Question 1

Chiang Kai-shek was originally a lieutenant under

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A)  General Yuan. 
B)  Mao Zedong. 
C)  the Kuomintang. 
D)  Empress Cixi. 
E)  Sun Yat-sen. 
A)  General Yuan. 
B)  Mao Zedong. 
C)  the Kuomintang. 
D)  Empress Cixi. 
E)  Sun Yat-sen. E

Question 2

Chiang's Kuomintang government proved to be

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A)  energetic, efficient, and democratic. 
B)  brutal and dictatorial. 
C)  puppets of and collaborators with Japan. 
D)  sympathetic to the impoverished population. 
E)  unable to hold together after its establishment on Taiwan. 
A)  energetic, efficient, and democratic. 
B)  brutal and dictatorial. 
C)  puppets of and collaborators with Japan. 
D)  sympathetic to the impoverished population. 
E)  unable to hold together after its establishment on Taiwan. B

Question 3

Mao's revolution relied heavily on the support of

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A)  the peasantry. 
B)  university intellectuals. 
C)  the mandarins. 
D)  the urban laborers. 
E)  the merchant class. 
A)  the peasantry. 
B)  university intellectuals. 
C)  the mandarins. 
D)  the urban laborers. 
E)  the merchant class. A

Question 4

The 1894-1895 war between China and Japan revolved around the control of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The 1894-1895 war between China and Japan...

Question 5

The Long March of 1934 involved

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A)  the retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan. 
B)  the march of the Japanese into Manchuria. 
C)  the communist migrating from the south to the north. 
D)  the march of the communist into Beijing victorious. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  the retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan. 
B)  the march of the Japanese into Manchuria. 
C)  the communist migrating from the south to the north. 
D)  the march of the communist into Beijing victorious. 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 6

One of the worst atrocities in China during World War II occurred in

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A)  Beijing. 
B)  Nanjing. 
C)  Shansi. 
D)  Canton. 
E)  Xia. 
A)  Beijing. 
B)  Nanjing. 
C)  Shansi. 
D)  Canton. 
E)  Xia.

Question 7

War between China and Japan began in 1931 with the latter's unprovoked attack on

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A)  Beijing. 
B)  Shensi. 
C)  Hong Kong. 
D)  Nanking. 
E)  Manchuria. 
A)  Beijing. 
B)  Shensi. 
C)  Hong Kong. 
D)  Nanking. 
E)  Manchuria.

Question 8

One traditional element that was not set aside by the Meiji reforms was

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A)  the existing feudal tax system. 
B)  the Shinto faith in a divine emperor. 
C)  the supreme power of the emperor in governmental affairs. 
D)  the privileged status of the samurai class. 
E)  the patterns of land ownership. 
A)  the existing feudal tax system. 
B)  the Shinto faith in a divine emperor. 
C)  the supreme power of the emperor in governmental affairs. 
D)  the privileged status of the samurai class. 
E)  the patterns of land ownership.

Question 9

This most aggressive and able of the lieutenants of the early Republic of China was

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A)  General Yuan. 
B)  Sun Yat-sen. 
C)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
D)  Kang Yu-wei. 
E)  Mao Zedong. 
A)  General Yuan. 
B)  Sun Yat-sen. 
C)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
D)  Kang Yu-wei. 
E)  Mao Zedong.

Question 10

The ____________________ began with Japan's invasion of ____________________ in China.

Accepted Answer

Sino-Japan

Question 11

Elaborate on the Meiji Restoration.How did the Japanese restore the emperor to power and at what cost?

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Answers would include a discussion of th

Question 12

The nation that forced Japan to end their policy of seclusion was

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A)  China. 
B)  The United States. 
C)  Great Britain. 
D)  France. 
E)  the Netherlands. 
A)  China. 
B)  The United States. 
C)  Great Britain. 
D)  France. 
E)  the Netherlands.

Question 13

All of the following made major gains under the Meiji Restoration EXCEPT

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A)  silk production. 
B)  rice production. 
C)  railroad production. 
D)  quasi-feudal dues. 
E)  None of the options are correct. 
A)  silk production. 
B)  rice production. 
C)  railroad production. 
D)  quasi-feudal dues. 
E)  None of the options are correct.

Question 14

In Southeast Asia,French colonial possessions were known collectively as ____________________.

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The answer of In Southeast Asia,French colonial possessions were known...

Question 15

Discuss the changes taking place in Southeast Asia.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discussion of in

Question 16

For the Japanese,the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was most significant for

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A)  giving them control of Korea. 
B)  giving them a chance to annex Siberia. 
C)  announcing to the world that Japan was now a major power. 
D)  getting back at the Russians for shaming them in a confrontation twenty years earlier. 
E)  giving them much needed capital from the reparations the Russians had to pay. 
A)  giving them control of Korea. 
B)  giving them a chance to annex Siberia. 
C)  announcing to the world that Japan was now a major power. 
D)  getting back at the Russians for shaming them in a confrontation twenty years earlier. 
E)  giving them much needed capital from the reparations the Russians had to pay.

Question 17

In 1949 the Kuomintang government and its supporters fled mainland China for

Accepted Answer

A)  Korea. 
B)  Japan. 
C)  Taiwan. 
D)  Hong Kong. 
E)  Hainan. 
A)  Korea. 
B)  Japan. 
C)  Taiwan. 
D)  Hong Kong. 
E)  Hainan.

Question 18

Discuss the development of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-Shek and the specific challenges he faced.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discus

Question 19

The best description of America's involvement in the Philippines in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish American War was

Accepted Answer

A)  benevolent acceptance of the Filipinos. 
B)  disdain for the Filipinos. 
C)  expedient liberation of the islands. 
D)  lengthy occupation of the islands. 
E)  abject denial of the problems there. 
A)  benevolent acceptance of the Filipinos. 
B)  disdain for the Filipinos. 
C)  expedient liberation of the islands. 
D)  lengthy occupation of the islands. 
E)  abject denial of the problems there.

Question 20

The ____________________ had taken Indonesia from the Portuguese and made a great deal of profit from the production of ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Dutch,coff

Exam 45: East Asia in a Century of Change

Chiang Kai-shek was originally a lieutenant under

Chiang's Kuomintang government proved to be

Mao's revolution relied heavily on the support of

The 1894-1895 war between China and Japan revolved around the control of ____________________.

The Long March of 1934 involved

One of the worst atrocities in China during World War II occurred in

War between China and Japan began in 1931 with the latter's unprovoked attack on

One traditional element that was not set aside by the Meiji reforms was

This most aggressive and able of the lieutenants of the early Republic of China was

The ____________________ began with Japan's invasion of ____________________ in China.

Elaborate on the Meiji Restoration.How did the Japanese restore the emperor to power and at what cost?

The nation that forced Japan to end their policy of seclusion was

All of the following made major gains under the Meiji Restoration EXCEPT

In Southeast Asia,French colonial possessions were known collectively as ____________________.

Discuss the changes taking place in Southeast Asia.

For the Japanese,the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was most significant for

In 1949 the Kuomintang government and its supporters fled mainland China for

Discuss the development of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-Shek and the specific challenges he faced.

The best description of America's involvement in the Philippines in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish American War was

The ____________________ had taken Indonesia from the Portuguese and made a great deal of profit from the production of ____________________ and ____________________.

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

India's Beginnings

Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Ancient China to 221 BCE

The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800-100 BCE

Rome from City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BCE-600 CE

Classical India

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa from Axum, to 1400

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

The European Middle Ages

The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance

A Larger World Opens

Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe

Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China from the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

The Early Industrial Revolution

Advanced Industrial Society

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America from Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: The Nazi State

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africa's Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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