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ch.13 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| highlighted | centered attention on |
| extraterritoriality | living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the host country’s laws |
| self-strengthening | a policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its Confucian values and institutions |
| spheres of influence | areas in which foreign powers have been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges |
| exclusive | limited to a single individual or group |
| Open Door policy | a policy, proposed by U.S. secretary of state John Hay in 1899, that stated all powers with spheres of influence in China would respect equal trading opportunities with China |
| indemnity | payment for damages |
| provincial | local; of or relating to a province |
| phase | a part in the development cycle |
| motive | a reason to take action |
| commodities | agricultural, mined, and mass-produced marketable goods |
| concession | a political compromise |
| prefecture | in the Japanese Meiji Restoration, a territory governed by its former daimyo lord |
| subsidy | a government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity |
| context | the circumstances surrounding a situation or event |
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Skyler Thompson