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| Describe Tokugawa Japan. | Shoguns,form 1600-1800, centralized feudalism, closed Japan to foreigners and did not allow oversea travel |
| How was Japan opened up? | through foreign pressure, Commodore Perry, revolt, the Meiji Restoration, and Korea |
| What did Commodore Perry do? | he forced Japan to trade, and other countries followed. |
| What was the Meiji Restoration? | when new leaders under the emperor set out to build a rich country with a strong military, studied western ways and adopted them to Japan's system, |
| What was the goal of the Meiji Restoration? | to beat the west at their own game |
| What were some of the governmental reforms in Japan? | Adapted German form of government, strong emperor with limited legislature and limited suffrage, western style bureaucracy and a modern military, set out to build an empire |
| What were some of the economic reforms in Japan? | Western business methods, improved infrastructure, zaibatsu (wealthy/powerful families) |
| What were some of societal reforms in Japan? | no more legal distrinctions, increased literacy and better education, limited women's rights |
| What were some of the lasting effects/problems of colonialism on Latin America? | little government experience, social division, there is a lack of infrastructure, conservatives vs. liberals |
| Describe the economic dependence in Latin America. | Traded raw material but no finished goods, Britain became the new partner, some Latin American countries eventually prospered thanks to foreign investment and natural resources |
| What is the colossus of the North? | US extended its control in the western hemisphere with the Monroe Doctrine, the war with Mexico, and the Spanish American war |
| In the war with Mexico in 1848 what did the US gain? | Colorado River Valley and California |
| In the Spanish American war in 1898 what did the US gain? | Puerto Rico, Guan, Phillipines, Cuba gained its independence but had to allow US intervention (Platt Amendment) |
| The Panama Canal opened up in... | 1914 |
| What was the impact of imperialism on the economy? | effected the global economy, industrialized nations of the west dominated, money economy replaced barter, modern banks started to emerge |
| What is global economy? | what happens in one country affects the other countries |
| What was the cultural impact of imperialism? | countries westernized, there were more schools and hospitals, Christianity spreads and there are new products for the west |
| What was the political impact of imperialism? | nationalist groups resist the west, European nations conquered and claimed large empires, tribes and kingdoms were disrupted, conflicts developed between European rivals creating political tensions |
| What religion was spread by imperialism? | Christianity |
| Who were the local strongmen who tried to gain power in Mexico? | The caudillos |
| What is westernization? | The process of becoming more like the west |
| What was the relationship like between European nations due to imperialism? | It was tense |
| Where was the site of the gold rush? | In the Yukon |
| What is economic dependence? | this occurs when less developed nations export raw materials and commodities to industrial nations and import manufactured goods, capital and technological know-how |
| What is modernization? | Becoming more technologically advanced |
| What countries made up Indo-China? | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia |
| What was Japan's policy before 1853? | Isolationism |
| What is another name for original inhabitants? | Indigenous groups |
| What did the Platt Amendment do? | It was a U.S. law that allowed US to interfer with the government of Cuba |
| What did the Canada Act do? | United upper and lower Canada |
| Lower Canada is now called.... | Quebec |
| Upper Canada is called... | Ontario |
| There was expansion in Canada because of ... | the gold rush in the Yukon |
| Eskimos are now called... | Inuits |
| Australia was a ........... used by Great Britain | penal colony |
| The first people of Australia were the.... | aboriginies |
| The first people of New Zealand were the... | Maori |
| Thailand was a buffer between which two countries? | England and France |
| This type of economy was replaced by the money economy. | barter economy |
| Countries that take over other countries by imperialism also encounter resistance called... | nationalism |
| What was the Latin American nickname for the U.S.? | Colossus of the North |
| What did the Netherlands claim in Southeast Asia and the Pacific? | Spice Islands |
| What did Britain claim in Southeast Asia and the Pacific? | Burma and Malaya |
| What were the two main natural resources that Britain got from Malay? | tin and rubber |
| What did France claim in Southeast Asia and the Pacific? | Indochina |
| What did the US claim in Southeast Asia and the Pacific? | Phillipines and Hawaii |
| What did Thailand do for Southeast Asia and the Pacific? | They westernized and this helped them keep their independence, the acted as a buffer between France and Britain |
| What were the powerful banking and industrial families called? | zaibatsu |
| A society with common language and culture is said to be .... | homogenous |
| People from the Netherlands are called... | Dutch |
