AP Modern World History Chapter 11 Part 1 Test

What was the significance of the opium trade in China in the nineteenth century?

• It increased the tax revenue collected by China

• It resulted in a large flow of silver into China

• It reversed the trade imbalance in favor of Britain

• It lowered unemployment rates in rural China

How was the Taiping Uprising different from other peasant rebellions in China?

• It’s ideology was a unique form of Christianity

• Its goal was to restore an idealized Chinese society

• It proclaimed a millenarian religious message

• It drew upon a variety of peasant grievances

Which of the following was a consequence of the Taiping Uprising?

• The state initiated an effective and successful program of modernization

• The problems facing the peasantry were addressed and permanently resolved

• The Qing dynasty collapsed, leading to years of civil war and foreign invasion

• The provincial gentry consolidated their power at the expense of the central state

In light of what was happening to China, which of the following phrases was used by many Chinese to describe their country during the nineteenth century?

• Heavenly kingdom of great peace

• Revolution from above

• The Middle Kingdom

• Carved up like a melon

Which of the following reflects the goal of the policies introduced by the Chinese state in the 1860s and 1870s to address the problems facing China?

• To restore free trade and diplomatic relations with European states

• To reinvigorate China by selectively borrowing from the West

• To redistribute land equally among the peasantry and landlords

• To encourage the growth of an independent capitalist class

Which of the following characterizes the goal of the Tanzimat reforms initiated by the Ottoman leadership in the mid-nineteenth century?

• To strengthen the power of the Janissaries and give more autonomy to the ulama

• To clarify and reaffirm the religious principles for a renewed Muslim state

• To establish an economic, social, and legal base for a strong centralized state

• To confirm the fundamentally Islamic character of the Ottoman Empire

Critics of industrialization who argue that the Industrial Revolution was a failure generally base their interpretation on which of the following criteria?

• Growth of national wealth

• Preservation of the environment

• Strengthening of state power

• Transformation of society

Which of the following contributed to China’s problems in the nineteenth century?

• The state’s failure to maintain flood control and public safety

• The decline in the Chinese population in the past century

• The expansion and bureaucratization of the central government

• The weakening power of provincial officials and local gentry

Islam retained a hold on Ottoman civilization in the twentieth century more firmly than Confucianism did in China because Islamic civilization________

• Defined loyalty in religious terms

• Was linked to China

• Promoted an elitist outlook

• Had many independent centers

Which of the following was an antiforeign movement that erupted in northern China at the turn of the twentieth century and seriously weakened the Qing dynasty?

• The self-strengthening movement

• The Hundred Days of Reform

• The Boxer Uprising

• The Taiping Uprising