Chapter 32
Historical Terms and Concepts to Know *Who, what, where, why, when, how, so
what?
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Taiping Rebellion
Capitulations
Tanzimat
Young Ottomans
Young Turks
Crimean War
Zemstvos
Intelligentsia
Land and Freedom
Party
10. Russo-Japanese War
11. Revolution of 1905
12. Duma
13. Opium War
14. Treaty of Nanjing
15. Self-Strengthening
Movement
16. Society of Righteous
and Harmonious Fists
17. Qing dynasty
18. Tokugawa bakufu
19. Meiji Restoration
20. Hong Xiuquan
21. Muhammad Ali
22. Mahmud II
23. Abdul Hamid II
24. Mehmed V Rashid
25. Alexander II
26. Sergei Witte
27. Nicholas II
28. Cixi
29. Kang Youwei
30. Liang Qichao
31. Puyi
32. Mizuno Tadakuni
33. Mutsuhito
34. Fukuzawa Yukichi
35. Ito Hirobumi
Discussion Questions
36. Examine the influence, both positive and negative, of western European and American
knowledge and ideals on the Ottoman, Russian, Qing, and Tokugawa states in the nineteenth
century. Why would these states be both attracted to and repelled by these influences?
37. Compare and contrast the Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese efforts at
industrialization. In what ways were they successful? Who, if anyone, was left out of this
progress? Compare the process to that which went on in western Europe and the Americas.
38. Examine the decline of the Ottoman empire. What factors explain this process? What
attempts at reform did the Ottomans undertake? How successful were they?
39. Examine the turbulent years of the nineteenth century in Russia. How successful were
Russian efforts at modernization and industrialization? What were the limits of success?
40. Examine the decline of China in the nineteenth century. How did China fall from world
leader to dominated state so rapidly?
41. Examine the Meiji Restoration. What were its guiding principles? Why did it copy western
Europe and the United States? Why was Japan successful in modernization while Russia,
China, and the Ottomans struggled? Was there a downside to the Meiji Restoration?
Chapter 32
Discussion Questions
42. Examine the influence, both positive and negative, of western European and American
knowledge and ideals on the Ottoman, Russian, Qing, and Tokugawa states in the nineteenth
century. Why would these states be both attracted to and repelled by these influences?
43. Compare and contrast the Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese efforts at
industrialization. In what ways were they successful? Who, if anyone, was left out of this
progress? Compare the process to that which went on in western Europe and the Americas.
44. Examine the decline of the Ottoman empire. What factors explain this process? What
attempts at reform did the Ottomans undertake? How successful were they?
45. Examine the turbulent years of the nineteenth century in Russia. How successful were
Russian efforts at modernization and industrialization? What were the limits of success?
46. Examine the decline of China in the nineteenth century. How did China fall from world
leader to dominated state so rapidly?
47. Examine the Meiji Restoration. What were its guiding principles? Why did it copy western
Europe and the United States? Why was Japan successful in modernization while Russia,
China, and the Ottomans struggled? Was there a downside to the Meiji Restoration?
Historical Terms and Concepts to Know *Who, what, where, why, when, how, so
what?
48. Taiping Rebellion
49. Capitulations
50. Tanzimat
51. Young Ottomans
52. Young Turks
53. Crimean War
54. Zemstvos
55. Intelligentsia
56. Land and Freedom
Party
57. Russo-Japanese War
58. Revolution of 1905
59. Duma
60. Opium War
61. Treaty of Nanjing
62. Self-Strengthening
Movement
63. Society of Righteous
and Harmonious Fists
64. Qing dynasty
65. Tokugawa bakufu
66. Meiji Restoration
67. Hong Xiuquan
68. Muhammad Ali
69. Mahmud II
70. Abdul Hamid II
71. Mehmed V Rashid
72. Alexander II
73. Sergei Witte
74. Nicholas II
75. Cixi
76. Kang Youwei
77. Liang Qichao
78. Puyi
79. Mizuno Tadakuni
80. Mutsuhito
81. Fukuzawa Yukichi
82. Ito Hirobumi