Imperialism in Asia Flashcards

Flashcards about Imperialism in Asia (India, China & Japan)

Sepoys

Native soldiers used by the British East India Company.

Mutsuhito

Young Japanese Emperor who was restored to power in 1868.

Matthew Perry

His diplomacy and the force shown by his squadron of ships was responsible for opening up Japan in 1853.

Cixi

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

Nanking

Hong Kong became a British colony as a result of this 1842 Treaty.

Hong Xiuquan

Led the rebellion that turned into a civil war in China from 1850-1864.

Puyi

The last (boy) emperor of China 1911, removed from power after a revolution led by Sun Yixian.

Samurai

The Japanese feudal warrior class.

Jewel in the Crown

India's role in the British Empire, reflecting economic motivations of imperialism by serving as a large market and source of raw materials.

Mughals

The rulers of India from 1525-1858.

Ram Mohun Roy

Promoted the adoption of some Western ideas alongside Indian reforms.

Opium

Led to widespread addiction and economic drain in China.

Treaty of Nanking (1842)

Marked the beginning of what China saw as a 'century of humiliation'.

Spheres of influence

They gave foreign powers economic dominance in specific regions of China.

Extraterritorial Rights

Allowed foreign country's citizens to not be tried by the legal system of another country

Taiping Rebellion

Millions killed and the Qing government had to rely on western powers to help end the rebellion.

Self-Strengthening

An attempt by Imperial China to modernize in the 1860s.

Tokugawa

The family who had completely isolated Japan for over 200 years until the Americans opened up Japan in 1853.

Shogun

The titled position that held the power in Japan before the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

Russia and Japan went to war over what issue in 1904/05?

The territory of Korea and Manchuria.

What did the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War have in common?

Japan won both wars.

Tsushima Strait

The 1905 naval battle saw the near destruction of the Russian Baltic fleet.

Treaty of Portsmouth

Ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.

Lin Zexu

Chinese official appointed to deal with the Opium coming into China.

Indian National Congress

Reform society that was formed in India with the goal of social and political reform - working towards independence from Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th century

Muslim League

Reform society that was formed in India with the goal of social and political reform - working towards independence from Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th century