Quiz 22 Flashcards
__________ was among the external pressures that contributed to the decline of the Qing dynasty.
Population growth
Corruption by officials
The Opium War
Peasant unrest
The Opium War
The decision to __________ was part of a “gentlemen’s agreement” in 1907 between President Theodore Roosevelt and the Japanese.
all of these answers
recognize the Japanese annexation of Korea
recognize American control of the Philippines
end most Japanese immigration to the United States
end most Japanese immigration to the United States
The coming of Westerners affected China economically by doing all of the following EXCEPT __________
introducing modern transportation and communication.
creating an export market.
integrating the Chinese market into the nineteenth-century world economy.
turning China into a heavily industrialized country.
turning China into a heavily industrialized country.
The Meiji Restoration __________
restricted Japanese occupations based on social class.
imposed the “three obediences” on Japanese women.
abolished the special privileges of Japanese aristocrats.
granted new political rights to Japanese villagers.
abolished the special privileges of Japanese aristocrats.
The Japanese government saw the growth of industry as a way to __________
end the power of the samurai.
replace rural tax revenues.
create a strong state capable of confronting the West.
resist calls for territorial expansion.
create a strong state capable of confronting the West.
An area in which a foreign power has been granted exclusive rights and privileges, such as trading rights and mining privileges was ________________.
commodity indemnity concession prefecture extraterritoriality self-strengthening sphere of influence provincial
sphere of influence
In the Japanese Meiji Restoration, a territory governed by its former daimyo lord was called __________________.
shogunate provincial sphere of influence state region prefecture
prefecture
During the 1911 uprising in China, __________ were the main source of support for the Revolutionary Alliance and its Western liberal democratic goals.
peasants
members of the old order
western nations
members of the middle class
members of the middle class
A policy promoted by reformers toward the end of the Qing dynasty under which China would adopt Western technology while keeping its Confucian values and institutions was _______________.
prefecture Meiji Restoration self-strengthening sphere of influence provincial extraterritoriality Revolutionary Alliance indemnity
self-strengthening
The Open Door policy proposed by U.S. secretary of state John Hay for China __________
ended all restrictions on foreign imports.
ended the system of spheres of influence.
made the United States the dominant power in China.
allowed all countries equal access to China.
allowed all countries equal access to China.
What was the main achievement of the Treaty of Kanagawa?
It marked the end of the shogunate and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration.
It opened Japan to American trade, ending 200 years of Japanese isolation.
It ended the Japanese war with Russia.
It resolved territorial disputes between China and Japan.
It opened Japan to American trade, ending 200 years of Japanese isolation.
Empress Dowager Ci Xi __________
was a firm believer in reforming Chinese government.
Correct!
blocked reform efforts of emperor Guang Xu.
crushed the Boxer Rebellion.
blocked the Open Door policy.
blocked reform efforts of emperor Guang Xu.
Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Tai Ping Rebellion, __________
treated women as subservient to men.
was a Chinese communist.
wanted land reform that would give equal parcels of land to each peasant.
thought God had given him the mission to destroy the Qing dynasty.
thought God had given him the mission to destroy the Qing dynasty.
The reform plans of Sun Yat-sen called for all of the following EXCEPT ___________
a constitutional democracy.
a military takeover.
a transitional phase to prepare the people for democratic rule.
a restoration of the power of the emperor.
a restoration of the power of the emperor.
By the first quarter of the twentieth century in China, Western cultural influences were felt __________
in all segments of society.
primarily in rural areas.
primarily by traditionalists.
among wealthy and educated Chinese in cities.
among wealthy and educated Chinese in cities.
