World Civilization Review: Asia
1. By 1800, Europeans traded with China through a small trading
outlet at CANTON.
2. In 1894, in another blow to the Qing Dynasty, China was
soundly defeated in a war with SINO-JAPANESE WARS
(JAPAN).
3. During the period of time called the 100 DAYS of Reform, the
Qing emperor called for major political, administrative, and
educational reforms.
4. At the beginning of 1900, bands of Chinese roamed the country
killing missionaries and Chinese Christians as well as foreign
businessmen. This was known as the BOXER REBELLION
(SOCIETY OF HARMONIOUS FISTS)
5. After 1905, legislative assemblies in China were formed on the
PROVENCIAL or local level.
6. The leader of the revolutionary movement that overthrew the
Qing dynasty was HONG XIQUAN.
7. One result of European traders arriving in China was the
introduction of modern means of TRANSPORTATION and
communications.
8. Radical reforms in China were aimed at the elimination of
traditional culture, condemning it as a tool of THE EMPIRE.
9. The door to Japan was opened to the United States by the Treaty
of KANAGAWA.
10. After the Meiji Restoration, the political system was
democratic in form but AUTHORITARIAN in practice.
11. The result of the Meiji land reform program made the
traditional lands of the daimyo the property of the EMPEROR.
12. Women in Japan were expected to adhere to the “THREE
OBEDIENCES”: child to father, wife to husband, and widow to
son.
13. This was a conflict resulting from the Chinese attempt to
blockade Guangzhou to keep out British traders OPIUM WARS
14. TAI PING REBELLION was caused by the failure of the
Chinese government to deal with pressing internal economic
problems
15. Who launched the One Hundred Days of Reform?
GUANG XU
16. Who was a young radical who formed the Revive China
Society? SUN YAT-SEN
17. HENRY PUYI was China’s “last emperor”
18. This American’s fleet pressured the Japanese into opening
trade relations with the United States.
THE GREAT WHITE FLEET (MATTHEW PERRY)
19. What was the Japanese capital after the Meiji Restoration?
EDO BAY (TOKYO)
20. What was the practice of Europeans being governed by their
own laws while living on Chinese soil? EXTRATERRORALITY
21. What areas where the European states had exclusive trading
rights in China? SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
22. Which leader from Japan traveled to Great Britain, France,
Germany, and the United States to study their governments?
ITO HIROBUMI
23. Which treaty ended first Opium War?
TREATY OF NANJING
24. Which Christian convert viewed himself as the younger brother
of Jesus Christ?
HUANG XIQUAN
25. Who proclaimed that China should have an Open Door policy?
JOHN HAY
26. This was the popular name given to the members of the Society
of Harmonious Fists.
BOXERS
27. Who agreed to serve as president of a new Chinese republic
after the collapse of the Qing dynasty?
GENERAL YUAN SHIGAI
28. Which Japanese government was known as the “Enlightened
Rule?”
MEIJI
29. Japan surprise attacked this naval base.
PEARL HARBOR
30. The idea to adopt Western technology; retain Confucian
values. SELF Strengthening
31. This historical figure opposed the emperor’s reforms and
imprisoned him. Who was she? XI CI
32. Who governed by the daimyo after the Meiji Restoration?
SAT CHO
Know all your major figures, treaties and events.
Essay:
Describe the effects of Westerners on Chinese and Japanese
societies? How did these societies evolve from the 1500s to the
1900s.
Explain the fall of the Qing Dynasty starting with the reign on
KongXi. What were the external and internal pressures?