Vocabulary
Imperialism
Rebellions/Wars/
Reforms
Trade
Miscellaneous
100
payment for losses in a war (called reparations in WW1)
What is indemnity
100
Colonial powers harmed their colonies economically, by
what is keeping wages low and taxes high
100
a rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan with peasants, lasted from 1850 to 1864, one of the most devastating peasant rebellions in World history
What is the Taiping Rebellion
100
the British traded this with the Chinese to get an opening into Chinese trade, disagreement over this product resulted in a War
What is opium
100
a policy proposed in 1899 by the United States, calling for Chinese trade to be kept open to everyone on an equal basis
What is the open door policy
200
importing more than is exported
What is trade deficit
200
this "social" theory was a justification for Imperialism
what is Social Darwinism
200
a war between China and Britain over the trading of opium
What is the Opium War
200
what China traded with European merchants in exchange for gold and silver (3 products)
What is silk, porcelain, and tea
200
a treaty created by Britain that allowed Britain to receive a huge indemnity, gain the island of Hong Kong, forced China to open five ports to foreign trade, and granted British citizens in China extraterritoriality; the first of a series of treaties, named “unequal treaties,” that forced China to make concessions to western powers
What is the Treaty of Nanjing
300
exporting more than is imported
What is trade surplus
300
U.S. Expansionists defended their views by claiming this right
Manifest Destiny
300
when the Japanese reformed (westernized or modernized) and pressured the Chinese into doing the same which resulted in which war
What is the Sino-Japanese war
300
what the Chinese traded for opium
What is silver
300
this caused the Taiping Rebellion
economic problems caused peasant hardships
400
the right to live under ones own laws and be tried by ones own court (while living in a foreign country)
What is extraterritoriality
400
this is ruling a colony by using local rulers
what is Indirect Rule
400
a movement-when reformers imported Western technology, set up factories to make modern weapons, developed shipyards, railroads, mining, and light industry
What is the self-strengthening movement
400
what the British had that enabled them to refuse to stop the opium trade (a right) The right of ________________
What is the right of free trade
400
the religion that the Chinese had practiced until Westernization came to China
What is confucianism
500
a British product that provided them a gateway into Chinese trade, many Chinese were addicted
What is opium
500
the destruction of an entire religious or ethnic group
What is genocide
500
the official name of the group that formed around the time of the Boxer Rebellion, while the Qing dynasty was in turmoil, dubbed "the Boxers" because they knew martial arts
What is the society of Harmonious Fists
500
this created a need for raw materials and markets
what is the industrial revolution
500
the only country that didnt take "a part" out of china after the Sino-Japanese war out of fear that the Chinese wouldnt trade with them, this resulted in the Open Door Policy to ensure they wouldnt be shut out
What is the United States
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