Asia

CHAPTER 32 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The leader of the Taiping Rebellion was a. Cixi. b. Hong Xiuquan. * c. Kang Youwei. d. Lin Zexu. e. Ito Hirobumi. (p. 879) 2. In 1851, Hong Xiuquan proclaimed his own dynasty, the Taiping tianguo, which meant a. ?Expel the Barbarians.? b. ?Brilliant as the Sun.? c. ?Son of Heaven.? d. ?Return of the Holy.? e. ?Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace.? * (p. 879) 3. The most significant territorial loss for the Ottomans was a. Egypt. * b. Serbia. c. Istanbul. d. Greece. e. Anatolia. (p. 881) 4. Muhammad Ali was a. the most powerful leader of the Safavid dynasty. b. the last powerful Ottoman sultan. c. the founder of the Young Turks movement.

CHAPTER 27 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Matteo Ricci was a. the Italian merchant who spent twenty years with Khubilai Khan and wrote of his adventures. b. a Roman Catholic missionary in China. * c. the chief Italian who negotiated trade issues with the Qing emperor Qianlong. d. the Italian explorer who sailed to Japan in the late fifteenth century. e. mainly responsible for the introduction of American crops such as manioc to China. (p. 723) 2. Matteo Ricci and other Europeans discovered that they were more successful in their negotiations with the Chinese if they presented them a. African slaves. b mechanical clocks. * c. cannons and other advanced artillery. d. signed Bibles. e. silver bars. (p. 723) 3. After the arrival of the Europeans,

CHAPTER 40 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) started with 23 noncommunist nations in 1947, and by 1994 was up to how many nations? a. 30 b. 42 c. 55 d. 71 e. 123 * (p. 1133) 2. Which of these organizations has developed into a forum for settling international trade disputes? a. North American Treaty Organization b. Warsaw Pact c. United Nations d. World Trade Organization * e. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (p. 1133) 3. Which of the following was not one of the ?little tigers?? a. Thailand * b. Hong Kong c. Singapore d. South Korea e. Taiwan (p. 1135) 4. The Asian economic crisis began in 1997 in what country? a. China b. Thailand * c. Hong Kong d. Japan