DP History Questionbank

Description

This section focuses on imperial China and Japan as they responded to the challenges posed by the arrival of the Western powers and their demands for trade, diplomatic representation and the rights of their citizens. Western intrusion coincided with domestic social and economic changes that were challenging the status quo and placing the existing regimes under strain.

• Imperial rule; Confucianism and challenges to traditional society under the Qing (Ch’ing) Dynasty

• The Chinese tribute system and Western trade missions

• Gunboat diplomacy: the First and Second Opium Wars; the unequal treaties

• Taiping (Taip’ing) Rebellion: causes and consequences

• Tokugawa Shogunate’s rule in Japan and challenges to it

• Tokugawa economic and social structure; social changes and discontent

• Commodore Perry’s expedition and the crisis of the Bakumatsu period, 1853‑1868

Directly related questions

• 16N.3op3.HL.TZ0.3:

  Examine the reasons for, and the consequences of, the failure of the Western trade missions to China.

• 16N.3op3.HL.TZ0.4:

  With reference to the period up to 1868, examine the political impact of Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan.