Question 1

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.

Question 2

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.

Question 3

Russian imperial expansion in the eighteenth century was east toward the Pacific, while in the nineteenth century it was focused on which direction?

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A) West 
B) North 
C) South 
D) None of these are correct. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 4

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

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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 5

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.

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Question 6

The violently and persistently opposed Ottoman reform efforts.

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A) Greeks 
B) Janissaries 
C) ulama 
D) Serbs 
E) Tanzimat

Question 7

Muhammad Ali adopted many practices in rebuilding the Egyptian state.

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A) French 
B) Ottoman 
C) English 
D) Russian 
E) Qing

Question 8

The main force opposing westernization in Russia was

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A) Slavophiles. 
B) Decembrists. 
C) student clubs. 
D) Orthodox church advocates. 
E) the nobility.

Question 9

The founder of the Taiping (Great Peace)Movement, Hong Xiquan, saw himself as the younger brother of

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A) Jesus. 
B) Confucius. 
C) Muhammad. 
D) Abraham. 
E) Buddha.

Question 10

Serbia became essentially independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1805

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A) because the Ottoman Empire was busy suppressing the Greek uprising. 
B) but it was reabsorbed two decades later. 
C) after Russian threats prevented the Ottomans from disarming Serbians following a Janissary revolt. 
D) because Mohammad Ali recalled the Janissaries to Egypt. 
E) by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question 11

Which of the following were factors hindering reforms in Russia?

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A) Lack of urbanization 
B) Predominance of agriculture 
C) Poor transportation opportunities 
D) Diversity of languages proscribing unification 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 12

Intellectuals pressing for reform in Russia wanted which of the following?

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A) a constitution 
B) freedom of the press 
C) liberation of the serfs 
D) reorganization of the imperial bureaucracy 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following were among the earliest reforms of the Ottoman Empire?

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A) creation of European-style military units 
B) standardization of taxation 
C) controlling the provincial governors 
D) standardization of land tenure 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 14

Which of the following did not receive favorable coverage from the British press in the Crimean War?

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A) Florence Nightingale 
B) Tsar Nicholas 
C) Charles "Chinese" Gordon 
D) Mary Seacole 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 15

The Janissary corps was officially disbanded when

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A) the Battle of Navarino saw them fail to protect the Ottoman Empire's navy. 
B) they were systematically defeated in the battle for Greek independence and committed suicide rather than face dishonor. 
C) the French army of Napoleon defeated them in Constantinople. 
D) the Russians defeated them in the Crimean War. 
E) the sultan secretly trained a new artillery unit, which bombarded the Janissaries' barracks.

Question 16

Which of the following were results of the Treaty of Nanking?

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A) Hong Kong became a British colony. 
B) British residents were granted extraterritoriality. 
C) The British opened five Chinese "treaty ports." 
D) The Qing paid 21 million ounces of silver to England. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 17

What militant political doctrine advocated unity of all the Slavic peoples?

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Question 18

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

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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

The Janissary revolt in Serbia and the execution of Selim III taught Ottoman leaders that reform had to be more systematic. The Ottoman response was the Tanzimat. Describe those reforms and evaluate their effectiveness.

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Question 20

"Most-favored-nation status" meant that

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A) any beneficial opportunities extended by China to another nation had to be offered to Britain as well. 
B) the British gained a monopoly on trade with China. 
C) China would allow missionaries from Britain only. 
D) China and Britain obtained bilateral rights to attend each other's universities. 
E) Britain was attempting to promote competition among Asian nations to see who would compete for British trade.

Exam 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism