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Asian Civ Final
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Undergraduate 1
05/14/2014

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The Boxer Rebellion
Definition
Chinese rebelling against foreigners and christianity
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Revolt of 1857
Definition
-indian revolt
-animal fat cartridges
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Meiji Restoration
Definition
- a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under the Meiji Emperor.
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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-US Naval officer
-established trade connections w/Japan
-Ultimately caused Japan to become modernized
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Russo-Japanese War
Definition
-"the first great war of the 20th century."
-It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea.
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First Sino-Japanese War
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- fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea.
-Japan won
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Nanjing Massacre
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Robert Clive
Definition
British officer who established military presence in Bengal
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Long March
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A series of marches where the Red Army (Chinese communist party) ran from the Chinese nationalist party.
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Mao Zedong
Definition
was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China
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Sun Yatsen
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was a Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China
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The Great Leap Forward
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-as an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China
-aimed to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization
-The campaign caused the Great Chinese Famine.
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Kim Il Sung
Definition
was the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Ganghwa Treaty
Definition
Japan and Korea treaty
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