World History China Responds to Western Pressures Review – Chapter 28 Sec 1

Question 1 Define self-sufficient.

Needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, especially with regard to the production of food

Question 2: What product did the British purchase large quantities of from the Chinese that prompted them to search for a product to balance the trade.

Tea

Question 3: The War between China and Britain over the British import of an addictive drug into China (1839)

Opium War

Question 4: A violent uprising caused by Chinese resentment towards foreigners and their influence in (1900)

Boxer Rebellion

Question 3: The rights under which foreigners are not subject to a country’s laws

Extraterritorial rights

Question 5: A revolt led by Hong Xiuquan, who recruited followers to build a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace” in China (due to gov’t corruption and famine)

Taiping Rebellion

Question 6: A foothold by foreign countries in the affairs of another nation, such as the control of trade and investment

Sphere of influence

Question 7: The US policy that gave all nations the right to trade with China and protect China from colonization

Open Door Policy

Question 8: Which of the following was an internal problem for the Chinese? – A: population – B: flooding of the Huang He River – C: gov’t corruption – D: All of the above

D: All of the above

Question 9: True or False China won the Opium War.

False: The British won

Question 10: True or False The Treaty of Nanjing was the peace treaty signed at the end of the Opium War that gave the British control of the island of Hong Kong.

True

The period of “enlightened rule” under Mutsuhito who modernized Japan ( )

Meiji Era

The conflict between Japan and Russia over control of Korea and Manchuria

Russo-Japanese War

The 1854 treaty in which Japan opened two ports at which U.S. ships could take on supplies

Treaty of Kanagawa

The rights under which foreigners are not subject to a country’s laws

Extraterritorial rights

Review

Describe the system of peonage in Latin America.

Wages were low and prices were high…their debt accumulated and then passed from one generation to the next A system of involuntary servitude in which the laborer is forced to work off a debt.

Describe the term caudillo.

The term is often associated with the military leaders that ruled countries in Latin America in the early 19th century when political conditions were unstable in the wake of long armed conflicts.

Describe the Monroe Doctrine.

The policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823,that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with indepen dent nations in the Western Hemisphere.

In 1878, Cuba declared its independence and fought a 10 year war with which European power?

The Spanish (fought Spain)

Who was Jose Marti?

A writer that had been exiled from Cuba, fought for Cuban independence but was killed during the war Became a symbol of Liberty

Explain the motivation of the US to join Cuba’s fight against the Spanish.

1.) business holdings in Cuba (economic) 2.) Spanish mistreatment of Cubans (put in concentration camps)

Who won the Spanish America War?

Cuba/US

True or False After its defeat in the Spanish-American war, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines became U.S. territories.

True

Why did the people of Panama allow the US to build the Panama Canal?

No longer wanted to be controlled by the Colombians US helped Panama win their independence Panama gave US a 10 mile wide zone to build the Canal Canal opened trade routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1914

Describe the Roosevelt Corollary.

Gave the US the right to be an international police power (addition to the Monroe Doctrine)

True or False In the 1820’s, Mexico encouraged American citizens to move to the Mexican territory of Texas to help populate the country.

True

True or False Santa Anna won the battle of San Jacinto but lost the battle at the Alamo.

False

Define the term annex.

To add To incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country or state

After fighting with Mexico this treaty gave the US the northern third of what was then Mexico, including California and the American Southwest.

Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo

True or False The Anglos (English speaking colonists) were given inexpensive land and pledged to follow the laws of Mexico.

True

The liberal reformer who strongly influenced Mexican politics; he was elected president in 1861 and 1867

Benito Juarez

The dictatorial general who took control of Mexico and ran an orderly but corrupt country ( ) Wanted order and progress

Porfirio Diaz

He led the Mexican fight for independence, served as Mexico’s president, and fought the U.S. for Texas

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

The Mexican liberal reform movement, whose goals included land reforms, separation of church and state and education

La Reforma

From exile in the US, he called for an armed revolution to bring democracy to Mexico (1910)

Francisco Madero