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CHAPTER

28 GUIDED READING China Resists Outside Influence

Section 1

A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read this section, note
some of the causes and effects of events and policies that affected China.

Causes Events/Policies Effects

-British refuse to stop selling Opium -Treaty of Nanjing
1. Opium War
-Chinese blow up British trade ship -China had to surrender control of
-British win Hong Kong
-Foreign citizens gained
extraterritorial rights
-People in China living in poverty 2. Taiping Rebellion - Success for China
- People rebelled -Large number of deaths

-Chinese realize in order to be - Mixed results

3. Self-strengthening movement
stronger they needed to be
economically stronger and needed
to improve education

-U.S. worried that China would be -Helped Chinese economy

divided up into colonies
-Proposed China be open to
merchants of all nations
-Attempt to go back to isolating China
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4. Open Door policy
5. Boxer Rebellion
-Connected U.S. and China
-Led people to question Chinese
strength
-Led to Boxer Rebellion
-Was a failure
-Strong sense of nationalism emerged

in China

B. Drawing Conclusions Explain why China was able to isolate itself from Western
influence until the nineteenth century.
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C. Clarifying On the back of this paper, define sphere of influence and

extraterritorial rights.
Sphere of Influence: a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities
Extraterritorial Rights: An exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a country
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