Historical Significance of East Asian Cities Flashcards
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Chongqing (Chungking)
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ROC’s wartime capital; 1937-1946
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Canton (Guangzhou)
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Chinese port city on Xia River where West could only trade before the Opium War
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Dailian (Dairen/Port Arthur)
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- Chinese port city to Liaodong peninsula
- gateway to Manchuria
- site of Japanese victories in Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars
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Hong Kong
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- former colony of Great Britain
- taken from China after Opium War
- returned in 1997
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Macao
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- former Portuguese colony
- returned to China in 2000
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Nanjing (Nanking)
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China’s capital during “Republican Decade” (1927-37)
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Shanghai
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- China’s major international port
- site of largest foreign settlement
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Edo
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- political capital of Japan during Tokugawa Era
- former name for Tokyo
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Hiroshima
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- Japanese city
- site of first atomic bomb
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Kyoto
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Imperial capital of Japan until 1868
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Nagasaki
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- Japan’s “international part” during Tokugawa Era
- site of second atomic bomb
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Osaka
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Japan’s “commercial capital”
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Gwangju (Kwangju)
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site of 1980 Korean uprising
