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Modernization in Japan
Section 2
A. Following Chronological Order As you read about the modernization of Japan,
answer the questions about the time line.
1853
Matthew Perry arrives in
Tokyo harbor.
1854
Japan signs the Treaty of
Kanagawa.
1. What was the American motive in sending the
fleet?
To shock and frighten.
2. How did the United States benefit from the terms
of the treaty?
3. What steps did the Meiji take to modernize Japan?
1867
Mutsuhito establishes a new
government.
Germany
Adapted aspects of foreign cultures they admired.
Education, centralized gov. and Military.
4. Why were both countries interested in Korea?
5. How did the war begin?
Rebellion in Korea and they asked China for help.
Japan protested and sent troops to fight the Chinese.
1894
Japan and China pledge not
to send armies into Korea.
Sino-Japanese war begins.
6. What consequences did the war have?
Destroyed Chinese Navy, Japan begins colonial empire,
changes world balance of power, Russia and Japan
emerge as major powers.
7. What was the cause of this war?
China is forced out of Korea
8. What were some consequences?
1904
1910
Russia and Japan go to war
over Manchuria.
9. How did the Japanese rule Korea?
Japan annexes Korea.
B. Clarifying On the back of this paper, write a brief paragraph explaining why the
Meiji era is viewed as a period of “enlightened rule.”
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Revolutions in Russia
Section 1
A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read this section, take notes
to answer questions about some factors in Russia that helped lead to revolution.
How did each of the following help to ignite the full-scale revolution?
1. Policies of the czars
Autocratic policies, harsh measures, resistant to change
2. Industrialization and
economic growth
Grueling working conditions, low wages, child labor, low standard
of living, large gap between the rich and the poor.
Russia lost.
3. The Russo-Japanese
War
4. “Bloody Sunday”
5. World War I
Strikes and violence across the country. Czar promises more
freedom. Creates Russia's first parliament.
Revealed weaknesses of czarist rule and military leadership.
6. The March Revolution Czar Nicholas II abdicates his throne.
How did each of the following help the Bolsheviks gain and hold political control?
Power goes to the Bolsheviks
7. November 1917
Revolution
9. Organization of Russia Centralized power and unified country.
into republics
What role did each of the following play in the Russian Revolution?
10. Karl Marx
Marx's ideas formed the basis of the revolutionary government.
11. V. I. Lenin
Led the Bolshevik revolution.
12. Leon Trotsky
Commanded the Red army during the civil war.
B. Determining Main Ideas On the back of this paper, identify each of the following:
proletariat
Rasputin
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soviet
Communist Party
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8. Civil war between the Caused millions of deaths from fighting and famine. Bolsheviks
Red and White armies crush opposition.