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Open Door Policy

Between U.S. and China, to have the same trading rights between China and all foreign countries

Commodore Matthew Perry

Led a U.S. fleet in 1853 that forced Japan to open in its ports, he was sent by President Millard Fillmore

The "self-strengthening movement"

1861-1895, imported western technology, not very successful as the government did not support it.

During Tokugawa Japan how did they look at the rest of the world

They were isolationists, so they looked at everyone else like they were idiots

Three Principles of the People

Political philosophy to make the nation(China) free, prosperous, and powerful. Established by Sun Yat-Sen.

Hundred Days of Reform

Was in China, reformer blamed conservatives for problems. Created new laws to work on modernizing things like schools, military, transportation, and government. Ci Xi regained power and reformers literally ran for their lives.

Treaty of Nanjing

Between Great Britain and China, it is the result of the Opium War, unequal treaty, establishes extraterritoriality, and Great Britain gets Hong Kong for 99 years

Taiping Rebellion

Chinese peasants were in poverty and there was corruption in the Qing Dynasty. Lasted from 1850-1864 and was probably the most devastating peasant revolt in history as 20-30 million died. The emperor crushed the rebellion but had to share his power

Singapore

On the island of Malaya, controlled by Great Britain. A major port where trade took place in which Great Britain gained wealth

March First Movement

Korea, rallying symbol for Korean nationalists against the Japanese

Russo-Japanese War

Between Russia and Japan, impacted the world because Japan won and everyone was surprised by this. The war was over control over Manchuria, Japanese dressed up like Chinese then blow up the railroad into Manchuria.

Meiji

Japanese women maintained a secondary role, westernization and modernization occurred, improved communication, sent people aboard to gain education, government followed model of Germany

Hermit Kingdom

Korea, between China and Japan, controlled by Japan who wanted their resources

Sino-Japanese War

Competition in Korea, between Japan and China. Japan won easily and gained ports in China and control of Taiwan(Formosa).

French Indochina

Korea

Siam

remained independent, King Mongkut agreed to unequal treaties, worked at Westernizing and Modernizing his country

What was the "self-strengthening movement"?

a movement to implement Western reforms

After the Opium War, China had to open five ports to foreign trade after the Treaty of Nanjing, and grant British citizens in China

extraterritoriality

What happened after the fall of the Qing dynasty?

Japan began the Sino-Japanese war

What was one result of the Opium War?

Britain gained the island of Hong Kong

Which phrase best describes the term balance of trade?

the difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports

What was China's big export to Britain

tea

Before the 1800s, when Chinese rulers placed strict limits on foreign traders, China enjoyed a

trade surplus

Anti-foreign feeling finally exploded with the ______ in 1900, and foreigners were attacked across China

Boxer Uprising

In 1898, a young emperor, ______, launched the Hundred Days of reform

Guang Xu

Why did some disapprove of the ideas of Western missionaries?

They threatened Confucian ways

After the Tokugawa shoguns gained power in 1600, the only group of people who were allowed limited trade with the Japanese were the

Dutch

Who fought against Japan in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894?

China

After the _______, the Treaty of Portsmouth gave Japan control of Korea, as well as rights in parts of Manchuria

Russo-Japanese War

In 1910, who ruled Korea for the next 35 years?

Japan

Who were the zaibatsu?

Powerful banking and industrial families

Which of the following changes occurred during the Meiji period?

Japan strengthened and modernized its military

Competition between Japan and China in Korea led to

the First Sino-Japanese War

A major turning point in Japanese history, lasting from 1868 to 1912, was known as

the Meiji Restoration

Japan had a strong sense of identity, partly because it had

homogenous society

The Meiji reformers modeled their government after

Germany's government

What had the U.S., Britain, France and Germany achieved by 1900?

They had claimed nearly every island in the Pacific

Who ruled Siam from 1851 to 1868

King Mongkut

The colonial holdings in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were known as

French Indochina

How did the Dutch begin to expand and dominate the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)?

The Dutch East India Company established bases first on the island of Java and in the Moluccas

The _______ broke out in 1898 between Spain and the United States over Cuba's attempt to win independence

Spanish-American War

_______ tried to reduce foreign influence in Hawaii and was overthrown in 1893

Liliuokalani

Which phrase best describes the term transition?

passage from one way to another

Thailand (Siam) remained independent largely because its rulers

understood the need to modernize and developed a modern army

What technological change was introduced into Southeast Asia in the 1890s?

the building of harbors and railroads

Why were Filipinos angry after the Spanish-American War?

They were not given their independence