Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Liberal and Progressive parties

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Liberal and Progressive parties are poli

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-John Hay and the Open Door

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John Hay was an American statesman and d

Question 3

Lord Macartney's trip to Beijing in 1793

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A) resulted in his being refused permission to go to the capital. 
B) created a scandal because Macartney tried to sell opium to local businessmen. 
C) was the primary action leading to the fall of the Qing. 
D) failed, as the Chinese government did not want additional trade with Britain. 
E) succeeded in obtaining Hong Kong for Great Britain. 
A) resulted in his being refused permission to go to the capital. 
B) created a scandal because Macartney tried to sell opium to local businessmen. 
C) was the primary action leading to the fall of the Qing. 
D) failed, as the Chinese government did not want additional trade with Britain. 
E) succeeded in obtaining Hong Kong for Great Britain.

Question 4

How did Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities of 1911 both succeed and fail? Why do some historians make the argument that 1911 was not a real revolution, per se, but simply the collapse of the old Manchu dynasty?​

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Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities o

Question 5

In the 1890s, the Boxers expelled the Russians and the Germans from the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas but failed to drive Britain from Hong Kong.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Japanese opening to the West resulted from

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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 7

Identify the following terms.
-Tokugawa shogunate

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The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as th

Question 8

China's "last emperor" was

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A) Mao Zedong. 
B) Guangxu. 
C) Kuang Hsu. 
D) Puyi. 
E) Yuan Shikai. 
A) Mao Zedong. 
B) Guangxu. 
C) Kuang Hsu. 
D) Puyi. 
E) Yuan Shikai.

Question 9

The United States president and the admiral he sent to Japan were, respectively,

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A) Zachary Taylor and David Farragut. 
B) Franklin Pierce and John Paul Jones. 
C) Millard Fillmore and David Jones. 
D) Millard Fillmore and Matthew Perry. 
E) James Buchanan and Abner Doubleday. 
A) Zachary Taylor and David Farragut. 
B) Franklin Pierce and John Paul Jones. 
C) Millard Fillmore and David Jones. 
D) Millard Fillmore and Matthew Perry. 
E) James Buchanan and Abner Doubleday.

Question 10

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 11

Identify the following terms.
-extraterritoriality

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Extraterritoriality refers to the legal

Question 12

The Taiping Rebellion

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A) began in Tibet and was "created" by Russia. 
B) began in Vietnam and spread only into north China. 
C) was crushed by a "blended" army of British, French, and United States troops. 
D) separated Taiwan from Japanese control. 
E) "peaked" with the rebel capture of the old Ming capital of Nanjing. 
A) began in Tibet and was "created" by Russia. 
B) began in Vietnam and spread only into north China. 
C) was crushed by a "blended" army of British, French, and United States troops. 
D) separated Taiwan from Japanese control. 
E) "peaked" with the rebel capture of the old Ming capital of Nanjing.

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Kang Youwei, Guangxu, and the One Hundred Days of Reform

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Kang Youwei, Guangxu, and the One Hundre

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-kokutai

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Kokutai (国体) is a Japanese term that is

Question 15

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

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The fall of the Manchus became inevitabl

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-Treaty of Nanjing

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The Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking) was a pe

Question 17

Meiji economic policies

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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.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Sino-Japanese War

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The term "Sino-Japanese War" refers to o

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-Revolutionary Alliance/Tongmenghui

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The Revolutionary Alliance, also known a

Question 20

The beginnings of Japanese imperialism in the late nineteenth century started with claims of which territory?​

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A) ​Sakhalin Islands from Russia. 
B) ​Ryukyu Islands from China 
C) ​Taiwan from China. 
D) ​The Phillipines from the United States 
E) Malaya from the Dutch​ 
A) ​Sakhalin Islands from Russia. 
B) ​Ryukyu Islands from China 
C) ​Taiwan from China. 
D) ​The Phillipines from the United States 
E) Malaya from the Dutch​

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

Identify the following terms. -Liberal and Progressive parties

Identify the following terms. -John Hay and the Open Door

Lord Macartney's trip to Beijing in 1793

How did Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities of 1911 both succeed and fail? Why do some historians make the argument that 1911 was not a real revolution, per se, but simply the collapse of the old Manchu dynasty?​

In the 1890s, the Boxers expelled the Russians and the Germans from the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas but failed to drive Britain from Hong Kong.

The Japanese opening to the West resulted from

Identify the following terms. -Tokugawa shogunate

China's "last emperor" was

The United States president and the admiral he sent to Japan were, respectively,

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

Identify the following terms. -extraterritoriality

The Taiping Rebellion

Identify the following terms. -Kang Youwei, Guangxu, and the One Hundred Days of Reform

Identify the following terms. -kokutai

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

Identify the following terms. -Treaty of Nanjing

Meiji economic policies

Identify the following terms. -Sino-Japanese War

Identify the following terms. -Revolutionary Alliance/Tongmenghui

The beginnings of Japanese imperialism in the late nineteenth century started with claims of which territory?​

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How did Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities of 1911 both succeed and fail? Why do some historians make the argument that 1911 was not a real revolution, per se, but simply the collapse of the old Manchu dynasty?

The beginnings of Japanese imperialism in the late nineteenth century started with claims of which territory?