Chapter 27 Russia And Japan Industrilialization

Question 0

What was difference between Russian and Japanese reforms?

Answer 0

• Japan pulled away from Asian societies and maintained social cohesion
• Russia became more involved in world economic systems and under cut social stability

Question 1

What problem did both Russia and Japan face?

Answer 1

The pressure to westernize while not trying to offend the traditionalists

Question 2

What is the Holy Allience?

Answer 2

Russia, Prussia and Austria would combine in defense of religion and establish order.
- A way to resist western policies and revolutions

Question 3

What was the Decembrist uprisings?

Answer 3

A revolt of Western oriented army officers- 1825

Question 4

How did Russia steer clear of revolutions from 1830-1848

Answer 4

Conservative politics

Question 5

What was the significance of the Crimean war?

Answer 5

It made Alexander the Second realize that Russia needed reform and including the end of serfdom

Question 6

What was the significance of the end of serfdom?

Answer 6

Brought urban labor force to Russia

New law codes that improved literacy, positions for Women, and changes in Russian life style

Question 7

What did Russian industrialization include?

Answer 7

Creation of railways
Development of factories
Improved banking system and high tariffs

Question 8

What started the Russian revolution?

Answer 8

Minorities, intellectuals wanted change

Question 9

Who are Anarchists?

Answer 9

People who sought to abolish all formal government. They were in opposition of Russian tsars and hoped for the rise of peasants.

Question 10

What was a result of no political outlets for the lower class?

Answer 10

Urban and ruling working class unrest

Question 11

What did the Russian revolution of 1905 include?

Answer 11

Russian expansion into the Ottoman Empire, Balks, Central Asia, and China
Creation of the Duma(national parliament)
Stolypin reforms
And rise of Kulaks

Question 12

What caused Japanese reforms?

Answer 12

Western pressure

Question 13

What happened in the first half of the nineteenth century in Japan?

Answer 13

Shogunate still ruled
Intellectual life developed under Tokugawa
Japan became more secular

Question 14

What signifies the first Western influence in Japan

Answer 14

The Japanese became interested in Dutch studies

Japanese economy, commerce, and manufacturing developed to support industrialization

Question 15

Who was Matthew Perry?

Answer 15

He won rights to open up ports in Japan and other European countries followed

Question 16

What happened in 1868 in Japan?

Answer 16

Meji came to power and defeated the shogunate

Question 17

What was the political change in Meji Japan?

Answer 17

• Replacement of daimyo with prefects
• Highly centralized
• Samarai sent to the west to study political systems
• New nobility and reorganized beaucracy and diet

Question 18

What happened during Japan’s industrial revolution?

Answer 18

• New navy
• Builiding financial institutions and railways
• Creation of Ministry of Industry
• Textile sects
• Sucess in organization and management of foreign advice

Question 19

What were the effects of Japanese industrialization?

Answer 19

Population boom
Increasing inferiority of women
Pressure for Japanese imperialism

Question 20

What were some attempts of Japanese imperialism?

Answer 20

Sino- Japanese war - fight for influence in Korea

Russo-Japanese war - attempt to show imperialism ranks within the West

Question 21

What were some conflictions of Japanese modernization?

Answer 21

Political tensions over decision making in parliament

Conflictions over literary styles