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Which of these BEST describes why the Qing Dynasty was in decline by the early years of the 19th century?

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  1. Losses in war with foreign powers

  2. Mass peasants revolts

  3. Rise of Western-style liberal politics

  4. Attacks on foreigners on Chinese soil

  5. Food shortages government corruption and banditry

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Losses in war with foreign powers.

Which of the following statements concerning the improvement of women's status as a result of the Tanzimat reforms is most accurate?

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  1. The inclusion of reforms for women was not even considered in Ottoman society during the period of the Tanzimat reforms.

  2. While not all women benefited, elite women were freed from the restrictive aspects of Muslim society during the period of the Tanzimat reforms.

  3. Muslim restrictions against the social equality of women were swept away as part of the Tanzimat reforms

  4. Despite widespread discussion of the practices of seclusion, polygamy, and veiling, few improvements in women's social status were won in the 19th century.

  5. Women in the Ottoman Empire became as free as those in western Europe and the United States.

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Correct Option: D

As the world's economy expanded in the nineteenth century, the need for greater supplies of money led to a rush to develop new gold and diamond mines in _______________.

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  1. South Africa

  2. Brazil

  3. Alaska

  4. Arabia

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Correct Option: A

The Christian world was disturbed in 1529 when Vienna was besieged by _______.

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  1. The Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth

  2. The Hapsburg Empire

  3. The Byzantine Empire

  4. The Ottoman Empire

  5. The kingdom of Granada

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Correct Option: D

Which statement best describes the economies of the newly independent nations of South America during the nineteenth century?

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  1. These nations began industrializing through the process of import substitution.

  2. These nations developed subsistence farming economies to replace the imports of European grains.

  3. Latin America became dependent on the production of a small number of natural resources or cash crops for export to global markets.

  4. Latin America attracted large numbers of immigrants, which provided cheap labor for its growing industrial economy.

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Correct Option: C
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Latin America became dependent on the production of a small number of natural resources or cash crops for export to global markets.

Java is now famous as a _____ in Indonesia.

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  1. Wheat-producing island

  2. Rice-producing island

  3. Maize-producing island

  4. Tea-producing island

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Once covered in dense forest, much of the Indonesian landscape has been gradually cleared for permanent fields and settlements as rice cultivation developed over the last hundreds of years.
  • Java is now famous as a rice-producing island in Indonesia.
  • The colonial power in Indonesia were the Dutch. 

The English established control over Bengal in _____.

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  1. 1757

  2. 1764

  3. 1785

  4. 1775

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Correct Option: A

Which doctrine did not allow European powers to build colonies on the American continent?

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  1. Jackson doctrine

  2. Munroe doctrine

  3. Madison doctrine

  4. Adams doctrine

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Correct Option: B

The revolutionary army led by Simon Bolivar liberated ______.

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  1. Venezuela

  2. Chile

  3. Peru

  4. Argentina

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Correct Option: A

Who captured large number of slaves from the interiors of Africa?

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  1. Britishers

  2. French

  3. Portuguese

  4. Dutch

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Correct Option: C