Module 11

Question 1

Canton System

Answer 1

Was the way for China to control trade with the West.

Question 2

Treaty of Nanking

Answer 2

Was a result of China’s loss of Opium war, gave Hong Hong to Britian. Was a big victory for the British.

Question 3

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 3

Was started by Hong Xiuquan who wanted to cleanse China of corrupt Manchu “outsiders”.

Question 4

Sepoys

Answer 4

an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders.

Question 5

Sepoys rebellion

Answer 5

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown

Question 6

Meiji Restoration

Answer 6

Japan avoided European domination by copying European methods.
Modernized government, business, military, society.
Goal = build an empire to gain prestige on the world stage.

Question 7

Iwakura Mission

Answer 7

Group of 50 Japanese scholars and officials
Visited US, Western Europe, Russia, Scandinavia
Goals =
*learn how to modernize Japan,
*open diplomatic relations,
*renegotiate unequal treaties,
*improve Japan’s standing in the world