Imperialism in Asia

Identify the Asian country that became imperialistic to avoid being conquered by western imperialist powers.

• Japan

• China

• North Korea

• Vietname

Which statement explains how the Meiji Resoration affected Japan in 1868?

• It created an industrial economic system.

• It led to legal and social equality between men and women.

• It caused the rejection of western political and economic values.

• It resulted in the restoration of the shogunate as a political system.

What steps did the Meiji emperor take to modernize Japan?

• He maintained Japan as a strong military dictatorship.

• He rejected Western forms of government.

• He cut trade with the West.

• He supported Japan industrializing.

Which Western idea influenced the reforms and modernization that begun during the Meiji or “enlightened rule,” of Japan’s emperor Mutsuhito in the 19^th century?

• the American education system

• the French agricultural system

• the British aristocratic system

• the Spanish colonial system

“Yesterday, your ambassador petitioned my ministers regarding your trade with China . . . . our Celestial Empire possesses all things in great abundance and lacks no product within its own borders. There is, therefore, no need to import any product manufactured by outside barbarians in exchange for our own goods.”–Emperor Ch’ien Lung of China to King George III of Britain, 1793

In the view of the Emperor, which foreign policy action was in the best interest of China in 1793?

• maintaining economic isolation

• expanding foreign trade

• increasing international interdependence

• developing into a colonial power

Which phrase correctly completes this diagram?

• Chinese exports of tea to Europe

• Spread of Confucian principles

• Failure of the Boxer rebellion

• expanding power of Mao Zedong

" . . . But after a long period of commercial intercourse [trade], there appear among the crowd of barbarians both good persons and bad, unevenly. Consequently, there are those who smuggle opium to seduce the Chinese people and so cause the spread of the poison to all provinces. This letter to Queen Victoria relates most directly to the outbreak of the:

• Chinese Civil War

• Sino-Japanese War

• Communist Revolution

• Opium Wars

The Open-Door Policy was designed to allow the U.S. to trade in:

• Africa

• Hong Kong

• China

• Macao

An area that has its own government but is controlled by an outside power is:

• a free trade zone

• sphere of influence

• colony

• protectorate

The Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China were responses to:

• European imperialism

• Mongol invasions

• Japanese aggression

• African slave trading