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| 9045695740 | Taiping Uprising | massive Rebellion in China during the Qing dynasty. War resulted in over 20 million deaths and showed rising discontent in the way China handled matters and change. |  | 0 |
| 9045695741 | Opium Wars | wars between Britain and China, when Britain wouldn't stop opium exports. Resulted in 4 new ports opening in China and Opium legalized with British control. | 1 | |
| 9045695742 | Commissioner Lin | Commander in China sent to destroy opium (dumped and burned opium). | 2 | |
| 9045696602 | unequal treaties | treaties between China and Western powers after Opium war. Favored Western Powers and weakened China. | 3 | |
| 9045696603 | Self-strengthening government | a time of institutional reforms in China during the late Qing dynasty. China adopted Western military technology and maintained traditional Confucian values. | 4 | |
| 9045696604 | Boxer Uprising | militant uprising in China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence. Showed increasing resentment of Western countries and influence in China. | 5 | |
| 9045697973 | Chinese revolution of 1911-1912 | collapse of China's imperial order officially at the hands of organized revolutionaries but really under the weight of troubles that had overwhelmed the government for the previous century. | 6 | |
| 9045697974 | the sick man of Europe | term used to describe European country in time of difficulty (1st one- Ottomans). Showed diminishing power of a once powerful Ottoman Empire. | 7 | |
| 9045697975 | Tanzimat | period of Reformation in Ottoman Empire. Showed the Ottoman Empire's need to adopt from and copy other nations in order to stay alive and keep up with Western countries. | 8 | |
| 9045698515 | Young Ottomans | Movement of young scholars to institute liberal reforms and build the feeling of national identity. Helped build nationalism inside the Ottoman Empire. | 9 | |
| 9045698516 | Sultan Abd al-Hamid II | Ottoman sultan who accepted a reform constitution but quickly suppressed it. Reactionary ruler (autocrat). He was the last to exert effective autocratic control over the Ottoman Empire. |  | 10 |
| 9045698517 | Young Turks | members of a revolutionary party in Ottoman Empire. Carried out a revolution in 1908 and advocated for reforms and change. | 11 | |
| 9045699250 | informal empires | area dominated by Western powers but retained own government and measure of independence. Allowed people to be independent but also be helpful and useful to European powers (similar climate areas). | 12 | |
| 9045699251 | Battle of Adowa | battle where the Italians were defeated by the Ethiopian Army |  | 13 |
| 9045699252 | Tokugawa Japan | time known as great peace. Hostage system: Shoguns retained power. Spouses and children of important families kept at the capital (4 social classes). | 14 | |
| 9045700386 | Meiji Restoration | series of Events that restored imperial rule in Japan under Emperor Meiji (1868). Marked Japan's opening to the West and establishment of strong centralized government. | 15 | |
| 9045701231 | Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) | War fueled by Japanese and Russian imperialism Japan won and forced Russia to change and industrialize. | 16 |
