China
Chinese dynasty of the Manchus.
Qing
Name of a Japanese dynasty which means, “Enlightened Rule”
Meiji
A political compromise.
Concessions
Chinese port where European merchants could trade for Chinese goods.
Guangzhou
In the Japanese Meiji Restoration, a territory governed by its former daimyo lord.
Prefecture
Agricultural, mined, and mass-produced marketable goods.
Commodities
War fought to force the Chinese government to allow the British East India Company to sell addictive drugs in China.
The Opium War
American military officer who sailed into Japan with 4 modern warships with a letter from the president requesting better treatment of shipwrecked sailors and better trade relations.
Commodore Matthew Perry
The payment for damages.
Indemnity
Rebellion of peasants started by a man who thought himself to be the younger brother of Jesus.
Tai Ping Rebellion
War fought between Japan and Russia
The Russo-Japanese War
A policy, proposed by the US secretary of state, that stated all powers with spheres of influence in China would respect equal trading opportunities with China and not set tariffs giving an unfair advantage to the citizens of their own country.
Open Door Policy
Aunt to emperor Guang Xu, who opposed his sweeping reforms, going so far as to have him imprisoned.
Ci Xi
This treaty signed by Japan and the US stated that Japan would return shipwrecked sailors to the US and open two trade ports to the US.
The Treaty of Kanagawa
A policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its Confucian values and institutions.
Self-Strengthening