Question 1

Sun Yat-sen

Accepted Answer

A)  was imprisoned for robbery in Burma when the 1911 Revolution broke out. 
B)  had been the secret leader of the Boxer Rebellion. 
C)  supported the Qing but demanded more representative government for China. 
D)  created the Tongmenghui/Revolutionary Alliance. 
E)  became the first president of the Chinese Republic after the 1911 rebellion. 
A)  was imprisoned for robbery in Burma when the 1911 Revolution broke out. 
B)  had been the secret leader of the Boxer Rebellion. 
C)  supported the Qing but demanded more representative government for China. 
D)  created the Tongmenghui/Revolutionary Alliance. 
E)  became the first president of the Chinese Republic after the 1911 rebellion.

Question 2

While industrial production in China was on the rise in the nineteenth century, it was still almost entirely based on traditional methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Meiji Constitution vested authority in the

Accepted Answer

A)  legislative branch. 
B)  executive branch. 
C)  imperial ruler. 
D)  a combination of the legislative and executive branches. 
E)  common people. 
A)  legislative branch. 
B)  executive branch. 
C)  imperial ruler. 
D)  a combination of the legislative and executive branches. 
E)  common people.

Question 4

Which of the following does not represent a sign of changing times in China for women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increase of educational opportunities for women and girls. 
B)  The government took steps to discourage the practice of foot binding. 
C)  Women working in factories in Shanghai. 
D)  They participated in political rebellions. 
E)  Women were given an increased opportunity for political power. 
A)  Increase of educational opportunities for women and girls. 
B)  The government took steps to discourage the practice of foot binding. 
C)  Women working in factories in Shanghai. 
D)  They participated in political rebellions. 
E)  Women were given an increased opportunity for political power.

Question 5

The policy of self-strengthening advocated using Western technology but maintaining Confucian principles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

During the Meiji era,

Accepted Answer

A)  many peasants gained land for the first time. 
B)  the government sought new and extensive sources of foreign investment. 
C)  Western practices became very unpopular. 
D)  universal democracy was adopted. 
E)  Japan's industrial sector began to grow. 
A)  many peasants gained land for the first time. 
B)  the government sought new and extensive sources of foreign investment. 
C)  Western practices became very unpopular. 
D)  universal democracy was adopted. 
E)  Japan's industrial sector began to grow.

Question 7

With an aroused concern over the emergence of Japanese imperialist power in 1894, the European powers forced the Japanese to

Accepted Answer

A)  assume responsibility for the Philippine islands. 
B)  give up the Shandong Peninsula to Russia. 
C)  give up Canton and also Macao. 
D)  give up their land in eastern Siberia. 
E)  return the Liaodong Peninsula to China. 
A)  assume responsibility for the Philippine islands. 
B)  give up the Shandong Peninsula to Russia. 
C)  give up Canton and also Macao. 
D)  give up their land in eastern Siberia. 
E)  return the Liaodong Peninsula to China.

Question 8

Japanese imperialism

Accepted Answer

A)  enabled Japan to acquire colonial territory in Africa only in 1911. 
B)  significantly strengthened the myth of European imperialist invincibility with its defeat by Russia in 1905. 
C)  led to an agreement in which Japan accepted United States control over the Philippines in return for the latter's recognition of Japanese annexation of Korea. 
D)  suffered a defeat in its attempt to take over Korea. 
E)  was rebuffed by China in the Sino-Japanese War. 
A)  enabled Japan to acquire colonial territory in Africa only in 1911. 
B)  significantly strengthened the myth of European imperialist invincibility with its defeat by Russia in 1905. 
C)  led to an agreement in which Japan accepted United States control over the Philippines in return for the latter's recognition of Japanese annexation of Korea. 
D)  suffered a defeat in its attempt to take over Korea. 
E)  was rebuffed by China in the Sino-Japanese War.

Question 9

The treaty of 1858 signed by U.S. consul Townsend Harris and the Japanese accomplished all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing the number of Japanese ports in which the Americans could trade and live. 
B)  providing for the exchange of ministers between the two nations. 
C)  giving privileges of extraterritoriality to Americans living in Japan. 
D)  restricting the American presence in Japan to the port of Nagasaki. 
E)  effectively ending Japan's diplomatic isolation. 
A)  increasing the number of Japanese ports in which the Americans could trade and live. 
B)  providing for the exchange of ministers between the two nations. 
C)  giving privileges of extraterritoriality to Americans living in Japan. 
D)  restricting the American presence in Japan to the port of Nagasaki. 
E)  effectively ending Japan's diplomatic isolation.

Question 10

Under Meiji rule, important new growth industries proved to be

Accepted Answer

A)  sake, rice, and grain. 
B)  armaments and shipbuilding, and sake. 
C)  silk, cattle, and paper. 
D)  iron, silk, and tea. 
E)  cotton, silk, and rice. 
A)  sake, rice, and grain. 
B)  armaments and shipbuilding, and sake. 
C)  silk, cattle, and paper. 
D)  iron, silk, and tea. 
E)  cotton, silk, and rice.

Question 11

In 1894, the Qing went to war with Japan over

Accepted Answer

A)  Tibet. 
B)  Korea. 
C)  Vietnam. 
D)  Laos. 
E)  Siberia. 
A)  Tibet. 
B)  Korea. 
C)  Vietnam. 
D)  Laos. 
E)  Siberia.

Question 12

What did the policy of self-strengthening advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Building up China's army against Western imperialists. 
B)  Developing a universal educational system built on Western ideals. 
C)  Adopting Western technology but maintaining Confucian institutions. 
D)  Focusing on Chinese philosophy and engineering as the solution to political strength. 
E)  Allowing Western thought to be adapted to strengthen Chinese advancements. 
A)  Building up China's army against Western imperialists. 
B)  Developing a universal educational system built on Western ideals. 
C)  Adopting Western technology but maintaining Confucian institutions. 
D)  Focusing on Chinese philosophy and engineering as the solution to political strength. 
E)  Allowing Western thought to be adapted to strengthen Chinese advancements.

Question 13

The new modernizing policies of the Meiji Restoration included the

Accepted Answer

A)  restoration of the hereditary privileges of the daimyo. 
B)  retained the traditional warrior class system. 
C)  end of hereditary privileges and land titles for the daimyo. 
D)  exile of the samurai. 
E)  extermination of the samurai with "assisted seppuku." 
A)  restoration of the hereditary privileges of the daimyo. 
B)  retained the traditional warrior class system. 
C)  end of hereditary privileges and land titles for the daimyo. 
D)  exile of the samurai. 
E)  extermination of the samurai with "assisted seppuku."

Question 14

The Japanese opening to the West resulted from

Accepted Answer

A)  the naval expeditions of Commodore Perry. 
B)  the diplomatic efforts of Lord Amherst. 
C)  the aftermath of the Plague of 1853. 
D)  the vote of a two-thirds majority in the Diet. 
E)  a collective decision by the pirates of Satsuma and the daimyo of Osaka. 
A)  the naval expeditions of Commodore Perry. 
B)  the diplomatic efforts of Lord Amherst. 
C)  the aftermath of the Plague of 1853. 
D)  the vote of a two-thirds majority in the Diet. 
E)  a collective decision by the pirates of Satsuma and the daimyo of Osaka.

Question 15

The Meiji shogunate embraced traditional Japanese values and eschewed reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Hong Xiuquan

Accepted Answer

A)  was the Christian leader of the Taiping Rebellion. 
B)  was a retired houseboy who became emperor in 1855. 
C)  was angered by government expenditures to widen and deepen the Grand Canal. 
D)  supported the Qing during the Taiping Rebellion. 
E)  received overwhelming and continuous support from the West. 
A)  was the Christian leader of the Taiping Rebellion. 
B)  was a retired houseboy who became emperor in 1855. 
C)  was angered by government expenditures to widen and deepen the Grand Canal. 
D)  supported the Qing during the Taiping Rebellion. 
E)  received overwhelming and continuous support from the West.

Question 17

After 1905, schools for girls opened widely across China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What accurately characterizes the nature of the Opium War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was begun, and won, by China. 
B)  The Chinese began hostilities as the only means available to them to stop the opium trade of the British. 
C)  Philippine smugglers used the war to monopolize the Chinese opium trade. 
D)  The British used Chinese objection to opium importation as a pretext to unilaterally invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade. 
E)  The war was a competitive confrontation between the Western colonialist nations to determine which would be the most successful at flooding China with opium. 
A)  It was begun, and won, by China. 
B)  The Chinese began hostilities as the only means available to them to stop the opium trade of the British. 
C)  Philippine smugglers used the war to monopolize the Chinese opium trade. 
D)  The British used Chinese objection to opium importation as a pretext to unilaterally invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade. 
E)  The war was a competitive confrontation between the Western colonialist nations to determine which would be the most successful at flooding China with opium.

Exam 22: Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

Sun Yat-sen

While industrial production in China was on the rise in the nineteenth century, it was still almost entirely based on traditional methods.

The Meiji Constitution vested authority in the

Which of the following does not represent a sign of changing times in China for women?

The policy of self-strengthening advocated using Western technology but maintaining Confucian principles.

During the Meiji era,

With an aroused concern over the emergence of Japanese imperialist power in 1894, the European powers forced the Japanese to

Japanese imperialism

The treaty of 1858 signed by U.S. consul Townsend Harris and the Japanese accomplished all of the following except

Under Meiji rule, important new growth industries proved to be

In 1894, the Qing went to war with Japan over

What did the policy of self-strengthening advocate?

The new modernizing policies of the Meiji Restoration included the

The Japanese opening to the West resulted from

The Meiji shogunate embraced traditional Japanese values and eschewed reform.

Hong Xiuquan

After 1905, schools for girls opened widely across China.

What accurately characterizes the nature of the Opium War?

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