Deck 20: A: Empires in Collision Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia 1800-1914

Question 1

Which of the following reflects a policy proposed during the Hundred Days of Reform in 1898 (Source 19.2)?

A) "For the court to use poetry,rhyme-prose,and fine script as the criteria for passing or failing the examinations for men of ability ...."
B) "...an independent branch expressly responsible for civil service examinations."
C) "...[W]e must establish elementary and high schools,colleges and universities,in accordance with those of foreign countries...."
D) "...to create a constitutional democratic political system ...."

Answer 1

"...[W]e must establish elementary and high schools,colleges and universities,in accordance with those of foreign countries...."

Question 2

In Source 19.4 in the textbook,the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen urged fellow Chinese 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?

A) Through a radical redistribution of land
B) Through the process of land valuation
C) Through class struggle
D) Through foreign aid

Answer 2

Through the process of land valuation

Question 3

Which of the following statements in Source 19.3 in the textbook reflects the Chinese female revolutionary Qiu Jin's argument for a greater role for women in public life?

A) "All of you are aware that we are about to lose our country.Men can scarcely protect themselves.How can we rely on them? We must revitalize ourselves."
B) "Some men go as far as killing baby girls while most hold the opinion that 'girls are eventually someone else's property' and treat them with coldness and disdain."
C) "It seems clear now that it was we women who abandoned our responsibilities to ourselves and felt content to let men do everything for us."
D) "When Heaven created people it never intended such injustice because if the world is without women,how can men be born?"

Answer 3

"All of you are aware that we are about to lose our country.Men can scarcely protect themselves.How can we rely on them? We must revitalize ourselves."

Question 4

In his 1898 memorial to the Chinese emperor in Source 19.1 in the textbook,where does Kang Youwei suggest China look for models for its own reforms?

A) Japan
B) The United States
C) France
D) Britain

Question 5

What does the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen identify in Source 19.4 in the textbook as "the root of nationalism" for China?

A) The Confucian tradition
B) Shared political ideals
C) Chinese ancestral institutions
D) Ethnic identity as Han Chinese