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Lesson 9 Review
Question | Answer |
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Imperialism | Extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force |
Direct rule | a system of govt where province is controlled by a central govt |
Indirect rule | a system of govt where another country owns a nation but lets them keep there way of rules |
Informal imperialism | The conquering country rules the new land through agreements with local rulers |
Markets | |
Raw marerials | |
Maxim gun | |
Suez Canal | |
David Livingstone | |
Henry Stanley | |
King Leopold II | |
Boers | |
Shaka | |
Boer War | |
Cecil Rhodes | |
Opium War | |
Treaty of Nanjing | A very unequal treaty that would open ports to European trade, and make it a law that British citizens could not be tried in China. It was humiliating for China and it illustrates just how weak China was. |
Taiping Rebellion | 1850- This rebellion was a result of anger at China's weakness. It was an attempt to over through the emperor. Ended 14 years after it began and 20 million Chinese died |
Boxer Rebellion | 1899- rebels=Harmonious Fists- hated foreigners, Trained in martial arts. Attacked missionaries and Chinese coverts. Rebellion was put down in 1900. Foreign powers imposed heavy fines on govt |
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) | Led the rev. of 1911 |
1911 Revlution | Led by Sun Yat-sen. Wanted to over through emperor and establish a republic. Beginning of modern China |
Treaty of Kanagawa | Very unequal treaty. Humiliating to Japan. Shogun was forced to step down because he gave in. |
Meiji Restoration | Emperor Meiji took power and worked to transform Japan into a modern power. He sent officials on a two-year mission to learn about the west. Some of is reforms were, required education, military reforms, rapid industrialization. |
Sino-Japanese War | 1905- Japan defeated Russia |
Russo-Japanese War | When the world recognizes Japan as a world power |