Modern World History
Reading Guide
Ch. 22 Pacific Change
What does evidence say about the strength of China’s Manchu (Qing) Dynasty at the end of the nineteenth century?
What was the Taiping Rebellion?
According to the authors, did the Qing adopt too much technology or not enough technology from the Western powers?
What aspect of everyday life in Qing China would you have enjoyed the most, and what would you have enjoyed the least?
What was the Meiji Restoration?
Compared to Qing China, how accepting was Imperial Japan of Western technologies?
What countries were in China by 1910 and why?
