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12 Cards in this Set
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grown by british east india company; smuggled illegally into china; highly addictive drug
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opium
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who won the opium wars
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britain
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first in a series of unequal treaties between china and europe; britian gets hong kong
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treaty of nanjing
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chinas modern civil war; 20-30 million dead
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taiping rebellion
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a place in a country that a foreigner has control of
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spheres of influence
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boxer rebellion
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anti-foriegn uprising that fails
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what was the challenge in japan?
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the black ships
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whos fleet arrived in japan
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matthew perry
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result: japan opened to trade, western influence
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treaty of kanagawa
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moves capital to tokyo; series of reforms
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meiji reforms
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diet
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legislature; one house elected; one house appointed by emperor
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needed natural resources; wanted to prove itself strong
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japanese imperialism
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