Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
sakoku

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Sakoku (鎖国) is a term used to describe t

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Yuan Shikai

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Question 3

Why was it that Japan, rather than other South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian states, made the successful transition to a modern nation?

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There are several factors that contribut

Question 4

In 1868, the Meiji shogunate replaced the long ruling Tokugawa shogunate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Tokugawa shogunate

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Question 6

Empress Dowager

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A)  was sensitive to the needs of the people. 
B)  placed her son on the throne and then imprisoned him in a palace coup. 
C)  was a champion of democratic reforms. 
D)  initially opposed reform but later supported some reforms, including the civil service examination. 
E)  abandoned her Manchu connections and adopted western democracy reforms. 
A)  was sensitive to the needs of the people. 
B)  placed her son on the throne and then imprisoned him in a palace coup. 
C)  was a champion of democratic reforms. 
D)  initially opposed reform but later supported some reforms, including the civil service examination. 
E)  abandoned her Manchu connections and adopted western democracy reforms.

Question 7

What accurately characterizes the nature of the Opium War?

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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.

Question 8

What was the punishment imposed on China by foreigners for the Boxer Rebellion?

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A)  Manchu leader, Sun Yat-sen, was forced to abdicate. 
B)  Foreign governments insisted that the Manchus institute repression throughout China. 
C)  Foreign governments took control of much of China, claiming its territories as their own. 
D)  The Chinese government was forced to pay heavy fines and watch as foreign troops destroyed temples. 
E)  Government buildings were burned to the ground. 
A)  Manchu leader, Sun Yat-sen, was forced to abdicate. 
B)  Foreign governments insisted that the Manchus institute repression throughout China. 
C)  Foreign governments took control of much of China, claiming its territories as their own. 
D)  The Chinese government was forced to pay heavy fines and watch as foreign troops destroyed temples. 
E)  Government buildings were burned to the ground.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
genro

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The term "genro" refers to a group of un

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Revolution of 1911

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Revolution of...

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Treaty of Tianjin

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Treaty of...

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
foot binding

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foot binding...

Question 13

When Germany acquired territories in the Shandong Peninsula,

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A)  the United States immediately made claims to acquire its own Chinese territories. 
B)  Russia was able to acquire Burma. 
C)  the Chinese government declined to issue new reforms, fearing further erosion of governmental control. 
D)  Russia pursued an Open Door policy in China. 
E)  it was obvious that the dismemberment of China was impossible. 
A)  the United States immediately made claims to acquire its own Chinese territories. 
B)  Russia was able to acquire Burma. 
C)  the Chinese government declined to issue new reforms, fearing further erosion of governmental control. 
D)  Russia pursued an Open Door policy in China. 
E)  it was obvious that the dismemberment of China was impossible.

Question 14

Why was the Treaty of Tianjin considered humiliating for the Chinese?

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

Question 15

How would you appraise the nature of the Meiji Restoration? Was it, on balance, more innovative or more conservative? Why? Was it truly "from above"?

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The Meiji Restoration was a pivotal peri

Question 16

How did contact with western cultures and norms affect the roles and position of women in China and Japan? Illustrate your argument with concrete examples.

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Contact with western cultures and norms

Question 17

The United States Secretary of State who proposed the Open Door Policy was

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A)  Robert LaFollette. 
B)  John Marshall. 
C)  Richard Olney. 
D)  John Hay. 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt. 
A)  Robert LaFollette. 
B)  John Marshall. 
C)  Richard Olney. 
D)  John Hay. 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 18

In a response to the reforms initiated by Emperor Guangxu,

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A)  conservatives turned against him. 
B)  Cixi ousted him from the throne. 
C)  his aunt ordered that he be banished. 
D)  conservatives implemented the Hundred Days of Reform program. 
E)  democracy took root in China. 
A)  conservatives turned against him. 
B)  Cixi ousted him from the throne. 
C)  his aunt ordered that he be banished. 
D)  conservatives implemented the Hundred Days of Reform program. 
E)  democracy took root in China.

Question 19

What were the major reasons for the fall of the Qing Dynasty? Were foreign or domestic factors more important in bringing it about? Why?

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The fall of the Qing Dynasty can be attr

Question 20

The Sino-Japanese War

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A)  marked the acceptance of Western-style imperialism by China when it took Korea from Japan. 
B)  began as each country tried to keep the other from taking over Tibet. 
C)  became a two-power conflict when Russia refused to honor its alliance with Japan. 
D)  culminated in the Treaty of Harbin, which saw China gain the island of Hokkaido. 
E)  forced China to cede Taiwan and the Liaodong peninsula to Japan. 
A)  marked the acceptance of Western-style imperialism by China when it took Korea from Japan. 
B)  began as each country tried to keep the other from taking over Tibet. 
C)  became a two-power conflict when Russia refused to honor its alliance with Japan. 
D)  culminated in the Treaty of Harbin, which saw China gain the island of Hokkaido. 
E)  forced China to cede Taiwan and the Liaodong peninsula to Japan.

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). sakoku

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Yuan Shikai

Why was it that Japan, rather than other South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian states, made the successful transition to a modern nation?

In 1868, the Meiji shogunate replaced the long ruling Tokugawa shogunate.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Tokugawa shogunate

Empress Dowager

What accurately characterizes the nature of the Opium War?

What was the punishment imposed on China by foreigners for the Boxer Rebellion?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). genro

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Revolution of 1911

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Treaty of Tianjin

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). foot binding

When Germany acquired territories in the Shandong Peninsula,

Why was the Treaty of Tianjin considered humiliating for the Chinese?

How would you appraise the nature of the Meiji Restoration? Was it, on balance, more innovative or more conservative? Why? Was it truly "from above"?

How did contact with western cultures and norms affect the roles and position of women in China and Japan? Illustrate your argument with concrete examples.

The United States Secretary of State who proposed the Open Door Policy was

In a response to the reforms initiated by Emperor Guangxu,

What were the major reasons for the fall of the Qing Dynasty? Were foreign or domestic factors more important in bringing it about? Why?

The Sino-Japanese War

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