Imperialism in Asia
Across
- 2. crushed the Decembrist Uprising and embroiled Russia in the Crimean War
- 3. 1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed foreigners
- 7. a mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan
- 8. Caused the Japanese emperor to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa and open Japanese ports to trade
- 10. Chinese religious leader who sparked the Taiping Uprising and won millions to his unique form of Christianity, according to which he was the younger brother of Jesus
- 13. treaty between Japan and the US. Japan agreed to open two ports to American ships
- 15. failed attempt by army officers to take control of the Russian government upon the death of Tsar Alexander I in 1825
- 16. Conflict between Russians/Greeks and English/French/Ottoman forces to stop the increase of Russian influence in this region
- 19. gave the British crown control over all that the East India Company possessed
- 20. the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive that established British supremacy over Bengal, ending French control
- 23. A 1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea
- 25. an 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India
- 27. Expanded Russian territory by taking Finland
- 28. Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire
Down
- 1. Father of Anarchism
- 4. a highly addictive substance made from the sap of the opium poppy
- 5. British nurse who modernized nursing techniques
- 6. China's young emperor, He introduced measures to modernize China
- 9. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal with a force of only 3,000 men.
- 11. Russian czar who suppressed all real and imagined threats to the monarchy
- 12. Japan's imperialistic war against China to gain control of natural resources and markets for their goods.
- 14. a Russian tzar who attempted reforms by freeing the serfs and ending the Crimean War; was assassinated
- 17. a lack of government and law
- 18. A Chinese group that attacked foreigners and Chinese Christians
- 21. Indian troops who served in the British army
- 22. geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe, north of Greece
- 24. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
- 26. Queen of China and mother of Emperor Guangxu