Modern East and Southeast Asia

Modern East and Southeast Asia

After period of European dominance, countries in the region regained their independence during 1900s

Changes in China

• by, 1500, Asian goods such as silk, porcelain, and tea had become highly valued in Europe.

• European merchants began travelling to the region to trade these goods

• China tried to isolate from European influences

• By 1890s, European and Japanese had claimed large areas of China as a spheres of Influence (an area of a country where a single foreign has been granted exclusive trading rights)

• Foreign interference in their country angered many Chinese.

• In 1911, this anger led to a revolution - ended weak Qing dynasty and established a republic

• By 1927, a military leader named Chiang-Kai-shek had formed Nationalist Government

• Mean while his opponent Mao Zedong gained support from China's Farmer

• after a year of Civil war, the Communist won power in 1949

• Set up the people's Republic of China on the Chinese main land

• Nationalist fled to offshore island of Taiwan

• there they settled a government called the Republic of China

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Multiple Choice

By which date Asian ( Chinese) goods became highly valued in Europe?

• 1500s

• 1949

• 1700s

• 1300s

Multiple Choice

How the first republic of China was established?

• in the support of Foreign people

• after the anger of foreign interference, people revolted against Han in 1911 and established

• after the anger of foreign interference, people revolted against Qing in 1911 and established

• None of the above