World History Final: Imperialism in Asia

Imperialism in Asia

His entry into Tokyo Bay was the symbolic opening up of Japan

Matthew Perry

Crop upon which CHina’s agricultural economy was based on:

Rice

He was one of the most important founders of the CHinese Communist Party

Mao Zedong

Which leader ordered the Shanghai massacre that nearly wiped out the Chinese

Jiang Jieshi

These provided Americans and foreigners with privileges that exempted them from Chinese law at several Chinese ports

Extraterritorial rights

This was declared by the US in an effort to protect the AMerican trading rights in China and China’s freedom from colonization

Open door policy

This was the treaty that officially ended the Russo-Japanese war

Treaty of Portsmouth, NH

This ruler, who at times adopted reforms and at other times rejected them, ruled China almost continuously between 1861-1908.

Dowager Empress Cixi

Loosely translated, this means “Enlightened Rule”

Meiji

What was the result of the Taiping Rebellion

It further weakened CHina and resulted in the death of at least 20 million.

These were heads of powerful lang holding Japanese Families

Daimyo

Which leader won China’s civil war, and what name did he give to the country?

Mao Zedong, People’s Republic of China

This was the Peace Treaty that ended the First Opium War

Treaty of Nanjing

This treaty opened up 2 ports to US ships and allowed the US to set up and embassy in Japan

Treaty of Kanagawa

The name given to the 250 year period of Japanese history that was ended by western imperialism

Tokugawa

Which group attracted the support of China’s peasants in the 1920s

The Communists

Which of the following statements about the SIno-Japanese War is correct

Was a conflict between Japan and CHina over status of Korea

What economic system was used to reshape CHina’s economy after the civil war?

Communism

Which group’s 1917 invasion brought about an uneasy truce in China’s civil war?

The Japanese

Which of the following resulted in the establishment of a rebel gov in southeastern CHina that lasted about ten years?

The Taiping Rebellion

What was the goal of the rebels known as the Boxers

To drive foreigners out of China

A rising non-western nation that avoided colonial subjugation by pursuing a concerted strategy of political and economic reform was:

Japan

Which two groups fought a civil war in CHina both before and after WWII

Nationalists versus Communists

WHich group was forced to go on the Long March

The communists

The new Japanese gov of 1890 that placed Central authority in the hands of a strong executive branch was modeled after this western country’s gov

Germany - constitution

Who became the president of the republic of China after the overthrow of the Qing dynasty?

Sun Yixian

What American system did the Japanese adopt during the Meiji era?

Universal Public education

The boxer rebellion

Stemmed from a prolonged uprising against foreigners by a secret society opposed to imperialism

Which of the following statements about eh boxer rebellion is INCORRECT?

Boxers believed the way to fix China’s problems was to copy the ways of the West

During the Cultural Revolution, who were the new heroes of China?

Peasants

Before the mid-1800s, which one of the following nations carried on trade with Japan

China

What were the long term Effects of the Cultural Rev

Widespread chaos that closed down factories and threatened farm production

Who was Sun Yixian’s successor?

Jiang Jieshi

Who founded the Nationalist (Kuomintang) Party in China?

Sun Yixian