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Chapter 13 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Highlighted | centered attention on |
extraterritoriality | living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the hoest 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 grantedt exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading and mining rights |
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 and not set tariffs giving an unfair advantage to the citizens of their own coun |
Indemnity | payment for damages |
provincial | local |
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 Meji Restoration, a territory governed by its former daiymo lord |
subsidy | a government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity |
context | the circumstances surrounding a situation or event |