Which event most directly led to the Meiji Restoration?
a. Sakoku
b. Ansei great earthquakes
c. Shinto
d. Boshin War
Why did the Hundred Days of Reform fail during the QING Dynasty?
a. the inability of Chinese citizens to communicate with each other due to different dialects
b. opposition by Emperor Guangxu leading to the persecution of liberal reforms
c. The defeat of China during the first Sino-Japanese War
d. opposition by conservative political elites who saw the reforms as a threat to their power
d. Boshin War
How are the impacts of British and American imperialism still visible in Asia today?
a. Korea is still an imperial territory of Japan
b. Japan still holds imperial power in Hong Kong
c. Hong Kong and Japan both still show the political influences of imperialism
d. China has adopted Western culture
c. Hong Kong and Japan both still show the political influences of imperialism
d. opposition by conservative political elites who saw the reforms as a threat to their power
Which imperial power occupied Egypt in 1882 because of debt incurred from building the Suez Canal?
a. the U.S.
b. France
c. Belgium
d. Great Britain
d. Great Britain
Draw a conclusion about the role of war in uniting Japan.
a. war untied Japan and allowed it to take over Korea. This made it an empire
b. war untied Japan but did not allow it to take over korea
c. war had no role in uniting japan
d. war united japan and allowed it to take over korea, but this did not make it an empire
a. war united Japan and allowed it to take over Korea, making it an empire
which of the following characteristics correctly identify a nation-state as a nation-state?
a. a nation-state is identified by politics, culture, and economics
b. a nation-state is identified by politics and culture
c. a nation-state is identified by culture and economics
d. a nation-state is identified by politics and economics