Opium Wars:

1. What Confucian rule encouraged the establishment of secret societies?

2. What does "Never call in a tiger to chase out a dog" mean to the Ming and Qing dynasties?

3.What group of people begin to encroach on the Chinese empire in the late 1700s?

4. What is the "tribute system" in China?

5.What is the kowtow?

6. Why does Britain decide to increase the sale of opium to the Chinese?

7. At its height in 1838, how many chests of opium were entering China?

8. What is the Emperor's response to this problem?

9. What western ruler does Lin Zexu write a letter to?

10. What is her response?

11. Why does China lose the Opium War(s)?

12. What major city today was handed to the British as a result of the Treaty of Nanjing?

13. What are the names of the treaties after Nanjing?

14. What does extraterritoriality mean?

15. What does indemnity mean?

16. Who refused to cooperate in warring against China with the British and French?

17. Name the western countries that had "spheres of influence" in China.

18. What does "sovereignity" mean?

19. What treaty began with a fight to prevent foreigners from entering Beijing (Peking)?

20. How did these events affect the Qing Dynasty?

21. What is the time period of the Opium Wars?