Chapter 11 AP World

what was the significance of the opium trade in China in the 19th century?

it reversed the trade imbalance in favor of Britain

how was the taiping uprising different from other peasant rebellions in China?

it's program included the abolition of private property

which of the following was a consequence of the taiping uprising?

the provincial gentry consolidated their power at the expense of the central state

in light of what was happening to China as depicted in map 19.1 in the textbook, which of the following phrases was used by many Chinese to describe their country during the 19th century?

"carved up like a melon"

which of the following reflects the goal of the policies introduced by the Chinese state in the 1860s and 1870s to address the problems facing China?

to reinvigorate China by selectively borrowing from the west

which of the following characterizes the goal of the Tanzimat reforms initiated by the ottoman leadership in the mid 19th century?

to establish the economic, social, and legal foundation for a strong centralized state

critics of industrialization who argue that the industrial revolution was a failure generally base the interpretation on which of the following criterion?

preservation of the environment

which of the following contributed to China's problem in the 19th century?

the state's failure to maintain floss control and public security

Islam retained a hold on it's civilization in the 20th century more firmly than Confucianism did in China because Islamic civilization

had many independent centers

which of the following was an anti-foreign movement that erupted in northern China at the turn of the 20th century and seriously weakened the Qing dynasty?

the boxer uprising

what was a result of the reform program launched by the Japanese leadership in the late 19th century?

a dramatic transformation of the social structure of Japan

what did the young Turks advocate?

a militantly secular Turkish national state

which of the following characterizes Japanese colonial policies in Taiwan and Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Japanese colonialism matched or exceeded the brutality of European colonialism

which of the following was a target for attack in the new nationalism that emerged in China at the turn of the 20th century?

the Qing dynasty

what could countries with a sphere of influence in China do within their respective spheres?

build railroads

the capitulations between European countries and the ottoman Empire were similar to

the unequal treaties between European countries and China

which of the following contributed to the contraction of the ottoman Empire in the 19th century?

nationalist-inspired independence movements in Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania

in what respect were Qing China and the ottoman Empire similar in the 19th century?

both were semi-colonies within the informal empires of Europe

how did Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 affect the ottoman Empire?

the ottoman Empire lost Egypt as a province

which of the following was a goal of the young ottomans?

the establishment of a European-style democratic, constitutional regime

in the 19th century, which group in the ottoman Empire advocated a program of radical secularization and modernization along European lines?

young Turks

which was the only country outside of Europe and North America to successfully launch it's own industrial revolution?

Japan

the many rules and regulations issued by the Tokugawa shogunate reflect it's goal to

freeze Japanese society in the interests of stability

which of the following developments during the Tokugawa era provided a solid foundation for Japan's industrial growth in the 19th century?

the urbanization of Japanese society

which of the following reflects how Japanese society was changing during the Tokugawa era?

the participation of samurai in commerce

what did the United States expect to gain by sending a naval fleet to Japan in 1853?

the opening of Japanese ports for trade

how did the leadership that emerged after the Meiji restoration in Japan respond to the threat of Western imperialism?

they used western models to transform Japan

in what ways was Japan in a better position than China or the ottoman Empire in its encounter with western imperialism?

Japan was of less interest to the western powers

which of the following reflects the combination of foreign and Japanese elements of characteristic of Meiji reforms in the late 19th century?

the Meiji constitution

which of the following events established Japan as an economic, political, and military competitor in Asia?

the Russo-Japanese war

in his 1898 memorial to the Chinese emperor, where does Kang Youwei suggest China look for models for its own reforms?

Japan

which of the following reflects a policy proposed during the hundred days of reform in 1898?

"...we much establish elementary and high schools, colleges and universities, in accordance with those of foreign countries..."

which of the following statements reflects the Chinese female revolutionary Qiu Jin's argument for a greater role for women in public life?

"you must know that when a country is near destruction, women cannot rely on the men anymore because they aren't even able to protect themselves."

what does the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen identify as "the root of nationalism" for China?

ethnic identity as Han Chinese

the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen urged fellow Christian that "we must try to improve the economic structures of society so as to preclude a social revolution in the future." how did he propose to do this?

through the process of land valuation

the "black ships" depicted in visual source 19.1 represent which country?

the United States

what aspect of the painting of Japanese alone in visual source 19.2 reflects Japanese culture?

the scenery in the background

the cartoon drawn by Kobayashi Kiyochika in visual source 19.3 invokes which of the following to make its point?

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

in the image in visual source 19.4, the bearded man hovering at the top with his hands in the noise represents which country?

Russia

which of the visual sources is critical of the indiscriminate acceptance of western culture?

the cartoon by Kobayashi Kiyochika