Chapter 26 Lesson 1 and 3 Questions What

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Chapter 26 Lesson 1 and 3 Questions

Chapter 26 Lesson 1 and 3 Questions

What are the major factors of the decline of the Qing Dynasty? ● Pressure

What are the major factors of the decline of the Qing Dynasty? ● Pressure that the modern western world applied to Chinese society ● increase population lead to unrest ● tried to limit trade with Britain ● led to Britain having an unfavorable balance in trade

How did China respond to Western influence in the Opium War? ● Britain was

How did China respond to Western influence in the Opium War? ● Britain was trading Opium with the Chinese for silver ● China wanted it to stop ● Britain started the Opium Wars ● China was no match, forced to sign treaty of Nanjing o limit taxes o open ports o no limit on Opium o ports run extraterritoriality

What was the Tai Ping Rebellion? Why was it fought? What were the effects?

What was the Tai Ping Rebellion? Why was it fought? What were the effects? ● ● ● peasant revolt led by Hong Xiuquan seized Nanjing, massacred 25, 000 people European forces came in to stop the uprising lasted 14 years 20 million people died

Describe a “Sphere of Influence” in your own words, what does that have to

Describe a “Sphere of Influence” in your own words, what does that have to do with China? ● areas in which foreign powers have been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges ● Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Japan have spheres of influence

What were the responses to Imperialism in China? ● Open Door Policy; U. S.

What were the responses to Imperialism in China? ● Open Door Policy; U. S. secretary of state offered a policy for open trade in all ports o to stop one country for taking over o ● The Boxer Rebellion; o o Society of Harmonious Fists wanted to get rid of foreigners killed Christian Missionaries Chinese government had to pay indemnity

Did the Boxer Rebellion do anything to reduce foreign presence in China? ● No,

Did the Boxer Rebellion do anything to reduce foreign presence in China? ● No, it made it worse because China had to pay money which made the Imperial powers weaker

What led to the collapse of the shogunate system in Japan? ● ● Treaty

What led to the collapse of the shogunate system in Japan? ● ● Treaty of Kanagaw with the United States Matthew Perry US Consolate, eventually ports resistance to west asked Shogunates to end relations ● Shogunates refused, system collapsed

How did the Meiji reforms reflect a mix of Western traditional values ● power

How did the Meiji reforms reflect a mix of Western traditional values ● power remained in the hands of few, but the emperor was a figure head, executive and legislative shared power ● land tax changed to a set rate, not based on crop yields ● new industrialization ● government helped build industry, then private ownership

How did the Meiji reforms reflect a mix of Western traditional values cont. ●

How did the Meiji reforms reflect a mix of Western traditional values cont. ● all Japanese men serve in military ● adopted US model of a more universal education ● no special privileges for aristocrats, women in education, imitate things like baseball ● exploitation in mines ● still family values

Why did Japan turn itself into an imperialist power? ● wanted to copy Western

Why did Japan turn itself into an imperialist power? ● wanted to copy Western ways ● Same motives as others o o political military economical social

How did Japan benefit from its imperialist strategy? ● they gained Korea from China

How did Japan benefit from its imperialist strategy? ● they gained Korea from China and the Liaodong Peninsula from Russia ● were seen as a world power by other countries

How did contact between Japan and the West influence culture? ● ● ● literature

How did contact between Japan and the West influence culture? ● ● ● literature changed architecture changed some resistance culture went both ways Japanese Gardens