Round 1
China forced to sign after losing the Opium Wars
Had to pay back Opium (indemnity)
Give up Hong Kong
Open ports to trade
Treaty of Nanjing
An area with exclusive trading rights
Spheres of Influence
By 1911, ______ was named president.
Sun Yixian
When a country buys more than it sells. (Britain bought silk, tea and porcelain and paid with silver)
Trade Deficit
2000 tons…
…of Opium burned by the Chinese on the beach
China had this kind of trade when they were selling their goods to Britain
Favorable balance of trade
Island Given to Britain after Opium Wars
Hong Kong
A debt owed by the losing side in a war
indemnity
The first global currency ; everybody accepted
Silver
Britain grew in India and sold in China for silver.
Opium
Treaty of _____ ended the Opium Wars
Nanjing
_______ won the Opium Wars
Britain
British follow British laws in China
Extraterritoriality
A group of Chinese traditionalists who tried to destroy modernization.
Boxers
Although the rebellion failed, it ignited feelings of ______.
nationalism