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transformations around the globe Flashcards

1
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which dynasty controlled china from 1644-1912

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Qing Dynasty

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why was china self sufficient

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  1. healthy agriculture
  2. extensive mining and manufacturing industries
  3. produced beautiful silks, high quality cotton and fine porcelain
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why did china have little interest with trading with the west

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they were very self sufficient and didn’t need trade ports

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china had one port open, what was it

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Guangzhou

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what did the europeans need to get china to trade with them

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europeans needed a product that the chinese wanted to buy in large quantities

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what did britian sell and smuggle into china

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opium

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an ambassador from which nation brought gifts to the Chinese court in search of a trading relationship

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britian brought items of western technology, however the Chinese were not interested in the “strange objects” of the west

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how did china try to stop the British from trading opium with them

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the Qing emperor wrote a eltter to the queen asking britain to stop the opium trade

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did britain accept chinas request and what war did this lead to

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britian refused to stop the opium trade and this lead to the first opium war

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what type of battle was the opium war

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navy battle

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who won the opium war

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britain

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what was a main reason china lost the opium war

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the chinese navy was extremely outdated and much weaker

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what treaty was signed and ended the opium war

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the Treaty of Nanjing

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what were the british given due to their victory in the opium war

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  • hong kong
  • extraterritorial rights
  • soon more ports were opened and other nations were given extraterritorial rights as well
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what are extraterritorial rights

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an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of the country. foreigners were not subject to Chinese laws at Quangzhou and other ports

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what continued to be a problem in china after losing the opium wars

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a weak government, famine due to the increase in population to 430 million, and drug addiction. as these problems increased Chinese people began to rebel against the Qing dynasty

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how did the Taiping rebellion start

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problems in china started to increase and people grew unhappy with the ways of the Qing dynasty

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who was Hong Xiuquan

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a new chinese religious leader who was upset with the Qing dynasty leadership and began to recruit followers to overthrow the government and build what he called a “heavenly kingdom of great peace”

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what was the “heavenly kingdom of great peace”

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in this kingdom all chinese people would share wealth and no one would live in poverty

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what did Hong Xiuquan put together and establish

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he established a peasant army that numbered in the hundreds of thousands

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why did the rebellion start to weaken

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hong grew tired of the conflict and withdrew and left family and friends in charge. these leaders feuded amongst themselves and weakened the rebellion

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how was the rebellion put down

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British, french, and Qing troops eventually put down the rebellion. 20 - 40 million died
(put down by the Chinese government with foreign help)

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23
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what happened after the taiping rebellion failed to repel growing foreign influence

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a self-strengthening movement developed to repel growing foreign influence

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24
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where the results of the self strengthening movement successful or unsuccessful

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the results were mixed because many of the reforms failed to strengthen china to the level of other world powers

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what reforms were made from the self strengthening movement

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it introduced western methods to improve educational, diplomatic, and military policy. also led to the manufacture of more steam-powered gunboats, rifles, and ammunition

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26
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who was the self strengthening movement led by

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dowager empress cixi

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27
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what sort of imperial control were multiple foreign nations able to take over china in the late 1800s

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spheres of influence

28
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what was the open door policy

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issued in 1899, declared by the us, it said that china would be open to merchants of all nations.

29
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why did the us declare the open door policy

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it protected us trading rights and kept china free from colonization, but still at the mercy of foreign powers

30
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what china emperor introduced hundred day reforms to modernize china

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Guangxu

31
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what did Guangxu want to do

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wanted to reorganize the government, strengthen education systems and economy, and modernize the military

32
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why was Guangxu forced out of power

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Quing officials saw his reforms as a threat to power

33
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who was Guangxu replaced by

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dowager empress cixi

34
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what was the society of righteous and harmonious fists

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a secret group formed by those who resented the presence of foreigners and were also called the boxers

35
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what did the boxers resent

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-special privelages granted to foreigners
-chinese christians

36
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what did the boxers consist mostly of

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poor peasants and workers

37
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what happened in the month of august

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the rebellion spread and the boxers began to attack and kill all foreigners.

38
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by sept. what did the boxers do

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a group of boxers surrounded the european section of beijing

39
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how was the boxer rebellion put down

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19,000 multinational troops arrived in beijing and put down the rebellion

40
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did china support the rebellion

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the chinese government supported the rebellion but did nothing to help

41
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After the boxer rebellion, what did empress cixi do

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sent officials ot japan, the us, and britian to study their governments

42
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what was suggested that empress cixi do to modernize china

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change its government to a constitutional monarchy similar to japans. cixi refused however reforms were started but china would face internal conflict for the next 45 years

43
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in the 17th century japan virtually shut itself off from the industrial world for almost 200 years under the rule of who

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Tokugawa Shoguns

44
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Westeners tried to convince the japenese to what

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open their ports for trade

45
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who sailed to Tokyo Harbor with 4 ships and a letter asking for trade to be permitted

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US Commodore Mathew Perry

46
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what US president send mathew perry to open trade with japan and wrote the letter

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Millard Filmore

47
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why did the japanese agree

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  • the power of the ships and weapons shocked the japenese
    -perry said that he would be back in a year with a larger fleet to get their answer
  • japenese realized they had no choice but to accent the visitors
48
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what was the treaty of Kanagawa

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Japan would open two ports for US ships and other western powers soon followed and were given extraterritorial rights

49
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When this angered many of the Japanese people, they turned to who as a symbol of what

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the japenese turned to the young emperor Mutsuhito, a symbol of Japanese pride and nationalism

50
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during whos reign was known as the Meiji era (enlightened era)

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Japanese emperor Mutsuhito

51
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How does mutsuhito modernize japan

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he considered modernization to be necessary to avoid colonization
- he borrowed and adopted western ways
-instituted a strong centralized western style of government (copied form Germany)
-adopted public education (copied form US)
-modernized its military and economic power (copied from britain/ germany)
-began to industrialize
by the early 20th century japan was as modern as any country in the world

52
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how did japan become the strongest military power in asia

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they had several dozen warships and 500,000 well trained and armed troops

53
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how did japans power grow

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foreign extraterritorial rights were elminated and nationalistic feelings played a large role in japans imperialistic actions

54
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the sino-japenese war was a war between which two nations

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china and japan

55
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what land did china and japan fight over

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korea

56
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what was the treaty that both china and japan signed

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to keep both of their militaries out of korea

57
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what started the war and broke the treaty

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the chinese sent troops into korea to assist the Korean king which broke the rules of the treaty. so japan shortly sent its own troops in after

58
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who won the sino-japanese war

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japan, they drove the chinese out of Korea and their navy was destroyed

59
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what did japan get after winning the sino-japanese war

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they gained the colony of taiwan and foothold in manchuria

60
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the russo-japanese war was a war between which two nations

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Russia and japan

61
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by the 20th century, which two countries emerged as the major powers/enemies in east asia

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russia and japan

62
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what issue caused russia and japan to go to war in 1904

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they were both interested in korea and manchuria

63
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how did japan win the russo-japanese war

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they launched a surprise attack on the Russian ships and they drove the russians out of Korea and captured most of the Russian fleet

64
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what treaty forced russia to stay out of Korea and manchuria

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Treaty of Portsmouth, a peace treaty (assisted by T. Roosevelt)

65
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After defeating russia, how did japan capture korea

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japan attacked korea and made it a protectorate in 1905. by 1910 the Korean king gave up control, the Korean army was disbanded and japan annexed the country

66
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how were the japenese harsh rulers

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  • shut down newspapers
    -took over korean schools, forced the koreans to study Japanese language and history
  • gave Korean land to Japanese settlers
    -koreans forbidden form going into business
    -these actions were basically ignored from the rest of the world

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