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Imperialism in Asia Venn Diagram
Identify the similarities and differences between the experience of China and Japan in the Age of Imperialism
Japan
China
Largely unchanged for 250 years
Believed their goods were superior
Stable and almost completely cut off
from foreigners
Goods highly sought after by Europeans
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
British began smuggling in Opium
Went to war with British
Lost and forced to sign Treaty of
Nanking - opened them up to trade
Secret society - Boxers - started
a rebellion to rid country of
foreigners
Lost the rebellion - leads to Open
Door Policy
Completely opened to trade
Resisted through violence and
got beat every time
Ended up worse as a result
of Imperialism
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1)
2)
Both Asian countries
Both opened to
imperialism - forced to
trade
Both were isolationists
3)
4)
1)
2)
3)
Both disliked the presence4)
of foreigners
Matthew Perry opened them
up to trade
Chose to surrender rather than fight
back and be defeated
As a response, they decided to
change their country in order to
resist
-Modernized country
-Industrialized
4) -Imperialized
Both resisted imperial
-Studied other country's government
control - different
and military
As a result of their progress, fought a war
ways though
with Russia and won
Became a world power
Came out of imperialism even stronger
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