The Mighty Qing
Dynastic Decline
Edo Era
Meiji Days
East Asia Assortment
100
The Qing were the successors to this dynasty, which had ruled China from 1368 to 1644.
The Ming
100
British smuggling and their flouting of Chinese law and sovereignty led to this conflict.
The First Opium War
100
The real power in the Tokugawa era was held by this military leader.
The Shogun
100
After the overthrow of the Tokugawa, this person became the most powerful in Japanese society.
The Emperor (Emperor Meiji)
100
This peninsula was culturally unified for most of its history, but has been divided since 1945.
Korea
200
The grandson of Kangxi, this emperor was both scholarly and poetic, but also led the bloody conquest of Turkestan (today's Xinjiang Province).
Qianlong
200
This rebellion called for a more egalitarian society, with an ideology that bore some resemblance to communism.
The Taiping Rebellion
200
Despite their status, these lords were kept on a tight leash, and if they ever misbehaved they might fear for the safety of their families in Edo.
The Daimyo
200
This legendary warrior class lost their status when Japan established a Western-style conscript army.
The samurai
200
This island city became a colony of Great Britain.
Hong Kong
300
This emperor, the longest-reigning in Chinese history, began the conquest of regions including Taiwan and Tibet.
Kangxi
300
China lost Korea as a tributary state following its loss in this conflict.
The Sino-Japanese War
300
This group was at the bottom of Tokugawa society, despite the fact that they might have more wealth than the group above them.
Merchants
300
Many peasants moved from rural farms to urban centers to work in these new, industrial workplaces.
Factories
300
This word means to incorporate new territory into a state, or "bibbity boppity, you're my property."
Annex
400
Qianlong wrote a rather condescending letter to this European monarch, which led that country to look for alternative products to hook the Chinese market.
King George III of Britain
400
Seeing the success of Japan and the troubles facing China, a young Chinese emperor initiated these short-lived efforts at change.
The Hundred Days Reforms
400
The stability of the Tokugawa era came to a rather abrupt end with the arrival of this country's navy in Tokyo Bay.
The United States of America
400
Japan became the first Asian nation to defeat a major European power with their victory in this conflict.
The Russo-Japanese War
400
Despite an overwhelming patriarchy, this woman was one of the most powerful people in China in the waning days of the Qing.
Empress Dowager Cixi
500
The economy of China was so healthy during the era of the High Qing, that Qianlong cancelled these three times during his reign.
Taxes
500
Angered by the presence of foreigners and especially Christianity, the movement led by The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists was nicknamed this by foreigners.
The Boxers
500
Although they were very isolationist, the Tokugawa permitted scholars to engage with some knowledge from the West with this field of learning.
Dutch Studies
500
The Meiji Reformation restructured Japan's government into something close to this blend of autocracy and democracy.
Constitutional Monarchy
500
An agreement in which one side gets almost everything it wants while the other gets very little is known as this.
Unequal Treaty