Empress Dowager Cixi

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/empress-dowager-cixi

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

De Facto Control: Actual power and authority, even if not officially recognized or legally established.
Regency: The period during which a regent governs a kingdom because the monarch is a minor or incapacitated.
Self-Strengthening Movement: A series of institutional reforms initiated during the late Qing dynasty to modernize China's military and economy.
Boxer Rebellion: An anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, leading to foreign intervention.