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china 24-5
terms for unit 24-5
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History
9th Grade
04/10/2012

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balance of trade
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the difference between how much a country important and how much it exports
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trade deficit
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situation in which a country imports more than it exports
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trade surplus
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situation in which a country exports more than it imports
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Opium War
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a war that took place in 1839 when China outlawed opium and clashed with British merchants selling it in China; British gunboats easily defeated the Chinese (who lacked the technology)
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indemnity
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payment for losses in a war
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extraterritoriality
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the right of foreigners to be portected by the laws of their own nation
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Taiping Rebellion
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a massive peasant uprising against corruption in the Qing dynasty; between 1850 abd 1864, 20 to 30 million may have perished
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Sino-Japanese War
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the 1894 war in which Japan took Taiwan
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Open Door Policy
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the 1899 United States policy demanding open trade in China
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Guang Xu
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the young emperor who attempted to bring reform to the Qing dynasty
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Boxer Uprising
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anti-foreign movement in China from 1898-1900
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Sun Yixian
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also knownn as Sun Yat-set; named first president of the new Chinese republic in 1911.
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