AP World History - Chapter 28

Japan´s quick victory over ____________ in the quarrel for influence over Korea in 1894-1895 marked the first step in colonial expansion.

China

Nicholas I provoked conflict with the Ottoman Empire in 1853 with the ____________ War.

Crimean

The Japanese constitution of 1889 assured major powers for the emperor, along with a parliament, or ___________.

Diet

Russian liberals were wooed through the creation of national parliament, the _________.

Duma

T/F Russian liberals were wooed through the creation of a national parliament, the zemstvo.

False

T/F The intelligentsia, a Russian term denoting articulate intellectuals as a class, formed a selfconscious group bent on gradual change.

False

T/F Tsar Alexander II prohibited local political councils, the zemstvoes, which had a voice in regional policies.

False

T/F Under Count Witte, minister of finance from 1892 to 1903, the government reduced tariffs to stimulate new Russian trade.

False

War broke out between Russia and __________ in 1904, leading to a disastrous Russian defeat.

Japan

Unexpected defeat in war unleashed massive protests on the Russian home front in the __________________ ______ _________.

Revolution of 1908

T/F By abolishing the samurai class and the stipends the group had received, the Meiji ministers introduced a real social revolution from above.

True

T/F Centralized government returned to Japan in 1868 with the Meiji Restoration.

True

T/F In Russia, some form of local government was necessary after 1861, because the nobles no longer directly ruled the peasantry.

True

T/F Japan´s surge promoted a fear in the West of a new ¨Yellow Peril¨ that should be opposed through greater imperialist efforts.

True

T/F Modernization introduced tension in Japan´s political life, including growing political party competition in parliament and frequent parliamentary defiance of the emperor´s ministers.

True

T/F Unlike Russia, Japan was a resource-poor nation.

True

Terrorism was the chief political method used by which of the following groups? a) Anarchists b) The Old Believers c) Liberals d) Turgenevs e) Kulaks

a

Which of the following groups in Tokugawa, Japan advocated concentration of specifically Japanese culture? a) National studies group b) Dutch studies group c) Confucian scholars d) Buddhist scholars e) Samurai

a

Count Witte... a) was the Russian commander during the Decembrist uprising b) served as minister of finance from 1892 to 1903 c) introduced the program of internal reform following the revolution of 1905 d) was a major Russian novelist during the 19th century e) was responsible for freeing the serfs

b

Which of the following was NOT a policy of the new Meiji government? a) Abolition of feudalism b) Reinforcing the daimyos c) Expanding state power d) Establishing a system of nationally appointed prefects e) Strengthening the emperor´s position

b

One of the important results of the establishment of railway systems in Russia was the opening of... a) the Ukraine b) Poland c) Siberia d) the Crimea e) the Baltic lands

c

Russian Marxists... a) were strict adherents to Marxist doctrine b) borrowed nothing from Western political ideology c) believed that revolution could take place without the existence of a middle class d) were closely associated with the Decembrist rising e) attempted to establish their party among the peasantry

c

The Crimean War... a) demonstrated Russia´s superiority over the Ottoman Empire b) was fought primarily by sea c) was won by Western nations because of industrial advantages over Russia d) led directly to the Decembrist uprising e) illustrated the skill of Russian generals

c

Which of the following was present during the Russian program of industrialization? a) Attitudinal changes similar to those in the West among workers b) A large middle class c) Rich natural resources d) Small, but efficient, factories e) a rudimentary labor movement

c

The Stolypin reforms... a) followed the Russian defeat in the Crimean War b) resulted in changes that permanently altered the Russian economy c) reinforced the authority of the aristocracy d) granted greater freedom to the peasantry from redemption payments e) introduced lower tariffs

d

The political goal of the Russian anarchists was... a) the introduction of a new construction with a border franchise b) the retention of the Orthodox church c) the establishment of a Russian republic d) the installation of a democratic system e) the abolition of all formal government in Russia

e

In some ways, the Russian _______________ of serfs in 1861 was more generous than the liberation of the slaves in America.

emancipation

A minority of Russian agricultural entrepreneurs called _____________ began to increase agricultural production and buy up additional land.

kulaks

The establishment of the _____________-______________ railroad, which connected European Russia with the Pacific, was the crowning achievement of the drive to improve communications.

trans-Siberian

By the 1890s, huge new industrial combines called _________________ were being formed in Japan.

zaibatsu