China Crisis Within
Peasant uprising, rejecting Confucianism, embracing an idealized Christianity and revolutionary changes such as redistribution of land, end to Opium smoking & promoting industrialization.
What is the Taiping Rebellion
Grown in India by the British.
What is Opium
Whatempire was known as the "sick man of Europe"?
What was the Ottoman Empire
250 years of peace under this leadership.
What was Tokugawa Shogunate
Name a continuity in the Ottoman Empire in this era
what is Turkic or Muslim leadership/population
the Dynasty in rule in China 1850-1900
What was the Qing Dynast
Reason the the British were able to defeat China in the Opium Wars.
What is industrial military might.
Sultan Selim III wanted to update the army using European advisors. Who opposed him?
What are either ulama or Janissaries
Demanded friendship, fuel and free trade.
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry or USA.
Name a similarity between the ottoman Empire & China during this period.
What are: sovereign but dependent/dominated by foreign power, both retained some independence but playing catch up modernization, neither able to create strong industry or fend off aggressors OR both had new nationalist movements
True or False: Western powers generally supported the Qing Dynasty during the peasant uprising.
What is True
Treaty nicknamed the "unequal treaties" which ended the Opium Wars.
What is the Treaty of Nanking.
Far reaching reformist measures including industrialization, communication, education & Western law codes.
What was Tanzimat
Movement to restore power of young emperor and modernize Japan
What was the Meiji Restoration
Reasons why Japan felt their independence was in danger
What are China after Opium Wars, or American demands,
Name one of the causes of the rebellion.
What are: failure of the government to keep pace with population, tax collection, flood control, social welfare, corruption and corporal punishment.
Foreign goods flooding China, hindered China's development of a capitalist class. Chinese authorities launched this movement.
What is self-strengthening
This group of reformers favored a more European style Parliament, that could curtail power of Sultan and embrace Western scientific and technical knowledge.
Who are the Young Ottomans
Took some Western technology, clothing styles and continued to embrace some traditional ways too. Called?
What is selective borrowing?
Reasons for Japan to use German constitution as their model.
Germany had an Emperor like Japan
Allies who crushed the Rebellion postponing modernization & crushing China's economy.
Who were the Imperial forces allied with Gentry
Failure of self-strengthening, defeat by Japan, led to antiforeign movement which killed numerous Europeans and Christian Chinese.
What was the Boxer Uprising
Advocated a secular and modern life. A military coup in 1908 led them to power. Women could go to school, get a divorce.
Who were Young Turks
War fought over Korea and Manchuria
Changes in role of women in Japan experienced under the Meiji Restoration.
What are mostly the same! education with gender specific curriculum,