What did the United States expect to gain by sending a naval fleet to Japan in 1853?

When comparing the changes in China and the Ottoman empire after both of these countries witnessed the end to their respective empires (1911 and 1918), it is interesting to note that the new leaders of China tended to retain more of the old Confucian culture, while the Turks rejected much of Islamic teachings.

Which of the following social classes declined in power in the decades following the Meiji restoration in Japan?

A brief civil war in Japan in the 1860s resulted in the _____ restoration, which changed the political leadership of Japan and laid the foundations for a radical modernization of the country.

Once they established sea routes to the Indian Ocean, the Portuguese were able to ____.

Which of the following countries carved out a sphere of influence in China in the late nineteenth century?

What did the Young Turks advocate?

The _____ remained a largely elite organization until Gandhi transformed it into a mass movement.

Gandhi’s political philosophy, known as satyagraha or “truth force,” was an active and confrontational, though nonviolent, approach to political action.

General _____ led a dramatic cultural revolution in the 1920s and 1930s that sought to make Turkey into a secular state, with Islam largely confined to the private sphere.