SS7 w/ Bullins, Ch. 4, Pt. 3: Opening China and Japan

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Across
  1. 2. (noun): a line of hereditary leaders of a country, most notably in China
  2. 5. (1644–1911): China’s last dynasty — a multigenerational leadership under which China’s economy flourished during the early 1700s due to a significant rise in global trade; it formed in the mid-1600s when the Manchus conquered and controlled the region for almost 300 years; despite its trade-based, or capitalistic, relationship with European powers, the Qing actively kept European culture from entering and influencing Chinese daily life.
  3. 6. (noun): dishonest or deceitful. Behavior by someone in a position of power
  4. 10. (noun): a Japanese military leader
  5. 11. (1856): The result of China refusing to make opium trade legal and opening all Chinese ports to Britain; Chinese officials boarded a British ship and arrested merchants for smuggling opium, which the British saw as an invasion and act of war.
  6. 12. (1603): Similar to a Chinese dynasty, this Japanese military ruling family took control from other ruling families, including Japan’s emperor, for nearly 250 years.
  7. 14. (1839): The British East India Company bribed Chinese custom authorities to export opium despite its nearly-century-long Illegal status. After Chinese authorities burned 20,000 chests of British-purchased opium, British sailors killed a Chinese civilian, starting the war.
  8. 15. (noun): the general increase prices of goods and services
Down
  1. 1. (noun): the act of bringing something back to its original condition
  2. 3. (noun): to become involved in the affairs of another country
  3. 4. (1853): U.S. President Fillmore ordered a fleet a ships to sail to Japan, demanding its ports be opened to American trade; it fell short, resulting in two port cities open to American ships for refueling and supplies — an example of “gunboat diplomacy”
  4. 7. (noun): a drug made from a type of poppy flower
  5. 8. (adjective): separate from other people or countries
  6. 9. (1867): Armies from two strongest Japanese noble families overthrew the last Tokugawa shogun, restoring the emperor as the strongest Japanese power. The new emperor, Mutsuhito, was called Meiji. Its government pushed for one new Japanese religion.
  7. 13. (noun): a system that divides people or things into levels with different importance or power