China Resists Outside Influences

Primary Source: The letter written to England's Queen Victoria mentioned...

• The results of the Taiping Rebellion after its launched attacks.

• The issues occurring in China caused by the growing supply of Opium.

• The Dowager Empress Cixi and the reforms she supported.

• The Spheres of Influence and Treaty Ports of 1900.

The letter was written by...

• Chinese Christians.

• Hong Xiuquan.

• Foreign citizens.

• Qing emperor's highest advisor.

What is Opium?

• The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

• A substance present in cereal grains, especially wheat, that is responsible for the elastic texture of dough.

• A mineral that the body needs for growth and development.

• A habitforming narcotic made from the poppy plant.

The Opium War gained...

• Food Crops

• Technological Advances
• Extraterritorial Rights

• Liberal Rights

In the Taiping Rebellion, Taiping means what?

• Great Peace

• Ultimate Love

• Destruction

• Typing

The Sphere of Influence was...

• A critical chain that offered job positions for peasants.

• A modern society that created new reforms.

• An organization that approved Chinese immigrants.

• An area in which the foreign nation controlled trade and investment.

What policy did the U.S. declare to prevent nations from dividing?

• The Sealed Window Policy

• The Open Door Policy

• The Closed Door Policy

• The Open Drawer Policy

What did the Boxer Rebellion Consist of?

• Boxers who fought against Chinese enslavement.

•  Campaign against the Dowager Empress’s rule and foreigner privilege.

• Several meetings in which the Japanese government discussed ways to reform China.

• Protests against China's military due to the extraction of rice from their commerce.