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Chapter 13 sec. 1-2
New Global Patterns
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matthew Perry | the U.S. Navy commodore who led a fleet of ships into Tokyo Bay in 1853 and demanded that Japan open its ports |
| Tokyo | the new “eastern capital” named in 1867, when Emperor Mutsuhito was restored to power and took the name Meiji |
| Meiji Restoration | the reign of Emperor Meiji, which lasted from 1868 to 1912, during which Japan learned about the West and modernized |
| Diet | a legislature |
| zaibatsu | powerful banking and industrial families of Japan |
| homogeneous society | a society in which all people share a common culture and language |
| French Indochina | French holdings in mainland Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| Mongkut | the king of Siam, who ruled from 1851 to 1868 and was able to make agreements to avoid becoming a European colony |
| Spanish-American War | the 1893 war between Spain and the United States, which resulted in the United States taking control of the Philippines |
| Liliuokalani | the Hawaiian queen overthrown by American planters in 1893 |