Question 1

The Self-Strengthening Movement was an attempt to blend indigenous cultural traditions with European industrial technology in

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A)   Korea.
B)   the Ottoman empire.
C)   Russia.
D)   Japan.
E)   China.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following accounts for the beginning of the social reform movement in Russia in the nineteenth century?

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A)   massive peasant rebellions
B)   military defeats
C)   a resurgence of the principles of the eighteenth century Enlightenment
D)   diplomatic pressure from the United States
E)   All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

What significant political and legal reforms did the Russian government implement in the late nineteenth century?

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In the late nineteenth century, the Russ...

Question 4

By the end of the nineteenth century,the only thing keeping China from being completely divided up into spheres of influence by foreigners was

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A)   distrust among the foreign powers.
B)   the European respect for Chinese intellectual and cultural superiority.
C)   the British stipulation in the Treaty of Nanjing that China remain a unified and sovereign nation.
D)   a Franco-British manifesto to support China as a block to further Russian expansion.
E)   Japanese support,based on centuries of admiration for Chinese culture.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

In 1900,foreign embassies in China were besieged by

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A)   the Taiping rebellion.
B)   the Hundred Days reformers.
C)   Chinese military forces as part of the Opium War.
D)   the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
E)   a Japanese army invasion.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Examine the changing economic world of the Ottoman,Russian,Qing,and Tokugawa states.Why did these societies have so much trouble competing with western Europeans?

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The changing economic world of the Ottom...

Question 7

What was Count Witte's program for the industrialization of Russia? What were the results?

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Count Witte's program for the industrial...

Question 8

The Meiji restoration returned authority to the Japanese emperor and brought an end to the series of military governments that had dominated Japan since 1185.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao were the leaders of the

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A)   Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
B)   Hundred Days reforms.
C)   Chinese Communist Party.
D)   Taiping rebellion.
E)   Meiji restoration.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Tokugawa officials welcomed European and American visitors to Japan,including Dutch merchants,who traded at Nagasaki.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Examine the decline of China in the nineteenth century.How did China fall from world leader to dominated state so rapidly?

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The decline of China in the nineteenth c...

Question 12

For most of the last fifty years of the Qing dynasty,China was ruled by

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A)   Puyi.
B)   Liang Qichao.
C)   Cixi.
D)   Ito Hirobumi.
E)   Hong Xiuquan.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the capitulations?

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A)   They allowed for the establishment of tax-exempt banks and commercial enterprises.
B)   They were imposed on the Ottomans by the Europeans.
C)   They permitted foreign governments to levy duties on goods.
D)   They were imposed on the Europeans by the Ottomans.
E)   They exempted European visitors from Ottoman laws.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

What factors led to the collapse of the Tokugawa government and the restoration of the emperor Meiji in 1868?

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Several factors led to the collapse of t...

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT a rebellion that threatened China in the nineteenth century?

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A)   Taiping
B)   Tungan
C)   Mongol
D)   Muslim
E)   NianF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 16

What was the impact of the Treaty of Nanjing on the Chinese empire? What nations benefited from this treaty?

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The Treaty of Nanjing, signed in 1842, h...

Question 17

Examine the Meiji restoration.What were its guiding principles? Why did it copy western Europe and the United States? Why was Japan successful in modernizing while Russia,China,and the Ottomans struggled? Was there a downside to the Meiji restoration?

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The Meiji Restoration was a period in Ja...

Question 18

As part of the Russian reforms,during the reign of Alexander II the government created zemstvos,

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A)   which were elected district assemblies.
B)   which were advanced artillery divisions based on a German model.
C)   which was the first functioning representative assembly in Russian history.
D)   which served as a constitutional limitation on the power of the tsar.
E)   which were efficient,technologically advanced factories.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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