It is difficult to see cause and affect in the present, because we are so close to the situation at hand, and and to learn and we are making the cause, and trying to interpret the affects of out own work. Where studying history can come into play and help, is speculating on other peoples mistakes from long ago, and what the outcomes, positive or negative, are. this is easier because they are not contemporary issues, which we have emotional ties i. if that makes sense. i think it does.
- This does make sense. We often need distance to see things clearly.
Peking = Beijing
Forbidden City = City of Emperor or empress
Empress Dowager = Ruler os Qing Dynasty
Foreign Quarter = Where foreigners lived in the city
1. How did the trade merchants from the West view China? A large Untapped resource there for the taking
2. What two things are the Boxers against? Foreigners and christianity
3. Why was it not a rebellion but an uprising?
They weren't going against the government, but rather the foreigeners
4. Not actually mentioned in the film, but what treaty gave the foreigners the foreign quarter in Peking? Treaty of nanking
5. To which side did the Empress Dowager send her Imperial troops to support? First the boxers, then the foreigners
6. Who lost the battle between the foreigners and Boxers? Boxers 7. In the end, the Empress turned against the Boxers. Why do you think she did?
She was cutting her losses?
- This does make sense. We often need distance to see things clearly.
Peking = Beijing
Forbidden City = City of Emperor or empress
Empress Dowager = Ruler os Qing Dynasty
Foreign Quarter = Where foreigners lived in the city
1. How did the trade merchants from the West view China?
A large Untapped resource there for the taking
2. What two things are the Boxers against?
Foreigners
and christianity
3. Why was it not a rebellion but an uprising?
They weren't going against the government, but rather the foreigeners
4. Not actually mentioned in the film, but what treaty gave the foreigners the foreign quarter in Peking?
Treaty of nanking
5. To which side did the Empress Dowager send her Imperial troops to support?
First the boxers, then the foreigners
6. Who lost the battle between the foreigners and Boxers?
Boxers
7. In the end, the Empress turned against the Boxers. Why do you think she did?
She was cutting her losses?