Imperialism in Asia

Sino-Japanese War

(1894-1895) Japan's imperialistic war against China to gain control of natural resources and markets for their goods. It ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth which granted Japan Chinese port city trading rights, control of Manchuria, the annexation of the island of Sakhalin, and Korea became its protectorate.

Opium Wars

A conflict (fight/wars) between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's illegal opium trade in China. China did not want the drug in their country.

Dowanger Empress Cixi

backed the self-strengthening movement, Boxer Rebellion

John Hay

created the Open Door Policy for USA

Russo-Japanese War

War between Russia and Japan; Japan wins and takes parts of Manchuria under its control.

Nanking Massacre

1937 killing of 300,000 Chinese citizens by Japanese soldiers.

Boxer Rebellion

A 1900 rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society (The Society of Harmonious Fists), sought to free their country from Western (European) influence. "Destroy the foreigner" was their slogan. They hated Christians or anything foreign in China.

Nationalism

A sense of national pride to such an extent of exalting one nation above all others

Treaty

An agreement between the governments of two or more countries. A treaty can be put in place after a war to make peace agreements.

Matthew Perry and Japan

Commodore sent to Japan to force open their ports to foreign (US) trade. Expanded US trade, paved way for imperialism.

Meiji Restoration

In 1868, a Japanese state-sposored industrialization and westernization effort that also involved the elimination of the Shogunate and power being handed over to the Japanese Emperor, who had previously existed as mere spiritual/symbolic figure.

Japanese Imperialism

Moved into Manchuria and China/Compared themselves to the British

Shanghai, Canton, Ningpo, Fuchow, Amoy

Name one of the 'treaty ports' established from the terms of the Treaty of Nanjing

Qing Dynasty

Name the dynasty which ruled in China before and during the 19th century.

Opium

Name the illegal drug which the British imported into China. It caused economic problems and many people got addicted to it. The suppression of its sale caused the Opium Wars.

Extraterritoriality

Name what it was called when Britain was able to impose British laws and rules in territory (the treaty ports) in China

Manchurian Incident

Situation in 1931 when Japanese troops, claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, took matters into their own hands by capturing several southern Manchurian cities, and by continuing to take over the country even after Chinese troops had withdrawn.

Taiping Rebellion

The attempt of the Chinese peasants to overthrow the emperor / government in China because of they were not dealing with internal economic problems within China. The people wanted social reforms and land.

Open Door Policy

This policy stated that all nations should have equal access to trade in China, done by USA

Treaty of Nanjing

Treaty that called for peace after the Opium War in which China gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened ports to British trade. Unequal treaty for China. They also had to pay reparations.

Middle Kingdom

What did the Chinese see China/themselves as being due to believing that they were the center of the universe

Imports

What is the term for goods brought into a country?

Exports

What is the term for goods sent to another country for sale?

Lin Zexu

was a Chinese scholar-official of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839-42. His forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the First Opium War.

self-strengthening movement

was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

porcelain, tea, silk, spices

what China had that other nations wanted