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what was it called when american warships sailed into Tokyo bay, japans great harbor
Meiji Restoration
who was the leader of the warships that sailed into tokoy bay
Matthew perry
what was the state of japans national trading economy (open to pub,closed, limited, ect)
mostly closed off to foreign trade(trade in one city)
who were the meiji people
the reformers of japan. who modernized japans political system,economy, and military wh
why did the Meiji people want to modernize japan
so that europe couldnt do it for them.
what was pears soap
a soap that was advertised to make peoples skin lighter because light skin was “preferred” and this soap was promoted for cleanliness.
whos was the emperor of ethiopia
menelik II
who helped menelik II during the battle adwa
Empress Taytu
what does it mean to mobolize a nation
to get the people ready for action, especially war
how big was emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytus army
10,000 men from all ethnic groups across Ethiopia
who got the congo
belgian
how AND when did Belgium acquire the Congo
during the scramble for Africa in 1885
who was the king of belgium that secured personal control over the congo
King Leopold II
what year was the berlin conference
1884-1885
where was nagasaki
japan (southwest)
what was nagasaki
the only trading port in japan that was more open to public wh
where was the only place Europe and the US could trade in japan
nagasaki.
what was indierect rule
imperial powers appoint existing local rulers to administer daily government functions
under whos super vision did indierect rule occur
european supervision
what happened inn 1857
the sepoy rebellionw
where did berlin conference occur
berlin
how many countries were invited to berlin conference
14
what did they negotiate at the berlin conference
they split up africa and negotiated who would rule which country
how many countries got territory at berlin conference
7 out of 14
who were the shoguns
military rulers w
what did the shoguns do for society
they kept society stable
what society were the shoguns from
japanese
what are raw materials
unprocessed substances
did japan have raw materials
no they lacked them
what was the successful, wealthy chinese dynasty
the Qing Dynasty
How/ why was the Qing Dynasty weakned
opium addiction
what year was the battle of Adwa
1896
what two countries met to fight in the battle of adwa
the italians and ethiopians
who won the battle of adwa
ethiopia(africans)
why did the italians want to conquer ethiopia
they wanted the poor italians to resettle there
who tried to trick who in the battle of adwa by having them sign a document in another lang
the italians tried to trick Menelik (emperor of Ethiopia)
who were the sepoys
indian people who had military jobs because they lost their jobs in manufacturing textiles
what year was the sepoy rebellion
1857
who did the sepoys rebell against
against the british resulting in many deaths.
what was the white mans burden a justification for
colonialsim allowing them to take over for the people who were unable to govern
who wrote white mans burden
Rudyard Kipling
what year did livingstone die
1873
who was the driving force behind the colonization of central africa
King Leopold II
who did king lLeopold II hire and what did he do
he hired henry stanley to set up belgian settlements in the congo region
what does EIC stand for
the East India Companyw
what was the british trading company called
the EIC
what did the EIC do
expanded britains rule over india
how was britains control over india expoanded
by controlling trade, taking territory and building its own army
what does the spinning wheel signify
how britain took back their independence from britian
deindustrialization is
a decline of industrial activity in a region or ecnomy
whos textile industry WAS very strong
india
who caused indias textile industry to collapse
british
how did the british cause indias textile industry to collapse
the colonoized them and took their resources
who was opium war between
britain and china
why did opium wars happen
britain wanted to expand trade networks by trading in china and opening mroe ports
how did the chinese emperor respond to opium trade
he banned it and made everyone turn in their opium
what was outcome of first and second opium war
china had to sign the treaty of nanking whihc was a peace treaty
what is colonization
when one country takes control of another also taking its land and resources and controling its people
modernizatuon
a country becoming more modern and adopting to future technology and industry
Social Darwinism is
the idea that human groups are subject to the same laws of natural selection
livingston was…
a medical missionary who traveled and explored uncharted regions
samori ture created the ____________ empire
wasssoulou
where did samori ture move his people to and why
he moved them east because he signed a treaty giving french land
french -indochina used what to colonoize and imperalize
war and brutality
Tanganyika was large or small
large