AP World History Strayer Chapter 19 Vocabulary Flashcards

9369854367	Taiping 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
9369854368	Opium 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
9369854369	Unequal treaties	Definition: Treaties between China and Western powers after Opium war. Significance: Favored Western Powers and weakened China.	2
9369854370	Self-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
9369854371	Boxer 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
9369854372	Commissioner Lin	Definition: Commander in China sent to destroy opium (dumped and burned opium). Significance: Provoked Opium War, eventually led to more British Control over China.	5
9369854373	Chinese 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.	6
9369854374	"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.	7
9369854375	Tanzimat	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.	8
9369854376	Young Turks	Definition: Members of a revolutionary party in Ottoman Empire. Significance: Carried out a revolution in 1908 and advocated for reforms and change.	9
9369854377	Sultan 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.	10
9369854378	Young 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.	11
9369854379	Informal 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).	12
9369854380	Tokugawa 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).	13
9369854381	Meiji 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.	14
9369854382	Russo-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.	15