Historical overview
Japan and China followed distinct paths through imperial pressure and political transformation. Meiji reforms reorganised Japan; revolution, republican and communist movements, and later reforms reshaped China. The CBSE theme also includes Korea. Modernisation was not a single universal route.
Chronology
1868: Meiji Restoration; 1911: Chinese Revolution; 1949: PRC established
Key terms
modernisation; imperialism; Meiji Restoration; nationalism; revolution
Define each term in your own words and connect it to a specific example.
Source analysis
Ask who created a source, when and for whom; identify its purpose and perspective; compare it with other evidence. A source can be valuable while incomplete or biased.
Practice
- Compare one driver and social consequence of modernisation in Japan and China.
- Identify one cause and one consequence of the development discussed.
- What is one limitation of a source used to study this period?
Source prompt: Identify one claim an extract or image supports and one question it cannot answer alone.