Deck 9: From Reform to Revolution: China From 1895 to the Present, Part I

Question 1

Which of these opposed the Hundred Days' Reform program

A) Emperor Guangxu
B) the Boxers
C) the Eight Nations Alliance
D) Dowager Empress Cixi

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The "race for concessions" represented a(n) ________ compared to nineteenth century developments.

A) change in direction
B) reversal
C) escalation
D) continuation

Answer 2

C

Question 3

-Looking at Map 9.1, in what are did China retain its autonomy?

A) its old heartland
B) coastal areas
C) along the Yangzi
D) in the east

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Eight Nations Alliance was formed to ________.

A) protect foreign interests in China
B) support the Chinese government
C) push Japan out of Manchukuo
D) resolve the Chinese civil war

Question 5

In the wake of the Boxer wars the Hundred Days' Reform was ________.

A) completed
B) revived
C) ended
D) reversed

Question 6

By 1895, Sun Yat-sen's goal had become ________.

A) creating a constitutional monarchy
B) the spread of communism
C) overthrowing the Qing
D) alliance with the Guomindang

Question 7

Which of these was a military leader under the Qing but switched sides to lead the new Chinese republic?

A) Mao Zedong
B) Chiag Kai-shek
C) Sun Yat-sen
D) Yuan Shikai

Question 8

The Twenty-One Demands was an expression of ________ power in China.

A) Western
B) German
C) Guomindang
D) Japanese

Question 9

Around 1918 Sun Yat-sen controlled ________.

A) the region around Ghuangzhong
B) the Yellow River Valley
C) most of China
D) the northern half of China

Question 10

Which of these best describe China in the decade following World War I?

A) unification under a Guomindang-Communist alliance
B) steady Communist expansion and dominance
C) restoration of the Qing
D) division under warlords

Question 11

The League of Nations, with regards to China, ________ the principle of self-determination.

A) strictly upheld
B) condemned
C) ignored
D) broadly followed

Question 12

Which of these precursors to a classic communist revolt was missing in China?

A) a scholarly class
B) capitalism
C) urbanization
D) commercial agriculture

Question 13

It is most correct to say that the Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party ________.

A) were at war from their beginnings
B) allied to counter foreign threats
C) continued their war in spite of Japanese invasion
D) merged in the face of Japanese invasion

Question 14

The culmination of the Northern Expedition represented a ________ Guomindang victory.

A) enduring, complete
B) enduring, partial
C) temporary, partial
D) temporary, complete

Question 15

The target of the "Total Encirclement" campaign was ________.

A) the Japanese forces in China
B) Mao Zedong and his followers
C) the warlords
D) the Guomindang's base

Question 16

What led to the Long March?

A) Guomindang pursuit
B) an attempt to rally China to the Communist cause
C) eliminating the power of the warlords
D) the goal of uniting China

Question 17

In general, Japanese actions in World War II ________ the Communist Party in China.

A) weakened
B) divided
C) supported
D) strengthened

Question 18

-The historical development captured in "Mao and Chiang" was ________.

A) enduring
B) a sham
C) short lived
D) disastrous

Question 19

U.S. policy following World War II meant that it would ________ support the CCP.

A) provisionally
B) refuse to
C) wholeheartedly
D) reluctantly

Question 20

Which of these was a prominent female writer of the early 1900s?

A) Ding Ling
B) Kang Youwei
C) Lao She
D) Liang Qichao