Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Korea's Yi dynasty

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Question 2

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-Taiwan and the Liaodong peninsula

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Question 3

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not? To what extent do you think industrialization played a role? ​

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Question 4

To what extent was Sun Yat-sen arguing for Nationalism in China, rather than modernization of political processes? Why was he able to argue for (and present) political modernization when the Dowager Empress was not? ​

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Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Russo-Japanese War

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-Russo-Japanese War...

Question 6

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-Trans-Siberian Railway

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Question 7

To what degree was the Meiji Restoration a "revolution," and to what extent did it succeed in transforming Japan? What were some of the key reasons why the Meiji reformers were so successful in launching Japan on the road to industrialization? How would you appraise the nature of the Meiji Restoration? Was it, on balance, more innovative or more conservative? Why? Was it truly "from above"?

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Question 8

At what point did the fall of the Manchus become inevitable? Why then?

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Question 9

Why was it that Japan, rather than other South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian states, made the successful transition to a modern nation?

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Question 10

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-Tokyo School of Fine Arts

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-Tokyo School of Fine...

Question 11

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-Treaty of Shimonoseki

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Question 12

Was the Opium War a turning point in Chinese history? Why or why not?

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Question 13

How did Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities of 1911 both succeed and fail? Why do some historians make the argument that 1911 was not a real revolution, per se, but simply the collapse of the old Manchu dynasty?​

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Question 14

What were the causes and consequences of the Russo-Japanese War? For Japan? For Russia? For China?

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Question 15

Compare and contrast China's Cixi and Britain's Victoria as symbols reflecting the fundamental nature of their two societies in the latter nineteenth century.

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Question 16

What possible reasons might explain why there was no equivalent to the Meiji Restoration in China?

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Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Sino-Japanese War

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-Sino-Japanese War...

Question 18

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-Ryukyu Islands

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Question 19

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-Japanese gardens and woodblock prints

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Question 20

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-Port Arthur

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Quiz 22: Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

Identify the following terms. -Korea's Yi dynasty

Identify the following terms. -Taiwan and the Liaodong peninsula

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not? To what extent do you think industrialization played a role? ​

To what extent was Sun Yat-sen arguing for Nationalism in China, rather than modernization of political processes? Why was he able to argue for (and present) political modernization when the Dowager Empress was not? ​

Identify the following terms. -Russo-Japanese War

Identify the following terms. -Trans-Siberian Railway

At what point did the fall of the Manchus become inevitable? Why then?

Why was it that Japan, rather than other South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian states, made the successful transition to a modern nation?

Identify the following terms. -Tokyo School of Fine Arts

Identify the following terms. -Treaty of Shimonoseki

Was the Opium War a turning point in Chinese history? Why or why not?

How did Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities of 1911 both succeed and fail? Why do some historians make the argument that 1911 was not a real revolution, per se, but simply the collapse of the old Manchu dynasty?​

What were the causes and consequences of the Russo-Japanese War? For Japan? For Russia? For China?

Compare and contrast China's Cixi and Britain's Victoria as symbols reflecting the fundamental nature of their two societies in the latter nineteenth century.

What possible reasons might explain why there was no equivalent to the Meiji Restoration in China?

Identify the following terms. -Sino-Japanese War

Identify the following terms. -Ryukyu Islands

Identify the following terms. -Japanese gardens and woodblock prints

Identify the following terms. -Port Arthur

How was Japan relatively able to avoid Western imperialism, while China could not? To what extent do you think industrialization played a role?

To what extent was Sun Yat-sen arguing for Nationalism in China, rather than modernization of political processes? Why was he able to argue for (and present) political modernization when the Dowager Empress was not?

How did Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities of 1911 both succeed and fail? Why do some historians make the argument that 1911 was not a real revolution, per se, but simply the collapse of the old Manchu dynasty?