Chapter 5 Self-Quiz

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. Looking at Map 5.1, inset, which of these was the focus of the voyages of Zheng He?

Indian Ocean correct incorrect

China Sea correct incorrect

Indian Ocean correct incorrect

Yellow Sea correct incorrect

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. Which of these ended the voyages of Zheng He?

the death of Zheng He correct incorrect

an imperial decision correct incorrect

opposition by neighboring rulers correct incorrect

the failure of the latest voyage correct incorrect

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. Which of these usurped the power of the emperors in the late Ming period?

court eunuchs correct incorrect

empresses correct incorrect

Grand Secretariat correct incorrect

foreign missionaries correct incorrect

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. The Manchu rulers came to rule in China after they were ________.

successful in conquering the Jurchen correct incorrect

invited in to put down a rebelleion correct incorrect

put in charge of the Chinese armed forces correct incorrect

pushed north of the Great Wall correct incorrect

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. Like the Yuan rulers, the Qing emperors ________.

were ethnic Han rulers correct incorrect

restored traditional Confucian rule correct incorrect

represented a small ethnic minority correct incorrect

made China part of a larger empire correct incorrect

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. Which of these led China to the Treaty of Nerchinsk?

the voyages of Zheng He correct incorrect

the growing power of Japan correct incorrect

the threat of a powerful northern enemy correct incorrect

a series of uprisings in China correct incorrect

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. "Factories" were ________.

centers of foreign industrialization correct incorrect

the rights of foreigners to trade on Chinese soil correct incorrect

early Chinese efforts to industrialize correct incorrect

enclaves of foreign merchants correct incorrect

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. Which of these regions gave rise to the White Lotus rebellion?

central China correct incorrect

coastal regions correct incorrect

along the great wall correct incorrect

the northwest frontier correct incorrect

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. Lord Macartney was sent to China to ________.

gain permission for the opium trade correct incorrect

improve trade for British merchants correct incorrect

ally with China against Japan correct incorrect

establish Christian missions correct incorrect

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. Which of these perceived problems drove Western commercial efforts in China in the 1800s?

a drain of silver from Europe to China correct incorrect

Chinese smuggling into Europe correct incorrect

Chinese piracy correct incorrect

abuses of the tribute system correct incorrect

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. The period of "national humiliation" refers to a period in which ________.

Japan slowly conquered Korea correct incorrect

leadership of East Asian affairs was taken over by Taiwan correct incorrect

China lost much of its autonomy correct incorrect

the British lost to the French in foreign trade correct incorrect

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. Britain first gained ground in China commercially by ________.

a series of treaties correct incorrect

an alliance with the French correct incorrect

force correct incorrect

subtle use of Jesuit missionaries correct incorrect

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. Which of these was the deadliest civil war in history?

the Taiping rebellion correct incorrect

the Manchu takeover correct incorrect

the White Lotus rebellion correct incorrect

the self-strengthening movement correct incorrect

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. The Second Opium War involved what three countries?

France, Britain, China correct incorrect

China, Britain, Japan correct incorrect

Japan, Korea, China correct incorrect

China, Russia, Britain correct incorrect

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. The so-called "Great Game" brought China into indirect conflict with other empires along it's ________ border.

northern correct incorrect

eastern correct incorrect

southern correct incorrect

western correct incorrect

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. Which of these came to control most of mainland Southeast Asia from the mid-nineteenth century?

Portugal correct incorrect

the Netherlands correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

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. Which of these best describes the Treaty of Shimonoseki?

inconclusive correct incorrect

a partial Chinese victory correct incorrect

a Japanese triumph correct incorrect

a joint victory for Japan and Britain correct incorrect

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. In the cartoon "Carving up China," which of these does not have a seat at the table.

Japan correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Germany correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

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. In theory, the high-level equilibrium trap kept China from ________.

expanding correct incorrect

industrializing correct incorrect

preventing foreign intervention correct incorrect

investing overseas correct incorrect

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. The Han Learning Movement focused on the study of ________ texts.

Confucian correct incorrect

Dao religious correct incorrect

Buddhist correct incorrect

Western scientific correct incorrect