Question

Which event most directly led to the Meiji Restoration?
a. Sakoku
b. Ansei great earthquakes
c. Shinto
d. Boshin War

Answer 1

How are the impacts of British and American imperialism still visible in Asia today?
a. Korea is still an imperial territory of Japan
b. Japan still holds imperial power in Hong Kong
c. Hong Kong and Japan both still show the political influences of imperialism
d. China has adopted Western culture

Answer 2

Why did the Hundred Days of Reform fail during the QING Dynasty?
a. the inability of Chinese citizens to communicate with each other due to different dialects
b. opposition by Emperor Guangxu leading to the persecution of liberal reforms
c. The defeat of China during the first Sino-Japanese War
d. opposition by conservative political elites who saw the reforms as a threat to their power

Answer 3

Which imperial power occupied Egypt in 1882 because of debt incurred from building the Suez Canal?
a. the U.S.
b. France
c. Belgium
d. Great Britain

Answer 4

Draw a conclusion about the role of war in uniting Japan.
a. war untied Japan and allowed it to take over Korea. This made it an empire
b. war untied Japan but did not allow it to take over korea
c. war had no role in uniting japan
d. war united japan and allowed it to take over korea, but this did not make it an empire

Answer 5

which of the following characteristics correctly identify a nation-state as a nation-state?
a. a nation-state is identified by politics, culture, and economics
b. a nation-state is identified by politics and culture
c. a nation-state is identified by culture and economics
d. a nation-state is identified by politics and economics

Answer 6

why did missionaries attempt to align indigenous gods with Catholic religious icons?
a. missionaries avoided any support or use of indigenous cultural beliefs
b. it demonstrated the inadequacy of Catholic religious doctrine
c. It made Catholicism seem more familiar and the conversion process easier for indigenous peoples
d. it allowed indigenous peoples to continue practicing their religion but pretend to convert to catholicism

Answer 7

which of the following ranges best identifies the amount of wealth that the british empire extracted from india?
a. 40 to 50 billion
b. 20 to 30 trillion
c. 5 to 15 trillion
d. 40 to 50 trillion

Answer 8

how were the british able to maintain their power over the zulu following the zulu war?
a. through uniting the zulu kingdom
b. through their income taxes
c. through their oppressive policies
d. through their military superiority

Answer 9

How did the commercialization of agriculture affect India's economy?
a. It increased famines
b. it widened income inequality
c. it led to artisans becoming unemployed
d. healthcare and education were underdeveloped

Answer 10

Which of the following correctly identifies the ancient greek who created the academy thought to be europe's first university?
a. pythagoras
b. archimedes
c. plato
d. socrates

Answer 11

who was the Socrates's student?
a. archimedes
b. aristotle
c. pythagoras
d. Plato

Answer 12

which of the following explains how discovering the cause of malaria has impacted the African continent?
a. it has led to the creation of a vaccine for the disease
b. it has led to the eradication of the disease
c. it has led to a cure for the disease
d. it has led to the creation of methods to prevent the disease

Answer 13

Which of these is an example of how Louis XIV's absolute power was limited?
a. his establishment of a standing army for the first time
b. his entertainment and observation of the nobility
c. his reliance on Jean-Baptiste Colbert to make reforms for him
d. his expansion of the state bureaucracy

Answer 14

d. Boshin War

Answer 15

c. Hong Kong and Japan both still show the political influences of imperialism

Answer 16

d. opposition by conservative political elites who saw the reforms as a threat to their power

Answer 17

d. Great Britain

Answer 18

a. war united Japan and allowed it to take over Korea, making it an empire

Answer 19

a. A nation-state is identified by politics, culture, and economics.

Answer 20

c. It made Catholicism seem more familiar and the conversion process easier for indigenous peoples

Answer 21

c. 5 to 15 trillion

Answer 22

d. through their military superiority

Answer 23

a. It increased famines

Answer 24

c. Plato

Answer 25

d. Plato

Answer 26

d. it has led to the creation of methods to prevent the disease

Answer 27

c. his reliance on Jean-Baptiste Colbert to make reforms for him