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Before 1757, who appeared to be Britain's main rivals for control of India? a) The Portuguese and the Spanish b) The Chinese and the Portuguese C) The French and the Dutch d) The Persians and the French
d
Britain's improvement of transportation in India resulted in the spread of disease, especially which one? a) Smallpox b) Malaria c) Tuberculosis D) Cholera
c
The United States acquired the Philippines from Spain in what year? a) 1866 b) 1882 C) 1898 d) 1904
a
The export of what commodity from India to China would have far-reaching effects for all concerned? A) Opium b) Tea c) Pepper d) Indigo
d
19. In the 1820s, Vietnam's ruler considered what to be one of the great threats to the unity of his country? a) British imperialists b) Chinese traders c) Cambodian refugees D) French Catholic missionaries
b
49. Which of the following could be said of all Asian countries by the nineteenth century? a) They had all become Christian. B) They had all been in contact in one form or another with the West. c) They had all adopted Westernized forms of currencies. d) They were all affected to one degree or another by the opium trade.
d
Japan modeled its Constitution of 1889 on that of what country? a) France b) England c) Germany D) The United States
c
According to the text, which Indians were most upset by Britain's systematic racism? a) The poorest rural peasants and small farmers b) Urban shopkeepers and small merchants C) Well-educated, English-speaking elites d) Members of the servant class who worked directly under the British
c
After coming to power in 1802, the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam modeled its bureaucracy on which of the following? a) The British colonial government of India b) Meiji Japan C) Confucian ideals d) The Ottoman Empire's administrative structure
c
By 1900, India and China took the lead in exporting which of the following? a) Silk b) Coffee C) Labor d) Coal
c
By 1900, what had happened to India's textile industry? a) It became the world's largest exporter of finished cotton products. b) It exploded in size and became the nation's largest employer. C) It suffered a huge blow from the loss of millions of jobs. d) It was selling its machine-spun yarn and cloth to England at artificially low prices.
b
By the end of the nineteenth century, which of the following could be considered the strongest country in Asia? a) China B) Japan c) India d) Korea
b
During the years of Spanish rule, who most often served as intermediaries between the Filipinos and the Spanish? a) Filipino elites B) Spanish priests c) Filipino monks d) American missionaries
b
During the Meiji era, Japan became an imperial power, making which of the following into its colonies? a) The Philippines and Laos B) Taiwan and Korea c) China and Mongolia d) Manchuria and Siam
d
During the Meiji era, how did Japan view China? a) As a model of how to respond to Western economic and military pressure b) As the source for much of its high culture, including the writing system c) As a popular tourist destination D) As an object lesson in the dangers of not modernizing
a
Following the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States A) U.S. forces spent four years in a bloody war to suppress Filipinos who sought independence. b) the Americans were expelled by the Filipinos who established Philippine independence. c) the United States sold the islands to Japan for $26 million and fishing rights in the Sea of Japan. d) the Americans proposed a twenty-year phase of self-rule for Filipinos.
a
How did British rule in India change after the Great Revolt of 1857? A) India was ruled directly by the British government. b) Queen Victoria appointed an Indian Governor-General who answered directly to her. c) The British East India Company closed British schools for the Indian elite. d) Britain made it illegal for the lower castes to own rifles.
c
How did Japan take the lead in silk exports to Europe? a) By importing many tons of raw silk b) By forcing all peasant women to spin silk thread C) By introducing the mechanical reeling of silk d) By building the largest shipping navy in the world
c
How did King Chulalongkorn of Siam manage to keep his nation's independence? a) He played the British and the Dutch off of each other. b) He negotiated a balance between France and Prussia by making promises to both nations. C) He played Britain and France off of each other. d) He negotiated a monetary settlement with Japan and Russia.
c
How did Korea initially respond to Western calls that the country be "opened" to the West in the second half of the nineteenth century? a) By reluctantly opening its borders b) By enthusiastically welcoming all foreign diplomats to the capital C) By insisting that foreign relations be handled through China d) By attacking any foreigners who attempted to enter the country
d
In 1818, the British East India Company controlled territory in India that was occupied by a) 35 million people. b) more people than lived in all of China. c) 60 million people. D) more people than lived in all of western Europe.
b
In the 1850s, the Vietnamese government executed large numbers of people who had what in common? a) They were all military traitors. B) They were all Vietnamese Christians. c) They were all Confucian scholars. d) They were all French settlers.
b
In the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxers blamed China's problems on which of the following? a) Militarism in Japan B) Foreign missionaries who criticized the nation c) The emperor, whom they called weak and corrupt d) European imperialism across Asia
c
Indian resentment of which of the following contributed to the Great Revolt of 1857? a) Tax increases—particularly the salt tax—by the British b) British refusal to employ members of the lower castes in the army C) The East India army's use of cattle or pig grease on rifles d) Queen Victoria's adoption of the title "Empress of India"
a
Of all the Asian countries in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which came to rival the West in urbanity and education? A) Japan b) China c) India d) Korea
a
Rammohun Roy created a society that tried to reconcile Western philosophy and what sacred Indian text? A) The Upanishads b) The Mahabharata c) The Ramayana d) The Rigveda
b
The British transported so many laborers to Malay that its population became one-third Malay, one-third Indian, and one-third what other nationality? a) British B) Chinese c) South African d) Burmese
d
The Indian National Congress demanded that the government spend more of its budget on what? a) Military supplies b) Expansion of borders c) More industrialized farming D) Reducing poverty
b
The sale of which of the following products allowed Great Britain to upset the balance of trade that had previously been in China's favor? a) Rifles B) Opium c) Steam engines d) Coffee
b
Under Japan's 1889 constitution, how were the prime minister and cabinet appointed? a) They were elected through a democratic popular election. B) They were chosen and appointed by the emperor. c) They were selected by the Diet. d) They were chosen by a committee of the elite samurai class.
b
Under the Culture System, what was required of Indonesian peasants? a) They had to conduct all business transactions in Dutch. B) They were required to devote one-fifth of their land to export crops for taxes. c) They were required to convert to and attend the Dutch Reformed Church. d) They had to work on large, state-run farms, which grew only cash crops.
a
Vietnamese nationalism is believed to trace much of its inspiration to which of the following? A) Japan's victory over Russia in 1905 b) China's "Hundred Days" Reform program c) Gandhi's fight against British rule in India d) The U.S. Declaration of Independence
b
What are zaibatsu? a) Japan's new parliament B) Japanese industrial conglomerates c) The articles of the Meiji constitution d) German-style military schools
a
What did most British elites believe about Indian people? A) That they were inherently inferior b) That their culture was worthy of respect c) That they would not continue to accept British rule d) That they were incapable of bravery or courage
a
What group can be regarded as fundamentally responsible for modernity in Indonesia? A) Dutch colonists in the nineteenth century b) Immigrants from India in the late nineteenth century c) Military and government specialists from Japan d) The Chinese explorer Zheng He
a
What modern countries made up French Indochina, circa 1887? A) Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia b) Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia c) Vietnam, Laos, China d) Vietnam, Cambodia, Tibet
b
What title did Queen Victoria adopt in 1877? a) Queen of India B) Empress of India c) Raja Britannica d) Governor-General
c
What was a consequence of the 1894 naval war between Japan and China? a) China won and forced Japan to give up Okinawa. b) Russia mediated a peace agreement that allowed the Japanese to occupy Beijing. C) China was defeated and forced to cede Taiwan to Japan. d) China was saved from defeat only by the intervention of the British navy.
c
What was a consequence of the 1911 Revolution in China? a) China became a constitutional monarchy. b) China came under the direct rule of Britain. C) China became a republic modeled on Western political ideas. d) China agreed to self-rule for all of its provinces.
a
What was the primary cause of the Russo-Japanese War? A) Competition between Japanese and Russian imperialist desires in Manchuria b) A struggle between the two powers to gain control of Korea c) An attempt by Japan to get mining interests in the Russian colony of Siberia d) Japan's desire to demonstrate its military might to the West
a
What was the ultimate goal of the Taiping rebels in China? A) To establish a utopia with equal landholdings and equality of men and women b) To expel all Western influences from China and kill all Christian missionaries c) To restore the Ming Dynasty to power and get rid of the "foreign" Manchus d) To create a socialist society based on the teachings of Marx and Engels
c
When U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry "opened" Japan in 1853, who was the real ruler of the country? a) The emperor b) The high priest of the Shinto religion C) The Tokugawa shogun d) The head of the army
d
Which of the following events drove the British to settle Hong Kong? a) The Chinese expelled them from Guangzhou. b) The Chinese offered to give them Hong Kong in return for opium. c) The British conquered it during the Opium War. D) The British were expelled from Macao.
b
Which of the following had the most converts to Christianity despite having been paid much less attention by Western missionaries than other Asian countries? a) Japan B) Korea c) Laos d) Siam
b
Who did Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Rebellion, claim to be? a) A descendant of Ming emperors B) The younger brother of Jesus c) The rightful emperor to the throne d) A Daoist god
d
Who did the Manchus call on to help put down the Taiping Rebellion? a) The British and French armies b) Their own Manchu banner army units c) The Mongols, who sent elite horsemen D) Chinese scholar-officials who raised armies to suppress the rebels
c
Who in Japan agitated under the slogan, "Revere the emperor and expel the barbarians"? a) The shogun b) Retired emperors C) The samurai d) Peasants
d
Who made up the Indian rebels in the Great Revolt of 1857? a) Poor peasants b) Brahmins c) Local princes D) Sepoy troops
b
Who stopped the reforms of the Qing emperor in 1898? a) British forces B) The empress dowager c) Taiping rebels d) Boxers
a
Who was a key figure in the introduction of the ideas of democracy and revolution into China? A) Sun Yatsen b) Hong Xiuquan c) Lin Xezu d) Tsui Hark