Deck 10: Historical Events in China and Beyond

Question 1

The Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) ended by the humiliating treaty of ………….in 1895.

A)paris
B)shimonoseki
C)boxer
D)leipzig

Answer 1

shimonoseki

Question 2

By 1898, …………………had seized Kiaochow from China

A)china
B)germany
C)japan
D)america

Answer 2

germany

Question 3

Ever since the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864), Manchu dynasty's political power had been decentralized in……………….

A)china
B)germany
C)italy
D)russia

Answer 3

china

Question 4

Boxer Uprising / Movement (1900) were in ……………

A)china
B)germany
C)japan
D)spain

Question 5

From 1895 to 1898, Shantung was under the rule of Governor ……………..who secretly encouraged the Boxers to attack Christian missionaries.

A)li ping-heng
B)yuan shih-k\ai
C)chang chih-tung
D)k'ang yu-wei

Question 6

In 1899, ……………, the new Shantung governor, gave active support to the Boxer Movement.

A)yu-hsien
B)kuang-hsu
C)dowager tz\u-hsi
D)theodore roosevelt

Question 7

In May………………, the Empress Dowager asked the Boxers to enter Peking to show her their magical kung-fu.

A)1900
B)1905
C)1908
D)1911

Question 8

The Empress Tz'u-hsi fled ……………..for Xian

A)peking
B)fukien
C)hunan
D)shensi

Question 9

Taiwan was ceded to ………….in 1895.

A)japan
B)hungary
C)china
D)germany

Question 10

In 1903, Huang Hsing, who was an overseas student from the province of……………, set up a revolutionary organization there to work for the overthrow of the Ch'ing dynasty.

A)hungary
B)hunan
C)peking
D)shensi

Question 11

In 1904, Huang Hsing was forced to escape to Japan, where he met ………………

A)sun yat-sen
B)liang ch\i-ch\ao
C)k\ang yu-wei
D)yuanshikai

Question 12

In 1903, overseas students formed a "Resist-Russia-Volunteer Corps" for the purpose of defending China against the Russian aggression in……………...

A)manchuria
B)hong kong
C)hungary
D)peking

Question 13

Sun Yat-sen was born in a village near ………….in 1866.

A)kiangsi
B)hong kong
C)hungary
D)canton

Question 14

At the age of 13, Sun-yat-sen was sent to ……………to join his elder brother who had started a successful business overseas.

A)taiwan
B)hong kong
C)hungary
D)hawaii

Question 15

Hsing-chung hui was formed by …………….

A)yuan shih-k\ai
B)li hung-chang
C)kuang-hsu
D)sun yat-sen

Question 16

Wuhan Uprising was in October……………….

A)1811
B)1821
C)1901
D)1911

Question 17

Immediately after the Wuhan Uprising in October,1911 in a last attempt to save itself, the Manchu court recalled………….., who had been forced to retire since 1908.

A)yuan shih-k\ai
B)lloyd george
C)theodore roosevelt
D)sun yat-sen

Question 18

The end of the Ch'ing dynasty was in February ……………..

A)1812
B)1832
C)1843
D)1912

Question 19

On February 12, 1912, under …………..pressure, the Manchu court announced its abdication.

A)mao's
B)chiang kai-shek's
C)sun yat-sen's
D)yuan\s

Question 20

During 1894-95, the Sino-Japanese War took place, resulting in the victory of ……over China.

A)spain
B)china
C)russia
D)japan

Question 21

In…………., the Russian Revolution transformed the ancient Tsarist autocracy into a Constitutional Monarchy.

A)1805
B)1875
C)1892
D)1905

Question 22

The "young Turks" under the leadership of…………………….., the father of modern Turkey, carried out a revolution in the Ottoman Empire in 1908-1909.

A)mustapha kemal ataturk pasha
B)theodore roosevelt
C)lloyd george
D)william iii

Question 23

Who was the father of modern Turkey?

A)mustapha kemal ataturk pasha
B)lloyd george
C)theodore roosevelt
D)james i

Question 24

In 1911, ………….seized the Ottoman provinces of Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

A)italy
B)austria
C)hungary
D)russia

Question 25

First World War, which started in the year ……….

A)1904
B)1912
C)1914
D)1918