was the greatly influential head of state of China during the late Qing dynasty?
Cixi
What was the highly influential philosophy in China since the 5th century BCE?
Confucianism
What was the most important thing in Confucianism?
Respect for the elders and obedience.
The Qing dynasty ended in what year?
1911
What was significant effect of the end of the Qing dynasty on China?
The end of the Imperial era in China.
The Empress Cixi (Tzu Hsi) was of what ancestry?
Manchu
The reign of Empress Cixi (Tzu Hsi)/ The Empress Dowager ended in what year and why?
1908, death
What dynasty immediately preceded (came before) the Qing Dynasty in China
Ming
What is a major way that Empress Cixi’s reform was different from Emperor Meiji’s reform?
Cixi did not issue a constitution on the ‘Western’ model.
The “putting-out” system was…
When people worked on something in their homes and got paid when they completed it.
When an entrepreneur or a company gathered together many individual workers under one roof and one managerial eye. What type of system of system was this?
The factory system
