12:1 - China Resists Outside Influence p. 371-375 Name: ______

Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to... ! Explain China’s resistance to foreigners. ! Describe rebellions that shook China. ! Summarize effects of China’s reforms. ! Trace the growth of nationalism there.

Main Idea: CULTURAL INTERACTION - Western economic pressure forced China to open foreign trade & influence.

Why It Matters Now: China has become an increasingly important member of the global community.

Graphic Organizers for the Section: Fill in the table below; then add to the list or write down examples that apply to each thing in the table. CHINA’S PROBLEMS

Internal External Growing Population Influence of foreign powers

Corrupt Officials Extraterritorial rights for foreigners

Inability to handle external problems Growing opium trade i The internal problems probably caused China the most trouble, because resistance to reform led to more problems.

Recognizing Causes & Effects - Add information &/or examples to the below table as you read.

CAUSE EFFECT (More immediate effect) EFFECT (Eventual effect)

British bring opium to Many Chinese become Opium War. China. addicted.

Hong Xiuquan starts Rebels control south. Millions die. Taiping Rebellion. United States declares China is safe from China is still dominated by Open Door Policy. colonization. foreign powers.

Workers launch the Boxer Chinese nationalism Major reforms are Rebellion. increases. enacted.

Terms & Names: (Use the glossary for terms/”defines” & section for “identifies”.)

Opium War -

Extraterritorial rights -

Taiping Rebellion -

Sphere of Influence -

Open Door Policy -

Boxer Rebellion -

i Make A CC: Open Door Policy (Pink) - Definition, Date, People associated with it; with Sphere of Influence (orange) - Definition & Example from China & Boxer Rebellion (yellow) - Definition & Date. * If you have it from US History, find it.

Section Assessment Questions:

3- Why did the Chinese have little interest in trading with the West? 4- What internal problems did China face prior to the Taiping Rebellion? (List 4)

5- Why did Emperor Guangxu’s efforts at reform and modernization fail? (2 reasons)

6- Why do you think European powers established spheres of influence in China rather than colonies, as they did in Africa and other parts of Asia? 7- What importance did spheres of influence have for China?

8- What were the similarities & differences between the Taiping & Boxer Rebellions?

Taiping (Different than Both (Similarities) Boxer (Different than Boxer) Tiaping)