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World Civilizations: The Global Experience ©2001
by Stearns, Adas, Schwartz, and Gilbert
Focus Lesson 19
Chapter 33: "Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West"
AP* Course Description
1750–1914
Major Developments
- Changes in global commerce, communications, and technology
- Industrial Revolution (transformative effects on and differential timing in different societies)
- Changes in social and gender structure (emancipation of serfs/slaves)
- Political revolutions and independence movements; new political ideas
Key Components
- Instructor's Manual:
Chapter 33, pp. 250–257 - Study Guide, Vol. II:
Chapter 33, pp. 115–124 - Test Bank:
Chapter 33, pp. 432–445
Key Web Sites Listed in the Student Text
Given the changing nature of the Internet, you may wish to preview these sites.
- Chapter 33: pp. 826–827
Key Words and Terms
- Congress of Vienna
- Crimean War
- anarchists
- kulaks
- zaibatsu
- Holy Alliance
- emancipation of the serfs
- Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
- terakoya
- Sino-Japanese War
- Alexander II
- intelligentsia
- Stolypin reforms
- Diet
- Alexander I
- trans-Siberian railroad
- Russian revolution of 1905
- Matthew Perry
- Russo-Japanese War
- Nicholas I
- Count Witte
- Duma
- Meiji Restoration
- Decembrist rising
- zemstvoes
- Bolsheviks
- Dutch Studies
- yellow peril
Suggested Pacing
Allow one week to teach Chapter 33.
Test Strategy
In answering questions about data on charts, graphs, and tables, students must read the question prompts carefully. A prompt may ask test takers to choose the answer that best supports the data on the visual. In that case, students are being asked an evaluative question; they must determine which answer choice is the truest about the data. That presupposes that some of the choices may be true but may not be the most complete or most compelling pieces of information about the visual. Students can practice this skill by writing questions and answer choices about the visuals in this chapter (or any chapter) and quizzing one another.
Key Concepts
- Industrialization and modernization in Russia
Confronted with growing Western dominance in trade, Japan and Russia sought to modernize and industrialize beginning in the late 19th century. Russia had begun agricultural reforms with the emancipation of serfs in 1861 and encouraged industrial activity by building a railroad system in the 1870s. While Russia made great gains in industrial production, its technology was inferior to that of the West. The great majority of Russians continued to live in poverty, including even those who worked in the new factories. Note the seeds of the Russian revolution in the poor conditions of workers. - Japanese industrialization
Japan, on the other hand, was the more flexible of the two nations and made rapid strides in industrialization. The government, which had been reformed under the Meiji Restoration, sought to finance industrial development. However, much of the work in factories was done by poorly paid women. Due to its lack of natural resources, including oil, Japan depended on foreign markets to buy what it needed, and it also relied on these markets to sell its goods. Point out that this lack of resources would be one factor in the build up to World War II.
Summing Up Student Understanding
Have students create a table to compare the industrialization efforts of Japan and Russia. Students should put the country names across the top and label the rows down the left side with factors that impacted or resulted from industrialization in each nation. After the tables have been completed, have students write three statements, using information from the table, to compare how Russia and Japan confronted and dealt with industrialization.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
You might also find these additional readings useful to develop students' background knowledge or for DBQ activities:
- Aspects of Western Civilization, Vol. II, edited by Rogers—Chapter 7
- Sources of the West, Vol. II, edited by Kishlausky—Part VI
- The Global Experience, Vol. II, edited by Schwartz, Wimmer, and Wolfe—Chapter 24, Reading 134
- Documents in World History, Vol. II, edited by Stearns, Gosch, and Grieshaber—Section Three