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Ch13 Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British penal colony | Australia |
| liberal reformer of Zapotec Indian heritage | Benito Juárez |
| local strongmen | caudillos |
| a legislature | diet |
| a self-governing nation | dominion |
| Hawaiian queen who was overthrown in 1893 when she attempted to reduce foreign influence | Liliuokalani |
| the indigenous people of New Zealand | Maori |
| people of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent | métis |
| king of Siam who ruled from 1851 to 1868; didn’t underestimate Western power | Mongkut |
| powerful banking and industrial families | zaibatsu |
| “The American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” was the main idea of? | the Monroe Doctrine |
| Britain created the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada when it passed the? | Constitutional Act of 1791 |
| How did Siam avoid becoming a European colony? | King Mongkut studied foreign languages and read widely on modern science and mathematics. He used this knowledge to negotiate with the Western powers and satisfy their goals in Siam by making agreements in unequal treaties |
| In 1853, why did President Millard Fillmore sent a fleet of American ships into lower Tokyo Bay? | He demanded that Japan open its ports to diplomatic and commercial exchange |
| In Japanese society under the Meiji, what legal rights did women have? | They won education rights. |
| In the late 1800s, the British began to profit from which important port in southern Malaya? | Port of Singapore |
| In the late 1800s, the United States, Germany, and Britain agreed to a triple protectorate over the Pacific island of | Samoa |
| Japan gained control of Taiwan as a result of the | First Sino-Japanese War |
| Meiji reformers chose to model the new Japanese government after the government of | Germany |
| The first British colonists to settle Australia in large numbers were | convicts; they settled in penal colonies |
| The Platt Amendment gave the United States the right to intervene in the affairs of | Cuba |
| The rise to power of the Tokugawa family resulted in what for Japan? | It reimposed centralized feudalism, closed Japan to foreigners, and forbade Japanese people to travel overseas. |
| The United States gained control of Texas after armed conflict with the forces of | Santa Anna |
| The United States gained control of the land for the Panama Canal by doing what? | The United States backed a revolt by Panamanians against Columbia |
| What “Hermit Kingdom” was forced to open its ports to Japanese trade in 1876? | Korea |
| What countries made up French Indochina? | French holdings in mainland Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| What did conservative leaders in Latin America in the 1800s believe in? | traditional social order |
| What factors helped Japan modernize during the Meiji period? | Japan had a strong sense of identity; they had homogeneous society |
| What was The March First Movement? | A rallying symbol for Korean nationalists; 9 years after annexation, a nonviolent protest against the Japanese began on March 1, 1919 and soon spread throughout Korea. The Japanese crushed the uprisings and massacred many Koreans. |
| What was the result of the British North America Act of 1867? | The formation of the dominion of Canada |
| What were the results of the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War? | Treaty of Kanagawa; the shogun Iesada agreed to open the two Japanese ports to American ships, though not for trade |
| What were the features of the new Japanese political system created by Meiji reformers? | New principal that all citizens were equal; the emperor had absolute power; they formed a diet |
| What were the results of the Russo-Japanese War? | Japan’s armies defeated Russian troops in Manchuria and its navy destroyed a Russian fleet. For the first time in modern history, an Asian power humbled a European nation. Japan gained control of Korea as well as rights in parts of Manchuria |
| Why did missionaries land in New Zealand in 1814? | To convert the indigenous people to Christianity |
| What were Filipino complaints about Spanish rule in the late 1800s? | the U.S. gave control of the Philippines to Spain |
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