Chap 22 - East Asia Challenge

Question 1

What desirable Chinese product had created a severe balance-of-payment problem for the British by 1800?

a. opium
b. tea
c. porcelain
d. silk

Answer 1

b.tea

Question 2

The Treaty of Nanjing ended the

a. Tokugawa Uprising
b. Taiping Rebellion
c. Opium War
d. Boxer Rebellion

Answer 2

c.Opium War

Question 3

In 1894, the Qing dynasty went to war with Japan over Japanese incursions into

a. Hong Kong
b. Korea
c. Liaodong
d. Taiwan

Answer 3

b.Korea

Question 4

The Confucian scholar Kang Youwei was an outspoken advocate of

a. reform
b. conservatism
c. the Meiji Restoration
d. the Manchu empire

Answer 4

a.reform

Question 5

In regard to China, U. S. Secretary of State John Hay advocated the

a. Open Door Policy
b. Boxer Rebellion
c. Port Arthur Offensive
d. One Hundred Days of Reform

Answer 5

a.Open Door Policy

Question 6

Who were the Boxers?

a. entertainers
b. secret society members
c. barge workers
d. foreign residents

Answer 6

b.secret society members

Question 7

Henry Puyi was the

a. leader of the Taiping Rebellion
b. last emperor of China
c. founder of the Revolutionary Alliance
d. founder of modern China

Answer 7

b.last emperor of China

Question 8

Sun Yat-sen’s Three People’s Principles were

a. Nationalism, Self-Strengthening and People’s Livelihood
b. Democracy, Nationalism and People’s Livelihood
c. Self-Strengthening, People’s Livelihood and Democracy
d. Democracy, Nationalism and Self-Strengthening

Answer 8

b.Democracy, Nationalism and People’s Livelihood

Question 9

Which Western country was the first to open Japan to foreign economic interests?

a. Great Britain
b. the United States
c. Germany
d. France

Answer 9

b.the United States

Question 10

What was the Sat-Cho alliance originally seeking when it brought the shogunate to an end?

a. concessions to European trade
b. the end of Western relations
c. the end of the daimyo system
d. the opening of Japanese ports

Answer 10

b.the end of Western relations

Question 11

The Japanese term “Meiji” means

a. emperor of the sun
b. restoration
c. Eastern Capital
d. enlightened rule

Answer 11

d.enlightened rule

Question 12

Who were the genro?

a. elder statesmen
b. members of the Liberal Party
c. imperial commissioners
d. members of the Progressive Party

Answer 12

a.elder statesmen

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a political party during the Meiji period in Japan?

a. Progressive Party
b. Liberal Party
c. Imperial Party
d. Conservative Party

Answer 13

d.Conservative Party

Question 14

Under the rule of the Meiji oligarchs, the core ideology of the state was called the

a. kokutai
b. edoni
c. meijikai
d. taminai

Answer 14

a.kokutai

Question 15

During the late Meiji era, Japan’s industrial sector began to

a. grow
b. decline
c. stay the same

Answer 15

a.grow

Question 16

What were the “three obediences” for Japanese women?

a. child to father, wife to husband and widow to son
b. sister to brother, wife to husband and widow to son,
c. child to father, wife to husband and sister to brother
d. wife to husband, widow to son, widow to brother-in-law
e. widow to son, child to father and widow to brother-in-law

Answer 16

a.child to father, wife to husband and widow to son

Question 17

What was the nickname of the first Meiji government?

a. the “modern cabinet”
b. the “baseball players”
c. the “dancing cabinet”
d. the “westerners”

Answer 17

c.the “dancing cabinet”

Question 18

In the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Manchus were forced to recognize the independence of

a. Taiwan
b. Japan
c. Korea
d. the Ryukyu islands

Answer 18

c.Korea

Question 19

Who mediated the Russo-Japanese War?

a. Commodore Matthew C. Perry
b. President Millard Fillmore
c. President Theodore Roosevelt
d. President Woodrow Wilson

Answer 19

c.President Theodore Roosevelt

Question 20

The Tokyo School of Fine Arts was founded to promote

a. classical aesthetics
b. traditional Japanese art
c. Western-influenced art
d. modern cultural influences

Answer 20

b.traditional Japanese art