11th A - MODULE 18: Transformations Around the World

Why did China trade with few Europeans between the 15th and 18th centuries?

• Chinese leaders were afraid of a European military invasion.

• Chinese merchants were only interested in exchanging silk for opium.

• Chinese farmers grew enough crops to feed the population of the country.

• Chinese doctors warned the emperor that Europeans carried contagious diseases.

Which of the following was a cause of the Taiping Rebellion?

• fear of religious persecution

• dissatisfaction with foreign rule

• starvation caused by overpopulation

• widespread famine due to crop failure

Which of the following explains the goals of the self-strengthening movement?

• to spread religious freedom throughout China

• to suppress rebellion in the southern half of China

• to modernize the Chinese military and improve literacy

• to expel foreign merchants and soldiers from Chinese ports

How did the Boxer Rebellion affect China?

• It improved Chinese diplomatic relations with Japan.

• It softened Chinese resentment of foreign influences.

• It increased the number of Chinese converts to Christianity.

• It awakened a sense of national pride among the Chinese people.

How did the Treaty of Kanagawa immediately affect Japan?

• It weakened Emperor Mutsuhito’s position as leader of the nation.

• It encouraged the country’s military to invade neighboring countries.

• It strengthened the Tokugawa shogun’s power at the expense of the government.

• It ended the country’s isolation by opening international trade with western nations.

Which of the following was a result of the Sino-Japanese War?

• China’s navy proved to be the most powerful force in the Far East.

• Japan gained the colony of Taiwan, fueling its imperialist intentions.

• Russia decided to move its Baltic fleet to the Far East to protect its ports.

• American politicians became alarmed by Japan’s growing influence in the Pacific.

Why were Anglosettlers in Texas dissatisfied with Mexican rule?

• Mexico disapproved of Anglos bringing enslaved Africans into their country

• Mexico forced Anglo children to attend Catholic schools to learn Latin American culture.

• Mexico raised the price of land for Anglo settlers, making settlement prohibitively expensive.

• Mexico forced Anglos to convert to Protestantism before they could immigrate to their territory

Which of the following was a goal of Mexico’s La Reforma movement?

• to create a public school system under the guidance of the Roman Catholic Church

• to prohibit Roman Catholicism from being a state religion and ensure freedom of worship

• to increase the size of the army with a national draft and train soldiers with foreign advisers

• to generate tax revenue by encouraging rich landowners to sell their land to peasant farmers

How were the presidencies of Benito Juárez and Porfirio Díaz different?

• by their use of torture

• in the creation of railroads

• by stabilizing the government

• in their opposition to foreign rule

How was Zapata’s Plan of Ayala expected to change Mexico?

• He wanted to redistribute land to the peasants.

• He wanted to restore land to the Roman Catholic Church.

• He wanted to retake land lost during the war with the United States.

• He wanted to reorganize land according to the colonial plantation system.