Across
- 2. The actual ruler of Japan since emperors had no real power.
- 3. Conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's opium trade in China.
- 5. A nation that is not receptive to new ideas and has little foreign interaction.
- 12. Attempt to recruit people on the basis of merit rather than on the basis of family or political connection; Done under the rule of the Qing dynasty in China but unsuccessful in Japan.
- 14. Uprising against foreigners, especially Christian missionaries, that occurred in China in 1899-1901 organized by a secret Chinese organization
- 19. Loyal warriors that served the Daimyo
- 20. A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time.
Down
- 1. A person born in or coming from a country other than one's own
- 4. Hierarchic distribution of power seen in social structures that are in a pyramid shape.
- 6. Ancient Japan was not unified, it was ran by ______: a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.
- 7. The action or process of inheriting a title, property, or items of worth.
- 8. Payment to the victors for losses in war
- 9. Only Europeans allowed to trade with China during the time they were in a isolated state.
- 10. Ocean in East Asia near Japan.
- 11. country in Asia near China and Korea made up of islands.
- 13. Treaty between China and Britain following the first Opium War; it called for 21 million dollars, the opening of 5 new ports, and the cession of Hong Kong to the British.
- 15. Substance derived from the a poppy seed plant, the main export England was flooding China with during the mid 19th century.
- 16. Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country, disregarding the laws of the host country.
- 17. Ancient code of the Samurai warrior.
- 18. The largest social class in Japan's Feudal pyramid.