Unit 3: The New Age in Asia - 3.09 Quiz

Unit 3: The New Age in Asia - 3.09 Quiz

1. Question : Which of the following words means "the policy or action by which one nation controls another country or territory"?

Student Answer: imperialism industrialism nationalism communism

2. Question : Which of the following was a reason why most industrialized nations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries competed for overseas colonies?

Student Answer: They needed places where they could export their natural resources. They needed new lands for their growing populations. They wanted to learn about the religions of other cultures. They needed new markets where they could sell their manufactured goods.

3. Question : Around 1900, the British Empire ruled almost __________ of the land surface of the globe.

Student Answer: one-tenth one-eighth one-fourth half

4. Question : Which of the following words means "loyalty and devotion to one's nation; competitiveness toward other nations"?

Student Answer: imperialism industrialism nationalism favoritism

5. Question : Which of the following was an effect of the Opium Wars on China?

Student Answer: More Chinese ports were opened to foreign trade. China kept control of Hong Kong. Britain stopped importing opium to China. Britain took control of China as a colony.

6. Question : After the Sino-Japanese War, China __________.

Student Answer: regained control of Korea and returned to its isolationist past lost even more control of its own affairs to Western imperial powers lost five of its ports to the United States became an imperial power and closed its ports to trade with the West

7. Question : In the late 1800s, Sun Yat-sen __________.

Student Answer: urged the Chinese government to return to its past argued that China should adopt all the values and ideas of the West overturned the Qing government and became China's dictator formed a society to expel the Manchus and establish a republic

8. Question : The anger and frustration that the Chinese felt toward foreigners in their country resulted in __________.

Student Answer: an uprising called the Boxer Rebellion, which led to further occupation by Western powers a coup d'etat, in which the Empress Dowager was overthrown by the Revive China Society a war with Japan, in which Manchuria was returned to China an uprising called the Revive China Rebellion, which led to the expulsion of foreigners

9. Question : What role did Sun Yat-sen play in helping to bring about the Chinese Revolution?

Student Answer: He traveled the globe, seeking support for a republican revolution in China. He led Chinese armies in battles against Japanese and Russian forces. He overthrew the Qing government and established a republican form of government. He built up a strong navy and army after studying the militaries of Western nations.

10. Question : What was the cause of the armed conflict between Great Britain and China in 1840 that was focused around the port of Canton?

Student Answer: Great Britain attempted to make all of China a British colony. The Empress Dowager began the One Hundred Days of Reform. Chinese peasants massacred Western missionaries, journalists, and diplomats. Great Britain refused to stop selling opium in China.