Australia and Asia- China and the Boxer Rebellion

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Across
  1. 1. referring to societies who live in or originate from Europe and North America
  2. 3. a member of a people originally living in Manchuria, who formed the last imperial dynasty of China
  3. 7. an agreement signed following the Opium Wars that ended the Canton system of trade and allowed Western Powers influence in China (and gave Hong Kong to Britain until 1997!)
  4. 10. The last empress of China
  5. 11. highly addictive drug made out of poppies
  6. 13. a system of trade that saw all foreign trade conducted through Canton in the south in order to keep foreigners away from the imperial city of Peking (Beijing) in the north
  7. 15. an effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country by the use of protest or violence
Down
  1. 2. a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments though it has no formal authority
  2. 4. a belief developed by Confucius where the primary goal is to achieve harmony. Has profoundly influenced Chinese behaviour and way of living
  3. 5. the Chinese belief that the emperor received his right to rule directly from heaven
  4. 6. Anti-foreigner movement of Chinese martial artists known as the ‘Righteous and Harmonious Fists” called the ‘Boxers’ by the British
  5. 8. belief that people of the same culture or ideals ought to belong to the same nation-state. Extends to the belief that one’s country is superior to other countries.
  6. 9. the official residence of diplomats (representatives of foreign nations) and their families in another country
  7. 12. the last imperial Dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries
  8. 14. one of 13 government appointed merchants allowed to deal with foreigners