Question 1

The Opium War ended with the signing of the Treaty of

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A)   Paris.
B)   London.
C)   Beijing.
D)   Guangzhou.
E)   Nanjing.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

How did Japanese reformers achieve rapid industrialization of Japan? What were the results of this effort? What were the costs?

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Japanese reformers achieved rapid indust...

Question 3

By the late seventeenth century,Ottoman military forces were superior to European armies in strategy,tactics,weaponry,and training.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

To make Ottoman authority more effective,Mahmud II established European-style ministries,constructed new roads,built telegraph lines,and inaugurated a postal service.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The decisive factor in the Russo-Japanese War was the

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A)   destruction of the majority of the Russian navy in battle with the Japanese.
B)   Chinese support for the Japanese.
C)   failure of the main Russian ally,the United States,to enter the war.
D)   industrial superiority of the Russian armed forces.
E)   Russian surprise attack on the Japanese navy at Tokyo.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

The most significant territorial loss for the Ottomans was

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A)   Egypt.
B)   Serbia.
C)   Istanbul.
D)   Greece.
E)   Anatolia.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

The 1905 Bloody Sunday massacre eventually

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A)   led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty in China.
B)   resulted in the abdication of Ottoman Sultan Abdül Hamid II and the rise of the Young Turks.
C)   led to the establishment of the Duma in Russia.
D)   led to a communist regime in China.
E)   cleared the way for the Meiji restoration.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

The working conditions of the growing Russian industrial class in St.Petersburg and Moscow

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A)   were the best in Europe at the time.
B)   improved dramatically after the passage in 1897 of a law establishing an eight-hour work day.
C)   were terrible and left the workers receptive to revolutionary propaganda.
D)   were much better than their earlier English and French counterparts had been.
E)   improved when their main economic competitors,the serfs,became an un-free class in 1861.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 9

Look at the picture of nineteenth-century Russian merchants on page 730.How does it represent Russia's uneasy marriage of western European and traditional Russian influences? How successful were Russia's efforts at modernization and industrialization?

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The picture of nineteenth-century Russia...

Question 10

Compare the reforms of the Tanzimat era with the program of the Young Turks.

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The Tanzimat era and the program of the ...

Question 11

Examine the decline of the Ottoman empire.What factors explain this process? What attempts at reform did the Ottomans undertake? How successful were they?

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The decline of the Ottoman Empire can be...

Question 12

The Opium War made plain the military power differential between Europe and China.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Examine the Taiping rebellion.What internal Chinese problems led to the rise of this movement? What role did Hong Xiuquan play? What were the rebellion's consequences?

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The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civi...

Question 14

What were the causes of the Taiping rebellion? What was the outcome?

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The Taiping Rebellion was caused by a co...

Question 15

Overall,what weaknesses led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty?

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There were several weaknesses that led t...

Question 16

After the assassination of Alexander II,his successor Nicholas II

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A)   actively carried on Alexander's reforms.
B)   proved to be an even greater proponent of change and pushed for true democratic reform.
C)   issued an edict that categorically declared the peasants to be serfs.
D)   championed oppression and police control.
E)   gave in to Bolshevik pressure and instituted a communist regime.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

Look at Map 31.2,The Russian empire,1801-1914.What were the chief areas of Russian expansion? What areas would lead to trouble for Russia in the future with the western Europeans and Japanese? What role would the Trans-Siberian Railroad play?

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The chief areas of Russian expansion dur...

Question 18

What was the name of the sultan who,in 1826,had mutinous Janissaries slaughtered and thus opened the door for further reform within the Ottoman empire?

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A)   Mahmud II
B)   Selim III
C)   Abdül Hamid II
D)   Abu Bakr
E)   Mehmed V RashidF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

In 1899 the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists,known as Boxers,organized to rid China of "foreign devils" and their influences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Compare and contrast the Ottoman,Russian,Chinese,and Japanese efforts at industrialization.In what ways were they successful? Who,if anyone,was left out of this progress? Compare the process to that which went on in western Europe and the Americas.

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The Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, and Japan...

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