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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-Western Europe's unkind nickname for the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a name based on the sultans' inability to prevent Western takeover of many regions and to deal with internal problems; it fails to recognize serious reform efforts in the Ottoman state during this period.

• A)Taiping Uprising
• B)Opium Wars
• C)Commissioner Lin
• D)unequal treaties
• E)self-strengthening movement
• F)Boxer Uprising
• G)Chinese revolution of 1911-1912
• H)"the sick man of Europe"
• I)Tanzimat
• J)Young Ottomans
• K)Sultan Abd al-Hamid II
• L)Young Turks
• M)informal empires
• N)Battle of Adowa
• O)Tokugawa Japan
• P)Meiji Restoration
• Q)Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

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Definitions:

Periodic Interest Payments

Regularly scheduled payments made to a lender or creditor for the use of borrowed money, typically part of the terms of a loan.

Par Value

The face value of a bond or stock as stated by the issuing company, which does not necessarily reflect market value.

Contract Rate

Contract rate is the predetermined price agreed upon in a contract for services or goods, typically over a fixed period.

Annual Rate

The Annual Rate is the interest rate or growth rate for a year, often used in financial contexts to depict investments or loans.