Japan
Japan was going through this period during the age of Imperialism.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
The Dynasty in power in China from the 1600s to the 1900s.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
Yamagata was a massive supporter of this, introducing conscription, modeling it off of European versions, and industrializing it.
What is the military?
Empress Dowager Cixi was the ruler of this Dynasty.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
This 1905 treaty between Russia and Japan resulted in Japan securing Korea and Manchuria.
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
This drug was smuggled into China and hooked millions of peasants, causing an epidemic that formed a dependency on Western trade.
What is opium?
Yamagata believed in this form of imperialism to protect Japan from Western powers.
What is sphere of influence?
True or false, the Empress loved reform and even promoted foreigners in the military to diversify tactics.
What is false?
The competition of the resource rich region of Manchuria between Russia and Japan led to this war.
What is the Ruso-Japanese War?
These anti foreign riots, encouraged by government officials, took place in China in 1900.
What is the Boxer Uprising?
Yamagata was considered one of these due to his significant wealth, high social standings, and incredible influence over Japan during the Meiji restoration.
What is a Meiji oligarch?
True or false, the Empress opposed railways as they would bring Western influences into the heart of China.
What is true?
This war between China and Japan in 1894 led to China surrendering Korea, Taiwan, and the Liaodong Peninsula.
What is the Sino-Japanese War?
The rebellion from 1850 to 1864 that weakened China significantly and opened it to further abuses from France and Britain.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
These two regions Yamagata especially believed belonged under Japan's sphere of influence.
What is Korea and Manchuria/China?
Under the Empress, government officials secretly encouraged crowds to attack this group.
What is foreigners?
Western Powers forced Japan to surrender the Liaodong Peninsula in the name:
What is territorial integrity?
The name of the Chinese secret society encouraged by Empress Dowager Cixi to attack foreigners leading to an uprising in 1900.
What is the Righteous Fists?
Yamagata based the Japanese military off of this German army model.
What is the Prussian model?
Empress Dowager Cixi died in this year.
What is 1908?