Question 1

Identify the following term(s).
-Arrow War

Accepted Answer

The Arrow War, also known as the Second

Question 2

Which of the following Tanzimat reforms are examples of westernization?

Accepted Answer

A)  styles of military uniform 
B)  formation of a civil service brigade. 
C)  secularization of the legal codes 
D)  expansion of civil courts with equal access for all men. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  styles of military uniform 
B)  formation of a civil service brigade. 
C)  secularization of the legal codes 
D)  expansion of civil courts with equal access for all men. 
E)  all of the above

Question 3

What was the major reason the Russian state resisted industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  A deep suspicion of western ideas, especially liberalism and socialism 
B)  It was trying to initiate a communist revolution first. 
C)  Long-term disputes with Germany led to reluctance to use German advisers. 
D)  Serfs could not learn how to run machines. 
E)  Local landowners feared losing their labor force if peasants left the fields to go to factories. 
A)  A deep suspicion of western ideas, especially liberalism and socialism 
B)  It was trying to initiate a communist revolution first. 
C)  Long-term disputes with Germany led to reluctance to use German advisers. 
D)  Serfs could not learn how to run machines. 
E)  Local landowners feared losing their labor force if peasants left the fields to go to factories.

Question 4

After the war for Greek independence, Mahmud II

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A)  created a new artillery unit and bombarded the Janissaries. 
B)  eliminated the power of the religious elite. 
C)  restructured the bureaucracy, education, and laws. 
D)  made alliances with western Europe. 
E)  attacked Persia. 
A)  created a new artillery unit and bombarded the Janissaries. 
B)  eliminated the power of the religious elite. 
C)  restructured the bureaucracy, education, and laws. 
D)  made alliances with western Europe. 
E)  attacked Persia.

Question 5

Pan-Slavism was the doctrine

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A)  of diminishing economic returns. 
B)  of freedom for all serfs. 
C)  that Slavic peoples were inherently superior. 
D)  that advocated the unity of all Slavic peoples through military means. 
E)  that advocated the unity of all Slavic peoples through peaceful means. 
A)  of diminishing economic returns. 
B)  of freedom for all serfs. 
C)  that Slavic peoples were inherently superior. 
D)  that advocated the unity of all Slavic peoples through military means. 
E)  that advocated the unity of all Slavic peoples through peaceful means.

Question 6

The British military advantage in the Opium War was provided by

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A)  poison gas attacks. 
B)  new gunboats. 
C)  tank divisions. 
D)  the machine gun. 
E)  large numbers of troops. 
A)  poison gas attacks. 
B)  new gunboats. 
C)  tank divisions. 
D)  the machine gun. 
E)  large numbers of troops.

Question 7

The war for Greek independence resulted in the

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A)  defeat of the Greek revolutionaries and the execution of all traitors. 
B)  execution of the sultan. 
C)  defeat of the Ottomans by the combined Russian, British, and French fleets. 
D)  collapse of the Egyptian monarchy. 
E)  complete destruction of the Ottoman Empire. 
A)  defeat of the Greek revolutionaries and the execution of all traitors. 
B)  execution of the sultan. 
C)  defeat of the Ottomans by the combined Russian, British, and French fleets. 
D)  collapse of the Egyptian monarchy. 
E)  complete destruction of the Ottoman Empire.

Question 8

Identify the following term(s).
-Tanzimat

Accepted Answer

The Tanzimat was a period of reform in t

Question 9

When Tsar Alexander I died in 1825, reformers in the military provoked

Accepted Answer

A)  a confrontation with Japan that resulted in the Russo-Japanese War. 
B)  a border war with China. 
C)  a failed uprising called the "Decembrist Revolt." 
D)  the secretary of the defense into resigning. 
E)  widespread rebellion among the nobility. 
A)  a confrontation with Japan that resulted in the Russo-Japanese War. 
B)  a border war with China. 
C)  a failed uprising called the "Decembrist Revolt." 
D)  the secretary of the defense into resigning. 
E)  widespread rebellion among the nobility.

Question 10

Nineteenth-century Qing China suffered from both foreign intrusion and social unrest. What was the most obvious demonstration of the Chinese people's dissatisfaction at midcentury? Explain in detail the causes and results of that unrest.

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize the Taiping Re

Question 11

The challenges that land-based Eurasian empires faced from European sea-based empires were very similar. The solutions they attempted were not. Compare the situations of the Ottoman and Qing Empires in the nineteenth century and their responses to the European challenge.

Accepted Answer

Students should understand that the land

Question 12

Identify the following term(s).
-Slavophiles

Accepted Answer

Slavophiles were a group of intellectual

Question 13

The Russian government viewed industrialization

Accepted Answer

A)  as a necessary evil. 
B)  as the wave of the future. 
C)  as a sign of the decline of respect for religious authority. 
D)  as a potential environmental disaster waiting to happen. 
E)  with limited interest, preferring to import industrial goods. 
A)  as a necessary evil. 
B)  as the wave of the future. 
C)  as a sign of the decline of respect for religious authority. 
D)  as a potential environmental disaster waiting to happen. 
E)  with limited interest, preferring to import industrial goods.

Question 14

Discuss the factors within China and among the Chinese people that explain the powerful British presence in China by 1842.

Accepted Answer

By the early nineteenth century, Qing so

Question 15

Identify the following term(s).
-Crimean War

Accepted Answer

The Crimean War was a conflict that took

Question 16

Identify the following term(s).
-most-favored-nation status

Accepted Answer

Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) status is a pr

Question 17

Identify the following term(s).
-Serbia

Accepted Answer

Serbia is a landlocked country situated

Question 18

The Opium War exposed the fact that the Qing land forces, the Bannermen, were, like the janissaries of the Ottoman Empire,

Accepted Answer

A)  overpowering. 
B)  well trained but poorly led. 
C)  obsolete. 
D)  able to use martial arts to defeat the British navy. 
E)  traitors. 
A)  overpowering. 
B)  well trained but poorly led. 
C)  obsolete. 
D)  able to use martial arts to defeat the British navy. 
E)  traitors.

Question 19

Women's property rights in the Ottoman Empire

Accepted Answer

A)  were upheld as a matter of Islamic law. 
B)  required a woman to sell her personal property upon marriage and give the money to her husband. 
C)  encouraged women to retain family property for her sons. 
D)  were abrogated under secular reforms that removed decision making from religious courts 
E)  were significantly influenced by women's rights in western traditions. 
A)  were upheld as a matter of Islamic law. 
B)  required a woman to sell her personal property upon marriage and give the money to her husband. 
C)  encouraged women to retain family property for her sons. 
D)  were abrogated under secular reforms that removed decision making from religious courts 
E)  were significantly influenced by women's rights in western traditions.

Question 20

Who became the leader of Egypt after the failure of the French, Mamluk, and Ottoman governments?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gamal Nasser 
B)  Mohandas K. Gandhi 
C)  Muhammad Ali Jinnah 
D)  Muhammad Ali 
E)  Anwar Sadat 
A)  Gamal Nasser 
B)  Mohandas K. Gandhi 
C)  Muhammad Ali Jinnah 
D)  Muhammad Ali 
E)  Anwar Sadat

Exam 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Identify the following term(s). -Arrow War

Which of the following Tanzimat reforms are examples of westernization?

What was the major reason the Russian state resisted industrialization?

After the war for Greek independence, Mahmud II

Pan-Slavism was the doctrine

The British military advantage in the Opium War was provided by

The war for Greek independence resulted in the

Identify the following term(s). -Tanzimat

When Tsar Alexander I died in 1825, reformers in the military provoked

Nineteenth-century Qing China suffered from both foreign intrusion and social unrest. What was the most obvious demonstration of the Chinese people's dissatisfaction at midcentury? Explain in detail the causes and results of that unrest.

The challenges that land-based Eurasian empires faced from European sea-based empires were very similar. The solutions they attempted were not. Compare the situations of the Ottoman and Qing Empires in the nineteenth century and their responses to the European challenge.

Identify the following term(s). -Slavophiles

The Russian government viewed industrialization

Discuss the factors within China and among the Chinese people that explain the powerful British presence in China by 1842.

Identify the following term(s). -Crimean War

Identify the following term(s). -most-favored-nation status

Identify the following term(s). -Serbia

The Opium War exposed the fact that the Qing land forces, the Bannermen, were, like the janissaries of the Ottoman Empire,

Women's property rights in the Ottoman Empire

Who became the leader of Egypt after the failure of the French, Mamluk, and Ottoman governments?

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