changes in Japan
This 1868 revolution ended feudal rule and began rapid modernization.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
The U.S. treaty that opened Japan to Western trade in 1854.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
Japan’s government helped economic growth by supporting this type of business.
What are zaibatsu?
The European ideology used to justify imperialism in Africa and Asia.
What is the White Man’s Burden?
Both Japan and Germany used this tool to unify their countries in the 19th century.
What is military strength?
The system of hereditary warriors that was abolished during the Meiji period.
What is the samurai class?
This naval officer’s arrival led to Japan’s forced opening to the West.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
Japan’s victory in this war showed that it was now an imperial power.
What is the First Sino-Japanese War?
This country had major imperial interests in both Africa and Asia.
What is Britain?
A similarity between European and Japanese industrialization.
What is the growth of factories and urban centers?
The 1889 document that established Japan’s constitutional monarchy.
What is the Meiji Constitution?
This slogan guided Japan’s goals to become strong and wealthy like Western nations.
What is "Fukoku Kyohei"?
This treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War.
What is the Treaty of Shimonoseki?
This meeting allowed European nations to divide Africa peacefully.
What is the Berlin Conference?
A key difference between how Japan and China responded to Western pressure.
What is Japan modernized, China resisted and was weakened?
Japan’s first major military victory over a Western power 1905.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
The process of adopting Western clothing, education, and industry.
What is Westernization?
This port city became a hub for foreign trade during the Meiji Era.
What is Yokohama?
The alliance formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
What is the Triple Alliance?
A major political change that occurred in both Meiji Japan and post-1848 Europe.
What is the development of constitutional government?
This emperor's symbolic role helped unify Japan during modernization.
Who is Emperor Meiji?
Japan modeled its army after this European country.
What is Prussia?
The political and economic strategy Japan used to avoid colonization.
What is modernization?
The 19th-century economic system that expanded under imperialism and industrialization.
What is capitalism?
While Japan adopted Western ideas, it also kept this traditional element of society.
What is loyalty to the emperor?