AP World Chapter 14 Quiz

By the end of the eighteenth century, the Qing Empire was in a state of economic and social disorder. Which of the following were some of the main challenges facing the Qing by the end of the eighteenth century? Check all that apply.

The opium trade

British imperial ambitions

The Taiping Rebellion

White Lotus Rebellion

The opium trade

British imperial ambitions

White Lotus Rebellion

Which of the following best describes the motivations behind the Taiping Rebellion?

A mixture of social unrest and anger at foreign intrusions

The desire to expel all Christian missionaries from China

A combination of anger at European influences and a desire to maintain the practice of footbinding

A mixture of social unrest and anger at foreign intrusions

By the end of the nineteenth century, the Qing Empire was severely weakened and was unable to assert centralized control. Qing power gave way to rule by __________ and ____________.

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Blank 1: the Japanese and Europeans, Europeans and Indians, Europeans and Americans

Blank 2: Hakka elites, Christian missionaries, provincial governors

By the end of the nineteenth century, the Qing Empire was severely weakened and was unable to assert centralized control. Qing power gave way to rule by Europeans and Americans and provincial governors.

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Europeans and Americans, provincial governors

By the end of the eighteenth century, the Qing Empire was in a state of economic and social disorder. Which of the following was NOT a main challenge facing the Qing by the end of the eighteenth century?

The opium trade

British imperial ambitions

The Taiping Rebellion

White Lotus Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion

Which of the following was a result of the Treaty of Nanking? Check all that apply.

The Chinese cede some territory to Britain.

The Chinese were obligated to help Britain in any Asian wars.

Chinese who have served Britain or aided British merchants are to be pardoned.

The Chinese cede some territory to Britain.

Chinese who have served Britain or aided British merchants are to be pardoned.

Imagine that you are a historian working on a paper about the Opium Wars. You are reading the Treaty of Nanking in an archive in London, trying to decipher its meaning. Your notes might look something like this. Fill in the blanks in the following text.

In lieu of expanding _________ in China, the Treaty of Nanking expands the role of ___________. The British gained ___________ territory from China. The reason for this was that the ____________.

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Blank 1: the British army, the British Empire, trade

Blank 2: Chinese diplomats, British merchants, the British navy

Blank 3: no, a small amount, large amounts of

Blank 4: British needed a naval base, British sought to expand their empire, Chinese won the war

In lieu of expanding the British Empire in China, the Treaty of Nanking expands the role of British merchants. The British gained a small amount of territory from China. The reason for this was that the British needed a naval base.

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Blank 1: the British Empire

Blank 2: British merchants

Blank 3: a small amount of

Blank 4: British needed a naval base

Which of the following was a result of the Treaty of Nanking? Check all that apply.

The British get a naval base in China.

Chinese merchants must turn their goods over to the British if asked.

British goods, once sold in the treaty ports, can be sold all over China.

The British get a naval base in China.

British goods, once sold in the treaty ports, can be sold all over China.

Imagine that you are a historian working on a paper about the Opium Wars. You are reading the Treaty of Nanking in an archive in London, trying to decipher its meaning. Your notes might look something like this. Fill in the blanks in the following text.

It appears what the British were really after with this treaty ____________. Proof: Five major Chinese cities were to ____________. The Chinese emperor ____________. Further proof: The treaty also compels China to allow the British to ____________.

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Blank 1: were commercial concessions, was to remove the Chinese emperor from power, was to conquer vast tracts of land

Blank 2: be opened up to unrestricted trade, be handed over to Britain, dismantle their defenses

Blank 3: became a vassal of Britain, was deposed, did not surrender much land

Blank 4: station their armies in the Chinese capital, charge double price for all goods, trade with any merchants they wish

It appears what the British were really after with this treaty were commercial concessions. Proof: Five major Chinese cities were to be opened to unrestricted trade. The Chinese emperor did not surrender much land. Further proof: The treaty also compels China to allow the British to trade with any merchants they wish.

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Blank 1: were commercial concessions

Blank 2: be opened to unrestricted trade

Blank 3: surrender much land.

Blank 4: trade with any merchants they wish

Which of the following was a result of the Treaty of Nanking? Check all that apply.

The British army will occupy the Chinese seacoast.

The British get Hong Kong.

British subjects can live in certain Chinese cities.

The British get Hong Kong.

British subjects can live in certain Chinese cities.

Imagine that you are a historian working on a paper about the Opium Wars. You are reading the Treaty of Nanking in an archive in London, trying to decipher its meaning. Your notes might look something like this. Fill in the blanks in the following text.

The majority of this treaty deals with ___________. However, it isn't all about that. Britain also forces China to ___________. The Chinese emperor also had to ____________ Chinese subjects who had aided Britain during the war. Effectively, Britain managed to ___________ China.

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Blank 1: conquest, science, trade

Blank 2: hand over six cities, cede half of the country, pay an indemnity

Blank 3: imprison, execute, pardon

Blank 4: undermine the sovereignty of, sell opium in, conquer vast tracts of

The majority of this treaty deals with trade. However, it isn't all about that. Britain also forces China to pay an indemnity. The Chinese emperor also had to pardon Chinese subjects who had aided Britain during the war. Effectively, Britain managed to undermine the sovereignty of China.

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Blank 1: trade

Blank 2: pay an indemnity

Blank 3: pardon

Blank 4: undermine the sovereignty of

At the turn of the twentieth century, wealthy Mexican families of Spanish origin controlled __________ percent of the land, even though they made up less than 1 percent of the population. On the large estates that made up most of this land, known as __________, much of the remainder of the population worked as poorly paid laborers. Although Mexico’s most prominent leader between 1876 and 1910, __________, was himself a mestizo (i.e., of mixed Indian and Spanish background), he upheld the system of white rule via a repressive, undemocratic regime, which led to unrest among both the middle and lower classes and, eventually, the outbreak of a revolution in 1910.

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Blank 1: 85, 65, 97

Blank 2: villas, haciendas, quintas

Blank 3: Santa Anna, Salvador Allende, Porfirio Diaz

At the turn of the twentieth century, wealthy Mexican families of Spanish origin controlled 85 percent of the land, even though they made up less than 1 percent of the population. On the large estates that made up most of this land, known as haciendas, much of the remainder of the population worked as poorly paid laborers. Although Mexico’s most prominent leader between 1876 and 1910, Porfirio Diaz, was himself a mestizo (i.e., of mixed Indian and Spanish background), he upheld the system of white rule via a repressive, undemocratic regime, which led to unrest among both the middle and lower classes and, eventually, the outbreak of a revolution in 1910.

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Blank 1: 85

Blank 2: haciendas

Blank 3: Porfirio Diaz

In 1910 a revolution took shape in Mexico, and in 1914 a group of political activists from the middle and industrial classes who called themselves __________ overthrew Victoriano Huerta, who had taken power in a coup in 1913. In Mexico’s south, however, another group of revolutionaries banded together around the agrarian reformist Emiliano Zapata, while in the north Pancho Villa led a peasant rebellion in the state of Chihuahua, where __________ individuals owned 40 percent of the land. Gradually, though, Zapata’s and Villa’s followers lost ground against the more mainstream elements of the revolution, and although in the 1920s some agrarian reform was instituted, only in the state of __________, where Zapata was from, did peasants receive any grants of land.

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Blank 1: Legionaries, Communists, Constitutionalists

Blank 2: 345, 17, 2

Blank 3: Chihuahua, Morelos, Oaxaca

In 1910 a revolution took shape in Mexico, and in 1914 a group of political activists from the middle and industrial classes who called themselves Constitutionalists overthrew Victoriano Huerta, who had taken power in a coup in 1913. In Mexico’s south, however, another group of revolutionaries banded together around the agrarian reformist Emiliano Zapata, while in the north Pancho Villa led a peasant rebellion in the state of Chihuahua, where 17 individuals owned 40 percent of the land. Gradually, though, Zapata’s and Villa’s followers lost ground against the more mainstream elements of the revolution, and although in the 1920s some agrarian reform was instituted, only in the state of Morelos, where Zapata was from, did peasants receive any grants of land.

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Blank 1: Constitutionalists

Blank 2: 17

Blank 3: Morelos

Following the United States’ victory in the Spanish-American War, Cuba was forced to accept the _______________ Amendment, which stipulated that the United States had the “right to intervene” in Cuba. This led to a standard by which American influence was exercised, with Nicaragua and Honduras occupied in 1912, Haiti in 1915, and _______________ from 1904 to 1907 and again in 1916. In Panama the United States supported a rebellion against the state in which Panama was a province—_______________—in return for the new government’s grant of a ten-mile-wide canal zone to be under American control. This system remained unaltered until 1979.

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Blank 1: Taft, Roosevelt, Platt

Blank 2: Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador

Blank 3: Columbia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Following the United States’ victory in the Spanish-American War, Cuba was forced to accept the Platt Amendment, which stipulated that the United States had the “right to intervene” in Cuba. This led to a standard by which American influence was exercised, with Nicaragua and Honduras occupied in 1912, Haiti in 1915, and the Dominican Republic from 1904 to 1907 and again in 1916. In Panama the United States supported a rebellion against the state in which Panama was a province— Columbia —in return for the new government’s grant of a ten-mile-wide canal zone to be under American control. This system remained unaltered until 1979.

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Blank 1: Platt

Blank 2: the Dominican Republic

Blank 3: Columbia

Which of the following are ways imperialism contributed to the growth and globalization of the world economy? Check all that apply.

Jute grown for use as soap and lubricants

Oil palm plantations established in West and Central Africa

Minerals mined in colonies for use in industrial and commercial production in Europe

Gutta-percha used for buildings and railroad ties

Oil palm plantations established in West and Central Africa

Minerals mined in colonies for use in industrial and commercial production in Europe

Which of the following describes one of the primary ways that the growth and globalization of the world economy affected the environment?

More efficient farming leads to regrowth of forests

Deforestation due to agricultural expansion

Replacement of permanent farms with slash-and-burn agriculture

Deforestation due to agricultural expansion

Which of the following describe ways in which imperialism and the globalization of the world economy affected labor and migration?  Check all that apply.

By 1870, 40,000 Africans, 500,000 Indians, and 18,000 Chinese had settled in British colonies.

Slavery remained legal in Cuba until 1886, but the increase in the cost of slaves led to the recruitment of 138,000 Chinese laborers between 1847 and 1873.

Sugar producers were given an exemption in Britain's 1834 law that emancipated slaves, due to the high value of the industry and its centrality to British trade.

After the end of slavery in most colonies, contracts of indenture became less common to use in setting terms of employment.

By 1870, 40,000 Africans, 500,000 Indians, and 18,000 Chinese had settled in British colonies.

Slavery remained legal in Cuba until 1886, but the increase in the cost of slaves led to the recruitment of 138,000 Chinese laborers between 1847 and 1873.

Industrialization and trade expanded rapidly between 1850 and 1900. Which of the following statements is accurate in regard to how nineteenth-century technologies and/or industries altered the world economy in this period?

Between 1850 and 1900, Great Britain's industrial might was matched and eventually surpassed, but it retained its dominance as a center of trade, finance, and information.

Great Britain was primarily an industrial power between 1850 and 1900, with its financial sector lagging behind Germany and the United States.

Great Britain had great industrial and financial power, but struggled between 1850 and 1900 in the area of communication, as France controlled two-thirds of the submarine cables.

Between 1850 and 1900, Great Britain's industrial might was matched and eventually surpassed, but it retained its dominance as a center of trade, finance, and information.

Which of the following were technologies and/or industries that came to prominence between 1850 and 1900? Check all that apply.

Airplanes

Submarine telegraph cables

Dynamite

Electricity

Submarine telegraph cables

Dynamite

Electricity

True or False: Between 1850 and 1900, nonindustrialized regions of the world were more vulnerable to the changes in price and demand than the industrialized regions.

True

False

True

Which of the following was NOT a technology and/or industry that came to prominence between 1850 and 1900? 

Airplanes

Submarine telegraph cables

Dynamite

Electricity

Airplanes