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Which of the following was a technique used by Tokugawa shogunate to reign in the power of powerful feudal nobles known as the daimyo between 1600 and 1850?

They enforced a strict centralized law code.

They used a powerful professional military known as the Janissaries to enforce the peace.

When a daimyo travelled back to the region that he controlled, the shogun required him to leave his family behind in the capital.

They banned the daimyo from maintaining residences in Edo the country's capital, effectively cutting them off from the sources of power and patronage.

When a daimyo travelled back to the region that he controlled, the shogun required him to leave his family behind in the capital.

(These family members served almost as hostages ensuring good behavior from the daimyo when he was outside the direct oversight of the shogun.)

In what country did militias known as "Boxers" kill numerous Europeans and Christian converts, besides besieging foreign embassies in the capital?

Iran

Japan

the Ottoman Empire

China

China
(In China, the Boxer Rebellion killed hundreds of foreigners and Christian converts, provoking an armed reaction from the West.)

How was Japan's relationship to the larger world affected by its modernization at the turn of the twentieth century?

Despite its successes, westerners refused to accept Japan as an equal.

Western powers, alarmed by Japan's success, cut their economic ties to the newly-industrialized state.

Western powers saw Japan as a military competitor.

Despite its successes in fending off western aggression, Japan was seen as just another predator power by other subject peoples in Eurasia.

Western powers saw Japan as a military competitor.
(Japan's dramatic rise left western powers concerned about their interests in Asia. Japan was viewed as an economic, political and military competitor.)

How devastating was the Taiping conflict relative to other nineteenth-century conflicts in the world?

It was a medium-scale affair.

It was ultimately a minor clash.

It caused the largest loss of life of any conflict in the nineteenth century.

It was the worst conflict in Asia during the nineteenth century.

It caused the largest loss of life of any conflict in the nineteenth century.
(The Taiping Uprising caused the deaths of 20-30 million Chinese, the worst conflict the world would see until WWI.)

Following the collapse of the Chinese Empire Confucianism

declined but has made a comeback in the past several decades.

disappeared altogether from China but survived in Japan.

was embraced by the new Communist rulers in an effort to foster a Chinese national identity.

became a form of Christianity following the Taiping uprising.

declined but has made a comeback in the past several decades.
(Recent reforms in China have resulted in a growing influence for Confucianism.)

Which of the following statements accurately describes China's Taiping Uprising (1850-1864)?

It was a Confucian uprising whose goal was to re-establish traditional Chinese ways.

It was a modest revolt that primarily sought tax relief for peasants.

It was a radical rebellion influenced by a unique form of Christianity.

It was a rebellion inspired by foreign socialist agitators hoping to destroy China's traditional government in favor of Marxism.

It was a radical rebellion influenced by a unique form of Christianity.
(The Taiping's founder believed himself to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ; he and his followers sought a revolutionary overthrow of traditional Chinese life.)

The agreements by which the Ottoman Empire was forced to grant legal and tax exemptions to westerners were known as

capitulations.

free trade agreements.

unequal treaties.

Tanzimat.

capitulations.
(The Ottoman Empire's humiliating agreements were usually called capitulations, since it was generally recognized that they were being forced to give in.)

What lay behind the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century?

An agreement among Europe's Great Powers divided up the Ottoman Empire without going to war with each other.

Elite Christian Janissary troops defected to the western powers.

Provincial authorities and local warlords gained increasing power within the Ottoman Empire.

There was massive social unrest that from rapid industrialization

Provincial authorities and local warlords gained increasing power within the Ottoman Empire.
(Provincial authorities and local warlords did gain greater power in relation to the central Ottoman state.)

Which of the following was a factor in the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire?

The Boxer Rebellion in Anatolia.

The refusal of Janissary troops to fight against Christians.

The pacifist form of Islam that took root at the Ottoman imperial court.

Nationalist movements in Greece and Serbia.

Nationalist movements in Greece and Serbia.
(Nationalist movements in Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania with the support of the British and Russians allowed these regions to secure their independence from the empire.)

Which of the following steps did China take toward modernization in the nineteenth century?

China eagerly adopted western industrial techniques, but not other elements of western modernity.

China adopted a policy of conservative modernization that borrowed cautiously from the West while supporting traditional Chinese values.

China adopted a policy of radical modernization that embraced everything the West had to offer.

China rejected all modernization as un-Chinese.

China adopted a policy of conservative modernization that borrowed cautiously from the West while supporting traditional Chinese values.
(China adopted some western ways in an effort to defend itself from western imperialists, but continued to affirm traditional Chinese ways.)

Which of the following was an important feature of the Meiji restoration's effort to centralize the government?

The renewal of the traditional samurai military elite through the creation of a national army in which only samurai could serve.

Traditional Confucian social distinctions were used to promote a model society in service to the state.

The appointing of traditional local lords as royal governors of their home territories, effectively keeping the traditional provincial government.

A nationwide economy was promoted through measures that removed limitations on trade and travel.

A nationwide economy was promoted through measures that removed limitations on trade and travel.
(A nationwide economy was promoted which came to parallel the centralized state.)

Which of the following distinguished the collapse of the Ottoman Empire from that of the Chinese Empire in the early twentieth century?

Soviet Communism had a powerful impact on the new Turkish state while China returned to Confucian principles.

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire led to the establishment of a number of smaller nation states, while in China a new state emerged that encompassed largely the same territories.

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire was permanent; the Qing Dynasty was able to reestablish itself in China in the 1940s.

Encroachments by the West played a role the collapse of the Ottoman Empire but not the Chinese Empire.

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire led to the establishment of a number of smaller nation states, while in China a new state emerged that encompassed largely the same territories.
(The collapse of the Ottoman Empire led to the fragmentation of the empire into a number of nation states with the heartland of Anatolia becoming Turkey.)

Commodore Perry in 1853 demanded that the Tokugawa shogunate

allow the export of opium produced in the kingdom to China on U.S. ships.

protect Japan's significant Christian minority from persecution.

allow American ships to refuel and buy provisions in Japan.

place American advisers in positions of authority at the shogunate's court.

allow American ships to refuel and buy provisions in Japan.
(Perry made this demand along with the demand that Japanese ports be opened for trade.)

Which of the following was a distinctive feature of the Meiji reforms of Japan?

Travel and trade restrictions were imposed to prevent rebellions.

Girls were included in plans for a new universal education system.

Special privileges were given to a new merchant elite.

A ban on western dances and clothing as immoral.

Girls were included in plans for a new universal education system.
(Girls were included in plans for a universal education system, but with a gender specific curriculum and schools segregated by sex.)

What lay behind the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century?

Wars of expansion in the early nineteenth century substantially increased the size of the empire but left the Ottoman state overstretched and bankrupt.

The defection of elite Christian Janissary troops to the western powers.

An agreement among Europe's Great Powers to divide up the Ottoman Empire without going to war with each other.

Growing indebtedness of the Ottoman Empire to western creditors.

Growing indebtedness of the Ottoman Empire to western creditors.
(The Ottoman Empire did grow increasingly indebted to western creditors. Its inability to pay the interest on those debts led to foreign control of much of its revenue generating system.)

What is the scornful title that western commentators gave to the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century?

"The Weak Man of Asia"

"The Strong Sword of Islam"

"The Land that Time Forgot"

"The Sick Man of Europe"

"The Sick Man of Europe"
(European commentators dubbed the Ottoman Empire the "sick man of Europe" as its government weakened in the face of both internal and external pressures.)

Which of the following was a factor in creating China's internal crisis in the nineteenth century?

Major epidemics led to population decline

The withdrawal of European powers from the Chinese mainland in the first half of the nineteenth century left a power vacuum and social disorder.

The decision by China's government to renounce imperial expansion stopped the kingdom from securing essential resources.

European economic penetration disrupted internal trade routes in China.

European economic penetration disrupted internal trade routes in China.
(European military pressure and economic penetration during the first half of the nineteenth century disrupted internal trade routes, created substantial unemployment and raised peasant taxes.)

Which of the following was a factor in creating China's internal crisis in the nineteenth century?

China's internal expansion to the west and south failed to generate wealth and resources comparable to Europe's overseas empires.

Major epidemics led to population decline

An overly strong central bureaucracy stifled innovation and economic development

The withdrawal of European powers from the Chinese mainland in the first half of the nineteenth century left a power vacuum and social disorder.

China's internal expansion to the west and south failed to generate wealth and resources comparable to Europe's overseas empires.
(China's internal expansion to the west and south failed to generate anything like the resources derived from Europe's overseas empires.)

How was Japan's relationship to the larger world affected by its modernization at the turn of the twentieth century?

The U.S., alarmed by Japan's growing power, launched a war against it.

Despite its successes, westerners refused to accept Japan as an equal.

Japan was accepted as a Great Power by the states of Europe.

Western powers, alarmed by Japan's success, cut their economic ties to the newly industrialized state.

Japan was accepted as a Great Power by the states of Europe.
(Unique among non-western states, Japan was accepted as a Great Power and even took over colonies of its own.)

How was Japan's relationship to the larger world affected by its modernization at the turn of the twentieth century?

Western powers, alarmed by Japan's success, cut their economic ties to the newly-industrialized state.

The United States, alarmed by Japan's growing power, launched a war against it.

While westerners recognized Japan's economic strength, they refused to accept that it had become a military power.

Japan was seen by some as a potential liberator from western domination.

Japan was seen by some as a potential liberator from western domination.
(Some did see Japan as a source of inspiration and even a potential liberator from western colonial domination as can be seen in the plea by Indonesian Muslims from Aceh for Japanese help in overthrowing the Dutch colonial regime in the region.)

Which of the following is true of the experience of women during the Meiji restoration?

The suffrage movement led by Kishida Toshiko won women in cities a limited right to vote.

Women were largely excluded from the new industrial jobs which were reserved by law for men.

Girls were educated alongside boys as it was believed that a shared curriculum would lead to a stronger society.

The 1898 Civil Code placed wives in the category of those who could not undertake any legal action on their own.

The 1898 Civil Code placed wives in the category of those who could not undertake any legal action on their own.
(The Civil Code accorded absolute authority to the male head of the family.)

Which of the following is true of the opium consumed in China during the nineteenth century?

It was largely produced by Arab traders.

It was produced in China for export, but was diverted into the local market.

Much of it was grown and processed in India.

It was much sought after by British and American traders who sought Chinese opium for export back to their own countries.

Much of it was grown and processed in India.
(From the late eighteenth century, the British grew and processed opium in India for export to China in an effort to cover their persistent trade imbalance with that kingdom.)

Which of the following was a factor in creating China's internal crisis in the nineteenth century?

Massive wars with its neighbors depleted China's army and tax base

Corruption among provincial officials made government less effective.

An overly strong central bureaucracy that stifled innovation and economic development

The power vacuum created by the decline of European military and economic influence

Corruption among provincial officials made government less effective.
(Endemic corruption along with harsh treatment of peasants by local officials and landlords undermined the Chinese government.)

What distinguished the Japanese Empire from its western counterparts?

The Japanese expelled indigenous populations from their colonial possessions as they viewed non-Japanese populations as a threat to national unity and identity.

The Japanese were less brutal rulers.

The rise of the Japanese Empire elicited admiration from some people suffering under colonial regimes.

The Japanese seized colonial territories with the intention of spurring their modernization and ultimate emergence as independent allied states.

The rise of the Japanese Empire elicited admiration from some people suffering under colonial regimes.
(The rise of Japan generated widespread admiration among those who saw Japan as a model for their own modern development and perhaps as an ally in the struggle against imperialism.)

Which of the following was a factor in the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire?

An agreement among Europe's Great Powers to divide up the Ottoman Empire without going to war with each other.

The rise of a rival caliphate in Anatolia that overthrew the Ottoman Empire as the premier power in the Islamic world.

The pacifist form of Islam that took root at the Ottoman imperial court.

European sea routes undermined the centrality of Ottoman and Arab lands in Afro-Eurasian commerce.

European sea routes undermined the centrality of Ottoman and Arab lands in Afro-Eurasian commerce.
(Direct oceanic access to the treasures of Asia made the land trading routes across Eurasia, which were largely in the hands of the Ottomans, uncompetitive.)

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