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136776710"culture system"Parts of a culture, such as traits, territory and history that are shared.0
136776711Indian MutinyDiscontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858.1
136776712sepoysIndian soldiers loyal to Britain.2
136776713sutteeThe act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.3
136776714Thugs18 & 19 Century Hindu sect that were mean.4
136776715MacaulayBranded the Indian languages as barbarous and unenlightened.5
136776716Hindu Indian National CongressOrganized in 1885 to attempt to govern their own country.6
136776717All-Indian Muslim LeagueFormed in 1906 for the same reason as the Indian National Congress.7
136776718VladivostokPort city of Russia near the Sea of Japan that was Russia's last hope for a seaport, even if it was far away.8
136776719Lord of the EastThe meaning for Vladivostok.9
136776720TashkentRussians took this city in Turkestan in 1864.10
136776721Lord CurzonIndian lord who countered the Russian ships in the Persian Gulf.11
136776722Manchu DynastyControlled China from 1644-1912.12
136776723White Lotus SocietyRevolted in 1800 but was suppressed.13
136776724Heavenly Reason SocietyRevolted in 1813 and attempted to seize Peking.14
136776725Taiping RebellionPossibly 20 million people perished in this rebellion in China.15
136776726"Chinese Gordon"Nickname of the British general who helped put down the Taiping Rebellion in China.16
136776727First Opium WarThe events caused by China's first contact with the Western world.17
136776728Second Opium WarOccurred in 1857 when Britain and France decided that there would be trade, whether the Chinese liked it or not.18
136776729Treaty of NankingArose from the first Opium War.19
136776730Treaty of TientsinArose from the second Opium War.20
136776731AnnamArea the French assumed protectorate over despite Chinese protest.21
136776732Cochin ChinaBecame part of French Indochina.22
136776733TonkinBecame another part of French Indochina.23
136776734Treaty of Shimonoseki...24
136776735Liaotung PeninsulaA tongue of land reaching down from Manchuria to the sea; at the tip is Port Arthur.25
136776736Port ArthurPort and place of battle in the Russo-Japanese War.26
136776737Trans-Siberian RailwayRailroad in Russia that went from coast to coast, slow but effective method of transportation.27
136776738Open Door NotesChina being real open to everyone and stuff, caused the Boxer Rebellion.28
136776739Order of Literary Patriotic Harmonious Fists...29
136776740Sun Yat-sen...30
136776741Battle of Mukden...31
136776742Treaty of Portsmouth...32
136776743Sakhalin Island...33
136776744Significance's of the Russo-Japanese War...34
136776745Long Chains of Repercussions...35
136776746Steps in Three Mighty Developments...36

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