Unit 3 Assessment: A New Age in Asia

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As part of its modernization and industrialization of Japan, the Meiji government __________.

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created a modern banking system

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Why were most industrialized nations building empires in the late 1800s and early 1900s? Options: to locate new ports to serve as naval bases, to develop new markets and locate additional natural resources, to increase their overall populations and build their political bases, to improve their options for communication with other nations                                 

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to develop new markets and locate additional natural resources

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Who helped create the Republic of China in 1912 through efforts that began in the late nineteenth century? Options: Fu Kung Chu, Sun Yat-sen, Guangxu, Qing Mao

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Sun Yat-sen

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China's decision not to modernize and industrialize in the late 1800s resulted in all of the following except __________.

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China became an imperial power in East Asia

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What was one reason that China lost the Sino-Japanese War? Options: China had decided not to modernize and industrialize., China's powerful navy had been led off course by a trick of the Japanese commandant., China decided to trust their chances for victory to a Manchurian general., China's alliance with Russia proved to be much too weak.

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China had decided not to modernize and industrialize.

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What helped Japan become an imperial power? Options: beginning conquests of foreign nations close to home first, the decision to industrialize and adopt Western technologies, colonization efforts throughout Southeast Asia, the inward focus during its isolationist period that allowed time for analysis of problems and solutions

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the decision to industrialize and adopt Western technologies

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Which nation hoped to gain power, prestige, wealth, and security by becoming an imperial power in the late 1800s? Options: Manchuria, Japan, China, Russia

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Japan

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Most of China's population is located in the eastern half of the country where the climate is __________.

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humid subtropical

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What sparked the beginning of Japan's nationalism and rise as an imperial power? Options: the Tokugawa Shogunate's decision to fight a civil war, its response to Western imperial interest in Japan, the development of additional schools of engineering and military science, the decision to compete with the United States for trade and territory

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its response to Western imperial interest in Japan

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By 1910, Japanese imperialism had helped make __________ an important part of Japanese culture.

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nationalism