The document discusses several countries' imperialist activities between 1750-1900. It provides terms and people related to Japan's modernization during the Meiji Restoration, including samurai, shogunate, and the Diet. It then lists several statements about country actions and asks the reader to fill in the appropriate country from a list. This includes Britain building schools in India, the Netherlands changing treatment of Indonesia, and Japan fighting China to give Korea independence. It concludes with multiple choice questions about Japan becoming imperialists, fears over China and Korea, unexpected victory over China, and industrialization methods.

1. Student__________________________________class____date________
Modern World History 1750-present Ch 17.4
Terms/People:
>Meiji Restoration
>samurai
>shogunate
>Diet
>Sino-Japanese War
>Treaty of Shimonoseki
>Mongkut
>Liliuokalani
>Emilio Aguinaldo
WRITE the country that applies to each statement – some will be used more than once.
Britain France Spain USA Japan Netherlands
____________ built schools in India that emphasized Western ideas.
____________ changed their treatment of Indonesia to maintain control.
____________ fought China to give Korea independence.
____________ withdrew interest from the Samoan Islands
____________ Muslim Indians wanted them to remain in control.
____________ copied Western methods of industrialization.
____________ took over region now known as Laos.
____________ took control of Tutuila
____________ lost Philippines during war with the United States.
____________ Queen Liliuokalani opposed takeover by them.

2. Choose the correct items to complete the statements:
Fear of imperialism made the Japanese become ______________.
Japan feared that the Western nations wanted to push China aside
and control __________________________.
The Japanese were not expected to __________the Sino-
Japanese War.
After the Sino-Japanese War, Japan became a ______________.
Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam were part of _________________.
King Mongkut of ___________________ maintained his country’s
independence from France and Great Britain.
The Pacific Islands were useful to the Western powers as _______
for their navies.
Queen ____________ tried without success to keep foreigners
from controlling Hawaii.
coaling stations
French Indochina
imperialists
Korea
major world power
Liliuokalani
Siam
Win
What did the Japanese do to industrialize their country?