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Which is not a weakness associated with the ottoman empire in the 18th century?
A) weak rulers
B) conversion of population to christianity
C) competition w/in factions of elite
D) deteriorating conditions for artisans
E) weak and obsolete army |
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| B) conversion of population to christianity |
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| Describe the muslim economy at the beginning of the 18th century. |
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| merchants w/in empire especially those who were jews/christians grew more dependent on commercial dealings w/Eu counterparts |
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| What was the first region to successfully rebel and achieve independence from the ottoman empire? |
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| Describe results of the reforms of sultan selim iii |
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| the sultan was toppled from throne by a jannisary revolt |
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Which was not a part of the tanzimat reforms in the ottoman empire?
A) elimination of religious protection for minority religious groups
B) intro of W. Style edu.
C) addition of st. Run postal and telegraph sys.
D) creation of constitution based on Eu prototypes
E) extensive legal reforms |
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Definition
| A ) elimination of religious protection for minority religious groups |
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| In what ways did sultan abdul hamid want to increase westernization? |
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| military reform and intro of W. Tech |
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| What group overthrew the ottoman sultanate in 1908? |
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| ottoman society for union and progress(young turks) |
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| What nation invaded egypt in 1798 marking the beginning of Eu control of the islamic heartland? |
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What reforms were not intro in egypt after 1801?
A) intro to W. Style milit. Conscription
B) hiring of Fr. Milit. Advisors
C) restoration of mamluk armies
D) imp't of W. Arms
E) sep. Of church and state |
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| C) restoration of mamluk armies |
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| Which reform of muhammad ali failed? |
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| build up of an egyptian industrial sector |
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| Who or what were khedives? |
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| descendants of muhammad who became formal rulers of egypt |
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| Why did Eu bankers lend money to the successors of muhammad ali? |
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| they desired access to egypts cotton and share in suez canal |
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| What was the result of the rebellion by egyptian army officers in 1882? |
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| the khedive called the british to crush rebellion resulting in british overlordship of egypt |
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| How was muhammad achmad able to claim leadership of the resistance to egyptian rule? |
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| he claimed direct descendant of from muhammad |
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| Describe the components of the manchu gvernment |
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Definition
| though manchus occupied a disproportionate number of the highest political position , there were few limits to chinese promotions w/in the imperial bureau |
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| In which areas did the manchus attempt strong measures of reform? |
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Definition
| Alleviating rural distress and unrest |
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What was not a sign of dynastic decline in the qing empire by the beginning of the 19th century?
A) corruption of exam sys.
B) diversion of state revenue
C) food shortages, mass migration, and banditry
D) failure of foreign commerce
E) explosive growth of the bureau |
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| D) failure of foreign commerce |
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| What did britain find to trade with china instead of gold and silver? |
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| Who or what was the meiji? |
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| new emperor mutsuhito called meiji or "enlightened one" in 1868 |
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| DeScribe japanese industrialization prior to WWI |
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| Japan needed exports to pay for machine and resource imports |
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What was not a western cultural characteristic adopted by japanese?
A) hairstyle
B) hygiene
C) calendar
D) work style
E) christianity |
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| What was the position of the japanese with regards to Eu and the U.S. Before the arrival of the americans? |
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| Describe the tokugawa intellectual and cultural life. |
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| literacy in jap reached levels higher than anywhere else outside the west |
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| What factor of the tokugawa shogunate was important for moving japan towards westernization? |
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| What group in tokugawa japan advocated interest in W. Scientific advance? |
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What was not an advantage that japan had over china with respect to leadership and establishment of industrialization in asia?
A) japanese leadership was less secular and bureaucratic than china
B) japan already knew the benefits of imitation
C) japan allowed a more autonomous merchant tradition
D) feudal traditions limited the heavy hand of gov. Controls
E) japan was heterogeneous, diverse society |
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| A) japanese leadership was less secular and bureaucratic than china |
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| he forced opening of japan in 1853 |
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| Which religious group gained new followers in industrialized japan? |
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What was not a sign of social stress in industrialized japan?
A) disputes over westernization
B) increase of freedom and political influence of women
C) growth of nationalism
D) growth of urban slums
E) racial unrest |
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| B) increase of freedom and political influence of women |
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| How did japan ease the strains of the society caused by the industrial revolution? |
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