Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video

1. 00:30 What Western European powers had imperial control in East Asia in the nineteenth century, and what regions did they control?
2. 01:12 What problem did Britain have with China?
3. 01:32 How did the British deal with their trade problem?
4. 01:52 What did the Qing Dynasty rulers do in reaction to the flow of Opium? How did the British react?
5. 02:54 What concessions were the British able to extract from the Chinese?
6. 03:52 What impact did the Opium Wars have on Japan?