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DL Chapter 28 (Russia and Japan: Industrialization)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the Congress of Vienna, Russia formed the Holy Alliance with ________.

a)

the Ottoman Empire

b)

England and Germany

c)

Prussia and Austria

d)

Austria and the Ottoman Empire

2.

The Decembrist uprising was led by ________.

a)

students

b)

the Bolsheviks

c)

socialists

d)

army officers

3.

The Russian tsar from 1825 to 1855 was ________.

a)

Paul I

b)

Nicholas I

c)

Alexander II

d)

Alexander I

4.

The Crimean War pitted ________ against France, Britain, and the Ottoman Empire.

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

Egypt

d)

Austria

5.

Russia’s serfs were emancipated in what decade?

a)

1820s

b)

1840s

c)

1860s

d)

1880s

6.

Zemstvoes were Russian ________.

a)

military leaders

b)

local councils

c)

political radicals

d)

rural estates

7.

Sergei Witte undertook ________ in Russia in the 1890s.

a)

military modernization

b)

economic reforms

c)

educational reforms

d)

the building of the trans-Siberian railroad

8.

The ________ were Russian activist intellectuals.

a)

Decembrists

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

anarchists

d)

intelligentsia

9.

Mikhail Bakunin was a Russian ________ leader.

a)

peasant

b)

Bolshevik

c)

anarchist

d)

religious

10.

Which of these groups was led by V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin)?

a)

Mensheviks

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Decembrists

d)

anarchists

11.

The Bolsheviks were Russian ________.

a)

revisionists

b)

liberals

c)

intellectuals

d)

Marxists

12.

Which of these led directly to the Russian Revolution of 1905?

a)

the Russo-Japanese War

b)

the Stolypin reforms

c)

the Decembrist uprising

d)

emancipation of the serfs

13.

The Duma was Russia’s ________.

a)

working class

b)

chief minister

c)

parliament

d)

army officer corps

14.

The focus of the Stolypin reforms was Russia’s ________.

a)

infrastructure

b)

rail system

c)

economy

d)

peasantry

15.

Which of these were more successful, entrepreneurial peasants?

a)

the duma

b)

kulaks

c)

boyars

d)

cossacks

16.

The terakoya were Japanese ________.

a)

reforms

b)

daimyo armies

c)

schools

d)

palaces

17.

By 1859, ________ percent of Japanese men and ________ percent of Japanese women were literate, respectively.

a)

20; 25

b)

70; 5

c)

40; 15

d)

15; 20

18.

Dutch Studies encouraged learning from ________.

a)

Japan’s past

b)

China

c)

Dutch merchants

d)

the West

19.

In 1853, a(n) ________ fleet arrived near Tokyo, using military force to open Japan to foreign traders.

a)

English

b)

Germany

c)

Chinese

d)

U.S.

20.

The ________ period of Japanese history began in 1868.

a)

Nara

b)

Meiji

c)

Kyoto

d)

Heian

21.

Iwasaki Yataro founded ________ in the late 1800s.

a)

Samsung

b)

Mitsubishi

c)

terakoya

d)

the Meiji government

22.

The Japanese parliament was called the ________.

a)

Cortes

b)

Estates General

c)

Diet

d)

Congress

23.

Zaibatsus were ________ in Japan.

a)

industrial conglomerations

b)

landowners

c)

reformers

d)

Dutch Studies schools

24.

The Sino-Japanese War was a ________ struggle.

a)

succession

b)

commercial

c)

territorial

d)

religious

25.

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904 led to ________.

a)

stalemate

b)

Russian victory

c)

an easy Japanese victory

d)

a costly Japanese victory

26.

The Holy Alliance was representative of the ________ in Europe following the Congress of Vienna.

a)

triumph of liberalism

b)

spread of nationalism

c)

commitment to peace

d)

conservative political order

27.

In European politics in the 1800s, Russia ________.

a)

played a new dominant role

b)

remained on the sidelines

c)

began to take more part

d)

was usually isolated

28.

According to Map 28.1 on p. 666, “Russian Expansion, 1815–1914,” the general direction of Russian expansion in this period was ________.

a)

to the west

b)

to the south

c)

across the Pacific

d)

to the east

29.

French and British intervention in the Crimean War was intended to stop Russian expansion and also to ________.

a)

protect the Greeks

b)

protect key Black Sea ports

c)

gain a foothold in the Ottoman Empire

d)

prevent damage to the Ottoman Empire

30.

Which of these common patterns of the late 1800s and early 1900s was seen in Russia following the Crimean War?

a)

military defeat leading to popular uprisings

b)

defeat leading to military modernization

c)

victory leading to a period of expansion

d)

economic collapse resulting from a military defeat

31.

The long-term goal of the emancipation of Russia’s serfs was ________.

a)

implementing liberal reforms

b)

weakening Russia’s boyars

c)

creating a new kulak class

d)

economic reform

32.

Reforms undertaken by Alexander II in Russia can be characterized as ________.

a)

devolution of power to the zemstvoes

b)

a concession to the intelligentsia

c)

having the appearance of liberal reform

d)

too rapid

33.

Reforms undertaken by Alexander II in Russia can be characterized as ________.

a)

devolution of power to the zemstvoes

b)

a concession to the intelligentsia

c)

having the appearance of liberal reform

d)

too rapid

34.

In implementing Marxism in Russia, Lenin was working without what key element of Marx’s model?

a)

an urban proletariat

b)

class divisions

c)

industrialization

d)

violent unrest

35.

Which of these modern patterns was seen in the Russo-Japanese War?

a)

the defeat of a large force by a smaller army from an industrialized nation

b)

a stalemate caused by evenly matched armaments

c)

an economic crisis leading to withdrawal from a conflict

d)

the development of a coalition to halt the expansion of an aggressive nation

36.

Looking at Map 28.2 on p. 672, “The Russo-Japanese War,” what appears to have been Japan’s ultimate goal?

a)

conquest of China

b)

commercial control

c)

mainland territory

d)

control of Korea

37.

Which of these were the representatives of conservatism in Russia?

a)

students

b)

military officers

c)

tsars and nobles

d)

the intelligentsia

38.

Around 1850, the Japanese government consisted of ________

a)

the daimyo under shogun rule

b)

complete fragmentation under hundreds of daimyo

c)

strong centralization under imperial rule

d)

shogun rule with a figurehead emperor

39.

Proponents of Dutch Studies and proponents of national studies in Japan in the 1800s differed over ________.

a)

the focus of the terakoya schools

b)

shogun and imperial rule

c)

the pace of industrialization

d)

whether Japan could learn from other nations

40.

In “The Separate Paths of Japan and China on p. 675,” the authors argue that Japan had the advantage of ________.

a)

a stronger traditionalist culture

b)

a tradition of imperial support for the arts

c)

a stronger economy

d)

being able to imitate

41.

Which of these resulted from the Meiji restoration?

a)

the end of daimyo power

b)

direct imperial rule

c)

the demise of the samurai

d)

the shogunate

42.

Which of these models of industrialization was followed in Japan?

a)

close cooperation between industrialists and government

b)

government support for free enterprise

c)

deregulation

d)

government-owned industries

43.

Which of these was a key challenge to industrialization in Japan?

a)

the lack of key resources

b)

the failure of government support

c)

the lack of a spirit of enterprise

d)

the inability to learn from other industrialized nations

44.

In the Meiji period, women’s roles in Japan can be characterized as ________.

a)

radically changed

b)

changing but basically traditional

c)

unchanging

d)

changing in both the domestic and employment spheres

45.

Comparing Maps 28.2 and 28.3, what territory did Japan lose between 1905 and 1914?

a)

Sakhalin

b)

Formosa

c)

Korea

d)

Manchuria

46.

The Sino-Japanese War ________ the traditional relationship between Japan and China.

a)

emphasized

b)

reversed

c)

ended

d)

continued

47.

In the Meiji period, which of these was a key Confucian value that supported industrialization and other achievements?

a)

patriotism

b)

duty

c)

obedience

d)

loyalty

48.

Like the opponents of Abdul Hamid, the Decembrist uprising was ________.

a)

motivated by opposition to Westernization

b)

inspired by Marxism

c)

led by military officers

d)

a failure

49.

Which of these Russians had the same relationship with reform as Alexander II?

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Ivan IV

c)

Alexander I

d)

Catherine the Great

50.

Compared to the Ottoman Empire in the same period, Meiji Japan experienced more ________ change

a)

military

b)

political

c)

social

d)

educational