I believe studying history is important because we should know the history of the world to learn how things were done for the good and bad and improve the the world for a better place.
- Along these lines, we can definitely learn from other countries such as the nuclear meltdown in Japan.
-4/21/2011-
Peking = Beijing
Forbidden City = Home of Emperor or Empress
Empress Dowager = Ruler of Qing Dynasty
Foreign Quarter = Where foreign lived in city
1. How did the trade merchants from the West view China?
A large untapped resource.
2. What two things are the Boxers against?
Foreigners and foreign religion.
3. Why was it not a rebellion but an uprising? The boxers loved their country, they disapproved the foreigners. 4. Not actually mentioned in the film, but what treaty gave the foreigners the foreign quarter in Peking? The treaty of Nan King 5. To which side did the Empress Dowager send her Imperial troops to support? The Boxers 6. Who lost the battle between the foreigners and Boxers? The Boxers 7. In the end, the Empress turned against the Boxers. Why do you think she did? They lost.
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I believe studying history is important because we should know the history of the world to learn how things were done for the good and bad and improve the the world for a better place.
- Along these lines, we can definitely learn from other countries such as the nuclear meltdown in Japan.
-4/21/2011-
Peking = Beijing
Forbidden City = Home of Emperor or Empress
Empress Dowager = Ruler of Qing Dynasty
Foreign Quarter = Where foreign lived in city
1. How did the trade merchants from the West view China?
A large untapped resource.
2. What two things are the Boxers against?
Foreigners and foreign religion.
3. Why was it not a rebellion but an uprising?
The boxers loved their country, they disapproved the foreigners.
4. Not actually mentioned in the film, but what treaty gave the foreigners the foreign quarter in Peking?
The treaty of Nan King
5. To which side did the Empress Dowager send her Imperial troops to support?
The Boxers
6. Who lost the battle between the foreigners and Boxers?
The Boxers
7. In the end, the Empress turned against the Boxers. Why do you think she did?
They lost.