Unit 5 test

Question 1

How did the Qing gain power

Answer 1

-population growth
- Continuities with Ming
- Major Internal/External Issues Facing the Qing (Opium, Taiping rebellion, Self strengthening movement, boxers)

Question 2

What was the Opium war

Answer 2

• Opium from India was smuggled into China by the British in an attempt to get control over trade in China.
• The British forced unequal treaties (Treaty of Nanjing)

Question 3

What was Treaty of Nanjing

Answer 3

• Forced China to pay Britain for its losses in the war
• Britain gained Hong Kong
• China had to open 5 ports to foreign trade
• British citizens were granted Extraterritoriality

Question 4

What was Taiping Rebellion

Answer 4

• Hong Xiquan led a revolt of Hakka people that resulted in the deaths tens of millions of people.
• Was caused by people regarding the government as weak, corrupt, and colluding with merchants

Question 5

What was Boxer Rebellion

Answer 5

• Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Boxers) attacked Christian missionaries
• Was later repressed by an 8 nation coalition of Western and Japanese troops.

Question 6

Sakoku Edict of 1635

Answer 6

• Isolated Japan
• Christianity was banned

Question 7

Meiji Restoration 1868

Answer 7

• End of feudal rule in japan
• Japan undertook an industrialization

Question 8

Satsuma Rebellion

Answer 8

• Samurai revolt against all of the change but were unsuccessful

Question 9

Reasons for Imperialism in India

Answer 9

A direct effect of Industrialization and the need for raw materials by the british

Question 10

The Mughal Empire

Answer 10

• Conquered India in the 1500s and established their rule over the subcontinent.
• Were a Muslim based empire in a Hindu land.

Question 11

Impact of British colonization on India’s economy

Answer 11

• The British East India Company collected revenue and raw materials from the prosperous areas of India and sent the money and materials to Britain

Question 12

Significance of the Suez Canal

Answer 12

The Suez Canal linked Europe and the Mediterranean Sea to Asia via the Red Sea which flowed to the Indian Ocean.

Question 13

Sepoy Rebellion

Answer 13

• Widespread rebellion against British rule in India in 1857 of Sepoys who were soldiers that served the BEIC
• Led to the end of the British East India Company’s rule in India

Question 14

Rise of Nationalism in India

Answer 14

• As a result of British rule, nationalism spread in India.

Question 15

Key Leaders of the Nationalists Movement

Answer 15

• Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Question 16

Partition of India in 1947

Answer 16

• Upon independence India was split into India and West and East Pakistan
• Had many lasting effects that led to modern conflicts