China and Japan

Question 1

Ming Dynasty

Answer 1

A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century.

Question 2

Qing Dynasty

Answer 2

during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu.

Question 3

Examination system

Answer 3

was an attempt to recruit men on the basis of merit rather than on the basis of family or political connection.

Question 4

Opium

Answer 4

A reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic.

Question 5

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 5

“Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement”) was a massive rebellion or civil war in China that lasted from 1850 to 1864, which was fought between the established Manchu-led Qing

Question 6

Beijing

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a city in and the capital of the People’s Republic of China, in the NE part, in central Hebei province: traditional capital of China.

Question 7

Treaty of Nanjink

Answer 7

was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842.

Question 8

Taiwan

Answer 8

Island nation in the Pacific Ocean near the mainland of southern China

Question 9

Empress

Answer 9

a female emperor.

Question 10

Ci Xi

Answer 10

The dowager empress of China

Question 11

Self-strengthening movement

Answer 11

was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers.

Question 12

Imperial City

Answer 12

a city (as Rome) that is the seat of empire.

Question 13

Porcelain

Answer 13

a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.

Question 14

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 14

a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.

Question 15

Tokugawa Shogunate

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was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1603 and 1867.

Question 16

Commodore Matthew Perry

Answer 16

was a Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships.

Question 17

Mesi Restoration

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is to receive back more than has been lost to the point where the final state is greater than the original condition.

Question 18

Consulate

Answer 18

the place or building in which a consul’s duties are carried out.

Question 19

Eta

Answer 19

the seventh star in a constellation.

Question 20

Edo

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a member of a people inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria.

Question 21

The hermit kingdom

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is a term applied to any country, organization or society which willfully walls itself off, either metaphorically or physically, from the rest of the world

Question 22

Isolation

Answer 22

the process or fact of isolating or being isolated.

Question 23

Dutch learning

Answer 23

is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan

Question 24

Junks

Answer 24

discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Question 25

Queue

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a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

Question 26

Hsuan-yeh

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second Emperor of the Ch’ing dynasty, who ruled during the years

Question 27

Philology

Answer 27

the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.

Question 28

Extraterritoriality

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the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations.

Question 29

Unequal treaties

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a term applied to any of a series of treaties signed with Western powers during the 19th and early 20th centuries by Qing dynasty

Question 30

Yangtze Valley

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the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

Question 31

Toyotomi Hedeyoshi

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was a preeminent daimyo, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan’s second “great unifier”.

Question 32

Tokugawa

Answer 32

was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between