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5.6 - Industrialization Gov't Role

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following is true of the Meiji restoration EXCEPT

a)

Promoted a strong military

b)

Promoted western technology

c)

Japanese emperor regained power s

d)

Gave more power to the daimyo

2.

Russia’s industrialization was focused on railroads and exports

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which resource was exported from the Egypt?

a)

Rubber

b)

Gauno

c)

Cotton

d)

Diamonds

4.

One effect of industrialization on Meiji Japan was that it

a)

strengthened the power of the Shogunate

b)

decreased the level of pollution

c)

modernized transportation

d)

increased the number of small farms

5.

The Meiji Restoration in Japan was prompted in part by

a)

a fear that Japan would be colonized by western nations

b)

the failure of Japanese expansion

c)

the Shogun’s conversion to Christianity

d)

a desire to stay isolated

6.
One reason for Japan’s rapid industrialization during the Meiji Restoration was that Japan had:
a)
rejected Western ideas
b)
used its access to the sea for fishing
c)
relied on traditional isolationist policies
d)
reformed its political and economic systems
7.

What product did the government of China try to prevent the British from trading in their country?

a)

opium

b)

silver

c)

tea

d)

silk

8.

Why were the Opium Wars significant?

a)

It forced China to change to a democratic government

b)

It forced Great Britain to recognise the importance of Confucian values

c)

It forced China to open its doors to trade with the western world

d)

It forced Great Britain to open its doors to trade with the Qing dynasty.

9.
The Chinese government supported an anti-foreigner campaign known as the
a)
Boxer Rebellion
b)
Self-Strengthening campaign
c)
Terra Cotta warriors
d)
Russo-Japanese War
10.
Chinese peasants, workers and miners joined a Chinese Christian cult leader in an attempt to overthrow the government in the
a)
Taiping Rebellion
b)
White Turban Uprising
c)
Sepoy Rebellion
d)
Shanghai Surprise
11.

Which of the following caused China’s status to change to a “weak and dependent participant in European dominated world system” around the turn of the 19th century.

a)

The religious crusades that changed the cultural life of China.

b)

A change to Sikhism in the Chinese empire, and a subsequent cultural identity crisis of sorts.

c)

The absence of an Industrial Revolution and inability for agricultural production to keep up with food demand.

d)

The installation of the Meiji Restoration.

12.

What was China’s “self-strengthening” initiative?

a)

A policy whereby China revitalized agriculture with modest industrialization.

b)

A policy of reinvigorating traditional China while borrowing cautiously from the West.

c)

A restoration of Confucian ideals and global isolation.

d)

Moving off the silver standard of monetization, to more resource-driven economics, such as rice and grain, as well as zinc and iron.

13.

Which best characterizes the mission of the Young Ottomans?

a)

To affect political change

b)

To take over Turkey

c)

To create an independent state called Syria

d)

Modernize transportation and industrialization

14.

Which of the following characterizes the most significant difference between the end of the Chinese and Ottoman Empires?

a)

In China, the collapse of the imperial system was followed by revolutionary upheaval; the collapse of the Ottoman Empire led to the creation of the new smaller nation-state of Turkey.

b)

In China social reforms (such as discontinuing foot-binding) were lasting, whereas the reforms enacted in the Ottoman Empire were temporary.

c)

In China, widespread industrialization followed the collapse of the existing government, meanwhile the Ottomans became isolated and culturally fractured.

d)

China struggled to reconcile governmental and religious beliefs in an effort to maintain stability in the period after their collapse, while the Ottomans favored a total overhaul of government and social policy.

15.

Which of the following long-standing Japanese institutions were dismantled as a result of Japan’s efforts to create genuine national unity around 1880?

a)

The Confucian government model

b)

The daimyo and samurai

c)

The Caste System

d)

The kakimasu and shimasu

16.

Who was the American explorer who went to Japan in 1853 and demanded a normalization of Japan’s relations with the rest of the world?

a)

Vasco De Gama

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Commodore Matthew Perry

d)

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy

17.

Which of the following best describes the Ottoman Empire during the Industrial Revolution

a)

they opposed innovations of the West and economically declined

b)

they embraced industrial technology, especially military weapons

c)

they were colonized by the British, who introduced textile manufacturing

d)

they independently developed manufacturing technology