AP World History Test- 14
Welcome one, welcome all to yet another quiz on Advanced Placement World History! Have you been keeping your nose in your textbook and reading up on all you had to know? Let’s take a look right now in AP World History Test – 14! Good luck!
- 1.By 1535, the Portuguese were limited to trade with the Ming China to the port of:
- A.
Shanghai
- B.
Canton
- C.
Macao
- D.
Bejing
- 2.In 1542, Portugues explorers discovered:
- A.
Korea
- B.
Japan
- C.
China
- D.
The Philippines
- 3.Early in the 17th century, the Ming Dynasty was conquered by the Manchu, who invaded from the:
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
East
- D.
West
- 4.The Manchu Dynasty in China lasted from 1644 until:
- A.
1794
- B.
1858
- C.
1911
- D.
1931
- 5.Under the Manchu, European traders were limited to the port of:
- A.
Shanghai
- B.
Canton
- C.
Macao
- D.
Bejing
- 6.The Manchu traded such goods as tea, silk, porcelain, and stain for:
- A.
Guns
- B.
Textiles
- C.
Silver
- D.
Steam engines
- 7.What caused peasant rebellions aganist the Manchu in the early 1800's?
- A.
Economic problems due to trade with Europeans
- B.
Famines caused by population pressures and natural disasters
- C.
The increase in taxes due to government officials' corruption
- D.
Conversion of the emperor to Christianity
- 8.Ho-Shen was able to skim about _____($) from the Manchu taxes.
- A.
1 million
- B.
1 billion
- C.
1 trillion
- D.
1 quadrallion
- 9.What effects of the opium trade with Britain did the Manchu Emperor reject?
- A.
Physical harm to the people
- B.
Chinese acceptance of British superiority
- C.
The drain of China's silver supply
- D.
British control of the Chinese economy
- 10.Why did British win the Opium War of 1840?
- A.
Support from most Chinese
- B.
The death of the Manchu emperor
- C.
Chance typhoons which destroyed the Manchu army
- D.
Superior British naval forces
- 11.What did the British gain from the Treaty of Nanking, 1842?
- A.
Acceptance of its diplomats
- B.
The opening of more ports to trade
- C.
The port of Hong Kong
- D.
The rights of extra-territoriality
- 12.Why did the Paiping rebellion break out in 1850?
- A.
Reaction against British rule
- B.
Promises of land redistribution, et al.
- C.
British control of Hong Kong
- D.
Reaction against the sudden end to the opium trade
- 13.Whom did teh British support during the Taiping Rebellion, 1850?
- A.
The rebels
- B.
The Manchu
- C.
The northern invaders
- D.
None
- 14.Which nation took advantage of Manchu weakness to seize Manchuria?
- A.
Japan
- B.
Korea
- C.
Russia
- D.
The United States
- 15.Which trading nation followed an Open Door policy which kept China from being colonized?
- A.
Russia
- B.
France
- C.
England
- D.
The United States
- 16.A reform-minded Manchu emperor came to the throne in _____, who sent out students to Europe, removed corrupt government officials, and reorganized the education system.
- A.
1820
- B.
1850
- C.
1872
- D.
1898
- 17.The Boxers moved aganist foreigners in ______ in 1900.
- A.
Shanghai
- B.
Canton
- C.
Macao
- D.
Bejing
- 18.The empress Tz'u-hsi supported ____ during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
- A.
British
- B.
Manchu emperor
- C.
United States
- D.
Boxers
- 19.In 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen overthrew the Manchu under Kuomintang and his Three Principles, by which he expected:
- A.
Political unity
- B.
Democracy
- C.
Basis subsistence for all
- D.
Unity of all races
- 20.Late during the Tokugawan Shogunate, ____ became wealthier than the samurai, and came to resent their lower social status.
- A.
Artisans
- B.
Farmers
- C.
Peasants
- D.
Merchants
- 21.What nation opened trade with Tokugawan Japan under Perry?
- A.
Germany
- B.
France
- C.
Britain
- D.
United States
- 22.What allowed Admiral Perry to gain the Treaty of Kanagawa from Japan?
- A.
His superior naval forces
- B.
His diplomatic skills
- C.
A weak Tokugawan Shoganate
- D.
Their recent defeat by Russia in Manchuria
- 23.In 1868, the last Tokugawan Shogun resigned, then 15 year-old emperor became ruler because:
- A.
The Europeans demanded it
- B.
Merchants demanded it
- C.
Southern Shoguns demanded it
- D.
Chinese imperialist demanded it
- 24.Ancient Edo is the modern ___, to which teh Meii emperor moved his capitol.
- A.
Kyoto
- B.
Osaki
- C.
Kobashi
- D.
Tokyo
- 25.From 1868 to 1912, the Meii Emperor moved Japan from feudalism to:
- A.
Agricultural-ism
- B.
Mercantilism
- C.
Capitalism
- D.
Industrialization
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