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Apwh Chapter 19 Reading Questions
Apwh Chapter 19 Reading Questions
Date:_________________________ Period:________
AP World History
Chapter 19 Reading Questions
China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan (1800-1914)
Due Date/Quiz Date: Monday, March 5th
1. What are the four dimensions of Europe that other states/societies
were confronted with in the 19th century?
1)
2)
3)
4)
The External Challenge: European Industry and Empire
2. What territories were incorporated into the European colonial empire
in the 19th century?
3. What were the two major motives for European expansion in the 19 th
century?
1)
2)
4. Explain how nationalism drove European expansion.
8. (A) How did this idea of racial superiority shape Europeans views
of their own expansion?
(B) What did the European civilizing mission include?
11. (A) Because the Chinese government did not expand with the
population, what functions was it unable to perform effectively?
(B) What were the goals of this uprising? List all of them!
13. Why did the Taiping Rebellion ultimately fail? List all reasons.
14. What were the major problems Chinese authorities had with the
increasing importation of opium into China?
1) Political problem =
2) Economic problem =
3) Social problem =
15. What actions started the 1st Opium War?
A) Chinese actions =
B) British actions =
16. What were the results of the Treat of Nanjing?
17. What were the results (list all of them) of Britains victory in the 2nd
Opium War?
18. What territories did China lose control of as a result of its military
losses to France (in 1885) and Japan (in 1895)?
19. List the self-strengthening policies that China implemented in the
1860s-70s.
21. (A) What did Chinese nationalists in the late 19 th early 20th
century believe would save China from foreign powers?
26. What reforms did the Young Turks make following their successful
military coup in 1908? Use bullet points to list all of them.
27. Explain why Islam retained a hold on its civilization after the fall of
the Ottoman Empire, unlike Confucianism in China.
32. (A) Why did Japan give in so easily to the demands of the U.S. and
other Western powers?
34. Why was Japan of less interest to the U.S. and Europe than other
territories?
35. What changes did the new Japanese regime make to foster national
unity and equalize all Japanese citizens?
38. What were the social results of Japanese industrialization? List all
results.