Chapter 15 World History 9th Grade

5 Written Questions

1. 
   living in a section of a country set aside for foreigners but not subject to the host country's laws
2. 
   In 1874, Japan claimed control of the islands which had llong been subject to the Chinese Empire.
3. 
   26th President of the United States, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War
4. 
   war fought between China and Japan over Korea from 1894 to 1895
5. 
   young emperor, launched the Hundred days of reform in China

5 Matching Questions

1. Open Door Policy
2. isolationism
3. self-strengthening
4. Henry Pu Yi
5. Empress Dowager Ci Xi

1. a
   a policy is promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which china would adopt western technology while keeping its Confucian values and institutions.
2. b
   a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations
3. c
   Guang Xu's aunt; she opposed his reforms and had him imprisoned and ended his reform efforts
4. d
   China's last emperor
5. e
   A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 
   War between Britain and the Qing Empire that was, in the British view, occasioned by the Qing government's refusal to permit the importation of opium into its territories. The victorious British imposed the one-sided Treaty of Nanking on China.
   1. Meiji era
   2. John Hay
   3. Opium War
   4. daimyo
2. 
   agreed to serve as president of a new Chinese republic after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty
   1. Sun Yat-sen
   2. Sino-Japanese War
   3. General Yuan Shigai
   4. Henry Pu Yi
3. 
   Chinese physician and political leader who aimed to transform China with patriotic, democratic, and economically progressive reforms.
   1. John Hay
   2. concession
   3. Hong Xiuquan
   4. Sun Yat-sen
4. 
   an admission; a compromise; a yielding
   1. concession
   2. indemnity
   3. commodity
   4. Manchuria
5. 
   A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.
   1. imperialism
   2. isolationism
   3. Manchuria
   4. indemnity

5 True/False Questions

1. daimyo →
   the lord of a large agricultural estate in feudal Japan who supported the shogun

   True        False

2. Hong Kong →
   a British colony in China, received after the first Opium War and returned to China in 1997

   True        False

3. Millard Fillmore →
   a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations

   True        False

4. Commodore Matthew Perry →
   The Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854. Japan also agreed to help shipwrecked soldiers as a result. Matthew Perry brought many steam ships with him to show America's strength, and to intimidate and persuade the Japanese.

   True        False

5. Tai Ping Rebellion →
   economic problems led to a peasant revolt, led by Hong Xiuquan. The goals of the rebellion were to -give land to peasants,-treat women as equal.The rebells seized Nanjing. The Europeans came to aid of China and brought the rebellion to an end. twenty million people killed during rebellion.

   True        False