AP World History: Chapter 21

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AP World History Chapter 21
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Chapter 21 Assignment

• Individual Work Write a 1 page response to your
  focus question/task turn in for classwork
  credit.
• Group Work Design a presentation that answers
  the focus question.
• Use bulleted points
• Limit presentation to 7 min.

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Focus Questions, p. 599

• Group 1 Why did the Qing Dynasty decline and
  ultimately collapse, and what role did the
  Western powers play in this process?
• Group 2 What political, economic, and social
  reforms were instituted by the Qing Dynasty
  during its final decades, and why were they not
  more successful in reversing the decline of
  Manchu rule?
• Group 3 To what degree was the Meiji
  Restoration a revolution, and to what degree
  did it succeed in transforming Japan?
• Group 4 How did China and Japan each respond to
  Western pressures in the nineteenth century, and
  what implications did their different responses
  have for each nations history?
• Group 5 Create a parallel timeline of events in
  China and Japan from 1850-1914.