Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Wang Tao v. Zhang Zhidong

Accepted Answer

Wang Tao v. Zhang Zhidong does not refer

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT an attempt at reform employed by the Dowager Empress Cixi?​

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A) opening schools for girls. 
B) replacing the Civil Service Examination system with a western model of education. 
C) agreeing to be photographed in traditional Chinese settings to appeal to westerners. 
D) outlawing traditional footbinding. 
E) establishing legislative assemblies at the provincial level. 
A) opening schools for girls. 
B) replacing the Civil Service Examination system with a western model of education. 
C) agreeing to be photographed in traditional Chinese settings to appeal to westerners. 
D) outlawing traditional footbinding. 
E) establishing legislative assemblies at the provincial level.

Question 3

Was the Opium War a turning point in Chinese history? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the Opium War was a turning point i

Question 4

At what point did the fall of the Manchus become inevitable? Why then?

Accepted Answer

The fall of the Manchus became inevitabl

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"gentlemen's agreement"

Accepted Answer

A "gentlemen's agreement" refers to an i

Question 6

The Chinese revolution of 1911

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A) was the first successful Marxist revolution in history. 
B) left a power vacuum in the country due to the collapse of the Manchu Dynasty. 
C) was the event that gave reformers the power they needed to immediately establish democracy. 
D) was seen by the West as their greatest achievement. 
E) was similar to the French Revolution in that soon a Committee of Public Safety ruled China. 
A) was the first successful Marxist revolution in history. 
B) left a power vacuum in the country due to the collapse of the Manchu Dynasty. 
C) was the event that gave reformers the power they needed to immediately establish democracy. 
D) was seen by the West as their greatest achievement. 
E) was similar to the French Revolution in that soon a Committee of Public Safety ruled China.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
spheres of influence

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Spheres of influence refer to areas or r

Question 8

Which of the following was not true about the loss of Qing control over its empire in the late nineteenth century?

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A) Japan defeated China in a war over Korea in the 1890s. 
B) The Russians transferred territories north of the Amur River in Siberia to China. 
C) The Tibetans revived their local autonomy. 
D) The British and the French removed Burma and Vietnam from their traditional relationship to the Manchu court. 
E) The Chinese lost Taiwan to Japan. 
A) Japan defeated China in a war over Korea in the 1890s. 
B) The Russians transferred territories north of the Amur River in Siberia to China. 
C) The Tibetans revived their local autonomy. 
D) The British and the French removed Burma and Vietnam from their traditional relationship to the Manchu court. 
E) The Chinese lost Taiwan to Japan.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
the Treaty of Kanagawa

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Kanagawa, also known as th

Question 10

The Treaty of Tianjin

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A) allowed Japan to take over Korea. 
B) made the Chinese opium trade legal. 
C) closed all Chinese ports to foreign trade. 
D) gave the British the Liaodong Peninsula in 1875. 
E) deprived the Russians of any control in northern China. 
A) allowed Japan to take over Korea. 
B) made the Chinese opium trade legal. 
C) closed all Chinese ports to foreign trade. 
D) gave the British the Liaodong Peninsula in 1875. 
E) deprived the Russians of any control in northern China.

Question 11

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not?  To what extent do you think industrialization played a role?  ​

Accepted Answer

Japan was relatively able to avoid Weste

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Port Arthur

Accepted Answer

Port Arthur refers to several locations

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Tokyo School of Fine Arts

Accepted Answer

The Tokyo School of Fine Arts, known in

Question 14

Japanese industrial development in the late nineteenth century was accomplished without significant government involvement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
the Macartney and Amherst missions

Accepted Answer

The Macartney and Amherst missions were

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"Sat-Cho" alliance

Accepted Answer

The "Sat-Cho" alliance refers to the his

Question 17

The new leaders of the Meiji regime accomplished all of the following except they

Accepted Answer

A) stripped the daimyo of their hereditary privileges. 
B) gave key administrative posts to modernizing samurai from the Sat-Cho group. 
C) were composed of two groups, the Liberals and the Progressives. 
D) established a bicameral legislature with a cabinet actually chosen by the oligarchs. 
E) gave the emperor absolute power inasmuch as he was a divine descendent of the Sun Goddess. 
A) stripped the daimyo of their hereditary privileges. 
B) gave key administrative posts to modernizing samurai from the Sat-Cho group. 
C) were composed of two groups, the Liberals and the Progressives. 
D) established a bicameral legislature with a cabinet actually chosen by the oligarchs. 
E) gave the emperor absolute power inasmuch as he was a divine descendent of the Sun Goddess.

Question 18

China's weakness in the nineteenth century allowed Russia to force the cession of territories north of Siberia's Amur River.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Russo-Japanese War

Accepted Answer

The Russo-Japanese War was a military co

Question 20

Meiji economic policies

Accepted Answer

A) included a new agricultural land tax which did not generate a great deal of revenue but profited many peasants. 
B) developed a closely linked business-government relationship which accelerated industrial growth, in armaments and shipbuilding as well as silk and tea. 
C) were held back by the tradition-based belief that Japanese women should not work in factories. 
D) concentrated upon rural development at the expense of industrialization. 
E) were a throwback to the shogunate practices of the sixteenth century. 
A) included a new agricultural land tax which did not generate a great deal of revenue but profited many peasants. 
B) developed a closely linked business-government relationship which accelerated industrial growth, in armaments and shipbuilding as well as silk and tea. 
C) were held back by the tradition-based belief that Japanese women should not work in factories. 
D) concentrated upon rural development at the expense of industrialization. 
E) were a throwback to the shogunate practices of the sixteenth century.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Wang Tao v. Zhang Zhidong

Which of the following was NOT an attempt at reform employed by the Dowager Empress Cixi?

Was the Opium War a turning point in Chinese history? Why or why not?

At what point did the fall of the Manchus become inevitable? Why then?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "gentlemen's agreement"

The Chinese revolution of 1911

Instructions: Identify the following terms. spheres of influence

Which of the following was not true about the loss of Qing control over its empire in the late nineteenth century?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Treaty of Kanagawa

The Treaty of Tianjin

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not? To what extent do you think industrialization played a role?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Port Arthur

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Tokyo School of Fine Arts

Japanese industrial development in the late nineteenth century was accomplished without significant government involvement.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Macartney and Amherst missions

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "Sat-Cho" alliance

The new leaders of the Meiji regime accomplished all of the following except they

China's weakness in the nineteenth century allowed Russia to force the cession of territories north of Siberia's Amur River.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Russo-Japanese War

Meiji economic policies

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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Exam 9: Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Wang Tao v. Zhang Zhidong

Which of the following was NOT an attempt at reform employed by the Dowager Empress Cixi?​

Was the Opium War a turning point in Chinese history? Why or why not?

At what point did the fall of the Manchus become inevitable? Why then?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "gentlemen's agreement"

The Chinese revolution of 1911

Instructions: Identify the following terms. spheres of influence

Which of the following was not true about the loss of Qing control over its empire in the late nineteenth century?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Treaty of Kanagawa

The Treaty of Tianjin

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not? To what extent do you think industrialization played a role? ​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Port Arthur

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Tokyo School of Fine Arts

Japanese industrial development in the late nineteenth century was accomplished without significant government involvement.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Macartney and Amherst missions

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "Sat-Cho" alliance

The new leaders of the Meiji regime accomplished all of the following except they

China's weakness in the nineteenth century allowed Russia to force the cession of territories north of Siberia's Amur River.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Russo-Japanese War

Meiji economic policies

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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Which of the following was NOT an attempt at reform employed by the Dowager Empress Cixi?

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not? To what extent do you think industrialization played a role?