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1. One reason for Japan’s rapid industrialization during the
Meiji Restoration was that Japan had
1) rejected Western ideas
2) used its access to the sea for fishing
3) relied on traditional isolationist policies
4) reformed its political and economic systems
2. What was a direct result of the Meiji Restoration in Japan?
1) Japan became a modern industrial nation.
2) The Tokugawa Shogunate seized control of the
government.
3) Russia signed a mutual trade agreement.
4) Japan stayed politically isolated.
3. In Japan, a major economic problem has been the lack of
1) natural resources
3) skilled labor
2) investment capital
4) experienced management
4. Meiji reformers of Japan and Peter the Great of Russia were
similar in that both emphasized
1) socialism
3) westernization
2) isolationism
4) democratization
5. What was one effect of the Russo-Japanese War
(1904–1905)?
1) Japan emerged as a major world power.
2) Korea gained its independence.
3) Czar Nicholas II gained power in Russia.
4) Russia formed a military alliance with Japan.
6. What was an important development during the Meiji
Period in Japan?
1) Christian missionaries were banned.
2) Direct democracy was instituted.
3) Japan adapted Western models of industrialization.
4) Shoguns increased their power.
7. During the Meiji Restoration, Japan’s leaders focused on
1) isolating Japan from the influence of foreign ideas
2) existing peacefully with their Asian neighbors
3) increasing the Emperor’s power by returning Japan to
a feudal political system
4) modernizing Japan’s economy to compete with
Western nations
8. The modernization of Japan during the Meiji
Restoration resulted in
1) a return to a feudal system of government
2) the rise of Japan as an imperialistic nation
3) an alliance between China, Korea, Russia, and Japan
4) a strengthening of Japan's isolationist policies
9. In Japan, the Meiji Restoration resulted in the
1) division of the nation between the European powers
2) modernization of the nation's industry
3) abolition of the position of emperor
4) government being controlled by the samurai
Period:___________________
Base your answers to questions 10 and 11 on for the information
below.
. . . "From the beginning," says Marquis Ito, "we realized fully
how necessary it was that the Japanese people should not only
adopt Western methods, but should also speedily become
competent to do without the aid of foreign instruction and
supervision. In the early days we brought many foreigners to
Japan to help to introduce modern methods, but we always did it
in such a way as to enable the Japanese students to take their
rightful place in the nation after they had been educated." . . .
— Alfred Stead, Great Japan: A Study of National Efficiency,
John Lane Co., 1906
10. The author of the passage suggests that Japan
1) remained isolated
2) accepted new technologies in order to modernize
3) became dependent on foreign nations
4) became militaristic
11. Which occurrence in Japanese history is described in the
passage?
1) Meiji Restoration
2) Tokugawa shogunate
3) assimilation of Buddhism
4) adoption of Confucian practices
12. Which situation was a major result of Commodore Matthew
Perry's "opening" of Japan in 1854?
1) Japan adopted a strict isolationist policy.
2) The United States sought to annex Japan.
3) Large numbers of Americans began to settle in Japan.
4) Japanese leaders began to accept Western technology.
13. The Meiji Restoration in Japan was characterized by a
movement toward
1) feudalism
3) isolationism
2) modernization
4) socialism
14. The location of seaports and the abundance of natural
resources such as hardwoods, rubber, and spices were
factors that led to
1) the use of trans-Saharan trade routes by early African
empires
2) the invasion of Korea and Manchuria by Japan
3) European imperialism in Southeast Asia
4) Russian expansion into Siberia
15. During the 19th century, European imperialism often led to
the
1) development of self-sufficient economies in the
colonies
2) exploitation of the colonial peoples and their lands
3) rapid industrialization of Africa and Asia
4) expansion of free-trade systems throughout the world
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Base your answers to questions 16 and 17 on the woodblock print
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
20. The White Man’s Burden.
“Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child. . . .”
— Rudyard Kipling, 1899
This stanza from Kipling’s poem is most closely associated
with the belief that it was the duty of Western colonial
powers to
1) learn from the people they conquered
2) teach their colonies how to produce manufactured
goods
3) civilize the people they controlled
4) welcome less developed countries as equals
21. One of the most important motives for the European
“Scramble for Africa” in the late 1800s was that Africa
provided a source of
1) raw materials used in industry
2) religious inspiration
3) free labor for the Americas
4) technologically innovative practices
22. To which period does the slogan "The Sun never sets on the
British Empire" refer?
1) Middle Ages
3) Age of Imperialism
2) Protestant Reformation 4) Glorious Revolution
16. This late 19th-century Japanese print illustrates
1) isolationism
3) cultural diffusion
2) ethnocentrism
4) democracy
17. During which period of Japanese history was this print
most likely created?
1) Tokugawa shogunate
2) Meiji Restoration
3) Russo-Japanese War
4) post–World War II occupation
23. European nations acquired colonies in Southeast Asia
mainly to
1) gain resources and markets for their industries
2) obtain land to resettle their surplus population
3) foster a spirit of international interdependence
4) prevent China from gaining dominance in the region
24. A lasting influence of British colonialism on India is most
evident in India's
1) commitment to parliamentary democracy
2) continuation of the caste system
3) development of a policy of nonalignment
4) establishment of a command economy
18. During the late 19th century, which geographic factor
helped attract European investors to southern Africa and
southeast Asia?
1) smooth coastlines
3) natural resources
2) navigable rivers
4) temperate climates
25. Which was a major effect of European rule in Africa?
1) decreased dependence of African nations on imports
2) development of subsistence agriculture
3) improved transportation and communication systems
4) increased use of barter
19. An analysis of the Russo-Japanese War and the Boer War
shows that one reason nations go to war is to
1) assist oppressed people
2) spread religious beliefs
3) satisfy imperialist goals
4) honor provisions of a treaty
26. After 1880, European nations sought colonies in Africa
primarily because the Europeans were
1) in need of land for their surplus populations
2) competing for raw materials and markets
3) determined to bring Christianity to the Moslem world
4) interested in completing their geographic knowledge of
the world
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27. Base your answer to the following question on the poem
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
33. Base your answer to the following question on the cartoon
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
. . . you, African, suffered like a beast
Your ashes strewn to the wind that roams the desert,
Your tyrants built the lustrous, magic temples
To preserve your soul, preserve your suffering.
Barbaric right of fist and the white right to whip,
You had the right to die, you could also weep.
–Patrice Lumumba, "Dawn in the Heart of Africa"
The tyrants referred to in the poem were
1) communist revolutionaries who took over the newly
independent African governments
2) the European governments that had divided the
continent of Africa into colonies
3) tribal chieftains who fought each other to control
African lands
4) merchants who sought to expand the drug trade in
colonial Africa
28. Between 1880 and 1914, which nations were most involved
in colonizing Africa?
1) industrialized western European nations
2) eastern European nations controlled by Russia
3) East Asian nations seeking to establish new markets
4) oil-rich Middle Eastern nations
29. The 19th-century term "White Man's Burden" reflects the
idea that
1) Asians and Africans were equal to Europeans
2) Asians and Africans would be grateful for European
help
3) imperialism was opposed by most Europeans
4) Europeans had a responsibility to improve the lives of
their colonial peoples
30. During the 19th century, Europeans were able to divide
China into spheres of influence mainly because the
1) Chinese were eager to adopt Western culture
2) Europeans had technologically superior military forces
3) Europeans were willing to adopt Chinese customs
4) Chinese lacked raw materials and resources
31. The outcome of the Opium War showed that in the 19th
century,
1) the Chinese Army was the most highly disciplined
army in the world
2) China was no longer strong enough to resist Western
demands for trading rights
3) the Chinese people were successful in eliminating
foreign influence
4) the Chinese Government preferred to continue the
opium trade
32. The Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in
China were responses to
1) Mongol invasions
3) Japanese aggression
2) European imperialism 4) African slave trading
The situation depicted in the cartoon was brought about by
the
1) economic agreements with Western nations signed by
Deng Xiaoping
2) low level of cultural and economic development in
China throughout its history
3) military weakness of China and the European desire
for expansion
4) alliance of the Soviet Union with the Communists and
the aid given to the Nationalists by Western Europe
34. During the 1840's, China signed "unequal treaties" with
Western nations mainly because
1) China had won the Opium War
2) Western nations had superior military technology
3) leaders in China favored expansion
4) China had requested economic assistance from the
West
35. Which was a major effect of European imperialism on
Africa?
1) Most African nations developed self-sufficient
economies.
2) Africans and Europeans developed a respect for each
other's cultures.
3) Africans became economically dependent on European
nations.
4) Most Africans voluntarily abandoned tribal or ethnic
loyalties for European values.
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36. Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.
The best title for this map would be
1) European Imperialism
2) African Nationalism
Base your answers to questions 37 and 38 on the passage below
and on your knowledge of social studies.
"Yesterday, your Ambassador petitioned my Ministers regarding
your trade with China.... Our Celestial Empire possesses all things
in great abundance and lacks no product within its own borders.
There is, therefore, no need to import any product manufactured
by outside barbarians in exchange for our own goods."
–Emperor Ch'ien Lung of China to
King George III of Britain, 1793
37. In the view of the Emperor, which foreign policy action
was in the best interest of China in 1793?
1) maintaining economic isolation
2) expanding foreign trade
3) increasing international interdependence
4) developing into a colonial power
38. Based on this passage, which type of attitude does the
Emperor display?
1) empathetic
3) imperialistic
2) ethnocentric
4) militaristic
3) The Growth of Islam
4) Cold War Politics
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Base your answers to questions 39 and 40 on the speakers'
statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Speaker A: I am offended by the term "Dark Continent." It
implies that only ignorance and barbarism were here before
European explorers and settlers invaded the continent, bringing
thier "enlightened" ways.
Speaker B: This hemisphere might have been a "New World" to
Europeans, but it certainly was not a "New World" to the Incas,
Aztecs, and other Indian Nations whose worlds were destroyed by
the brutal greed of the Europeans.
Speaker C: Defeat at Dienbienphu resulted in French withdrawal
from the region. I was glad to see them go. The French exploited
our land, resources, and people. And now, American involvement
in the region frustrates our nationalist ambitions. It will lead to
more military conflict.
Speaker D: Upon arrival, we found a primitive people living in a
primitive land. We built roads and bridges, sanitation systems,
schools, and hospitals. We helped eliminate starvation and
poverty. I feel no guilt about our past and continued presence in
the region.
39. The statements of all four speakers relate to
1) socialism
3) imperialism
2) isolationism
4) feudalism
40. Which speaker expresses an opinion that is different from
the other three?
1) A
3) C
2) B
4) D
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Answer Key
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