What event was the starting point for Japan’s drive to remake itself as a Western-style state?

Commodore Perry’s arrival at Edo

The ultimate result of China’s unwillingness to change its political and economic systems was:

vulnerability to external aggression & internal instability

Which of the following made Russia an atypical example of Afro-Eurasian expansionism?

its policy of assimilating subject peoples into its society

How did the United States’s understanding of itself change after the Civil War?

Its sense of national identity grew stronger.

What kind of states resulted from the unifications of Germany and Italy?

states with internal divisions & power centralized in kings

Charles Darwin’s key scientific insight was:

species evolved under the pressures of natural selection.

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Europeans settled in African colonies?

to assist in Africa's industrialization

States used all of the following to create and develop national identities EXCEPT:

encouraging the preservation of local dialects.

For Social Darwinists, what was the most significant application of "survival of the fittest?"

as a rationale for strong nations’ domination of weaker ones

In the late nineteenth century, Japanese leaders planned to modernize by:

adopting Western technology,but maintaining Japanese culture

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152.17 World History quiz, 1850-1914

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1
What event was the starting point for Japan’s drive to remake itself as a Western-style state?
Commodore Perry’s arrival at Edo
the Russian sale of Alaska to the United States
the Opium War
the Taiping Rebellion
2
The ultimate result of China’s unwillingness to change its political and economic systems was:
the strengthening of the Qing dynasty.
All of the above
vulnerability to external aggression & internal instability
growing isolation from the world economy.
3
Which of the following made Russia an atypical example of Afro-Eurasian expansionism?
the monetary cost of expansion for Russia and its people
its conflicts with other ambitious imperial powers
its policy of assimilating subject peoples into its society
its wish to exploit rich land and mineral resources
4
How did the United States’s understanding of itself change after the Civil War?
It gave up military conflict as a method of solving problems
Its sense of national identity grew weaker.
Its sense of national identity grew stronger.
It identified economic growth with human muscle,not machines
5
What kind of states resulted from the unifications of Germany and Italy?
harmonious, homogenous democracies
totalitarian police states
states whose economies benefited everyone in society
states with internal divisions & power centralized in kings
6
Charles Darwin’s key scientific insight was:
the strong should dominate the weak.
individuals passed traits to their offspring.
species evolved under the pressures of natural selection.
Europeans were superior to Africans and Asians.
7
Which of the following was NOT a reason why Europeans settled in African colonies?
to assist in Africa's industrialization
to convert Africans to Christianity
to acquire personal power and imperial glory
to find treasure
8
States used all of the following to create and develop national identities EXCEPT:
public education using the national language.
compulsory military service in a national army.
encouraging the preservation of local dialects.
development of national markets and time zones.
9
For Social Darwinists, what was the most significant application of "survival of the fittest?"
as a justification for allowing species to go extinct
as a rationale for strong nations’ domination of weaker ones
a reason for physical education programs in public schools
as an argument against social inequality
10
In the late nineteenth century, Japanese leaders planned to modernize by:
adopting Western technology,but maintaining Japanese culture
adopting Western technology and Western culture
copying the experience of the Chinese.
adopting Western culture and Christianity.

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