FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT IMPERIALISM PT1 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT IMPERIALISM PT1 EXAM

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Question 1: What happened to china after their loss in the Opium War?

Answer:

foreign nations lined up to sign "unequal" treated with china

Question 2: Role of foreigners in Boxer Rebellion 1898-1901

Answer:

This time Europeans fought against Boxers and Qing in order protect economic interests. Led to end of Qing Dynasty.

Question 3: Treaty of Nanjing

Answer:

the Chinese lost the Opium war, so it granted British the porto of Hong Kong and opened 5 ports to British trade

Question 4: Empress Dowager Cixi

Answer:

ruled over China from 1862-1908. Bankrupted China. had to give in to foreigners. Made mistake to support Boxers in rebellion.

Question 5: How did chinese react?

Answer:

they sent a letter to the British/Queen Victoria telling them to stop

Question 6: Boxer Rebellion

Answer:

A Rural Chinese revolt. It was a rebellion against Chinese Christians, Westerners. The Boxers were an underground society that were provoked by high unemployment. They blamed the outsiders for the introduction of railroads and steamships

Question 7: Why did numerous internal rebellions erupt in china

Answer:

the gov't was unstable to protect china from foreigners and the mandate of heaven ended

Question 8: Taiping Rebelion 1850-1864

Answer:

known as peasant revolt. Led by Hong Xiuquan and was supported by unhappy peasants that were dealing with Western Imperialists. Taxes were raised and government services were lowered. Peasants were forced into sharecropping. 20 million were killed.

Question 9: What was the british opium plan?

Answer:

it grew and processed ogpium in india, and smuggled it in china

Question 10: Why did china demand bullion for their products?

Answer:

everybody wanted gold and silver. also used for a common currency with other countries

Question 11: Unfavorable balance of trade

Answer:

nation imports more than they export

Question 12: Why was bullion a problem for Europeans?

Answer:

their silver was draining into china

Question 13: What is opium?

Answer:

highly addictive narcotic

Question 14: Extraterritoriality

Answer:

guaranteed that European citizens in China were only subject to the laws of their own nation and could only be tried by their own courts.

Question 15: Qing/Manchus Dynasty

Answer:

current dynasty ruling over China before the time of Western involvement starting in the 1800's. It had lots of pressure from the West.

Question 16: How did Europeans balance the trade deficit?

Answer:

the British imported opium from India

Question 17: To what extent was opium available in china?

Answer:

chinese gov't tried to restrict its use but proved to be difficult as many Chinese became addicted

Question 18: What was the reality of China in early 1900's?

Answer:

foreign nations really ran China

Question 19: Spheres of Influence

Answer:

allowed Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia all to claim exclusive trading rights with specific areas of China.

Question 20: Open door policy

Answer:

China opened its door to national merchants, meaning that no one could actually colonize it. It tried to help the Manchu Dynasty from fully collapsing.

Question 21: Role of foreigners in Taiping Rebellion

Answer:

Europeans supported Qing in defeating Taiping revolt in order protect economic interests.

Question 22: Why did europeans have an unfavorable balance of trade with china?

Answer:

europeans imported more from china than exported