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12760304809Taiping Uprising*Definition:* Massive Rebellion in China during the Qing dynasty. *Significance:* War resulted in over 20 million deaths and showed rising discontent in the way China handled matters and change.0
12760304810Opium Wars*Definition:* Wars between Britain and China, when Britain wouldn't stop opium exports. *Significance:* Resulted in 4 new ports opening in China and Opium legalized with British control.1
12760304811Unequal treaties*Definition:* Treaties between China and Western powers after Opium war. *Significance:* Favored Western Powers and weakened China.2
12760304812Self-Strengthening Movement*Definition:* A time of institutional reforms in China during the late Qing dynasty. *Significance:* China adopted Western military technology and maintained traditional Confucian values.3
12760304813Boxer Uprising*Definition:* Militant uprising in China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence. *Significance:* Showed increasing resentment of Western countries and influence in China.4
12760304815Chinese Revolution of 1911*Definition:* Collapse of China's imperial order. *Significance:* It was officially at the hands of organized revolutionaries but really under the weight of troubles that had overwhelmed the government for the previous century.5
12760304816"Sick man of Europe"*Definition:* Term used to describe European country in time of difficulty (1st one- Ottomans). *Significance:* Showed diminishing power of a once powerful Ottoman Empire.6
12760304817Tanzimat*Definition:* Period of Reformation in Ottoman Empire. *Significance:* Showed the Ottoman Empire's need to adopt from and copy other nations in order to stay alive and keep up with Western countries.7
12760304818Young Turks*Definition:* Members of a revolutionary party in Ottoman Empire. *Significance:* Carried out a revolution in 1908 and advocated for reforms and change.8
12760304819Sultan Abd al-Hamid II*Definition:* Ottoman sultan who accepted a reform constitution but quickly suppressed it. *Significance:* Reactionary ruler (autocrat). He was the last to exert effective autocratic control over the Ottoman Empire.9
12760304820Young Ottomans*Definition:* Movement of young scholars to institute liberal reforms and build the feeling of national identity. *Significance:* Helped build nationalism inside the Ottoman Empire.10
12760304821Informal Empires*Definition:* Area dominated by Western powers but retained own government and measure of independence. *Significance:* Allowed people to be independent but also be helpful and useful to European powers (similar climate areas).11
12760304822Tokugawa Japan*Definition:* Time known as great PEACE. *Significance:* Hostage system: Shoguns retained power. Spouses and children of important families kept at the capital (4 social classes).12
12760304823Meiji Restoration*Definition:* Series of Events that restored imperial rule in Japan under Emperor Meiji (1868). *Significance:* Marked Japan's opening to the West and establishment of strong centralized government.13
12760304824Russo-Japanese War*Definition:* War fueled by Japanese and Russian imperialism *Significance:* Showed how powerful the Japanese were and how weak the Russians were. Japan won and forced Russia to change and industrialize.14

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