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chp 13 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Japanese legistlature | Diet |
| indigenous people of New Zealand | Maori |
| a self governing nation | dominion |
| helped open an era of liberal reform in Mexico known as La Reforma | Benito Juarez |
| ruler of the Hawaiian Islands who was overthrown by planters from the United States | Liliuokalani |
| powerful Japanese business families who ruled over industrial empires | zaibatsu |
| a British penal colony during the 1700s | Australia |
| set Siam on the road to modernization | Mongkut |
| strong local leaders in Latin America who challenged central governments for power | caudillos |
| people of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent | metis |
| The quotation above expresses the main idea of the | Monroe Doctrine |
| Britain created the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada when it passed the | Constitutional Act of 1791 |
| How did Siam avoid becoming a European colony? | accepting unequal treaties and modernizing |
| In 1853, why did President Millard Fillmore send a fleet of American ships into lower Tokyo Bay? | to force Japan to open its ports |
| In Japanese society under the Meiji, women had | the same legal status as minors |
| In the late 1800s, the United States, Germany, and Britain agreed to a triple protectorate over the Pacific island of | Samoa |
| In the late 1800s, the British began to profit from which important port in southern Malaya? | Singapore |
| Japan gained control of Taiwan as a result of the | First Sino Japanese War |
| Meiji Reformers chose to model the new Japanese government after the government of | Germany |
| The first British colonists to settle Australia in large numbers were | convicts |
| The Platt Amendment gave the United States the right to intervene in the affairs of | Cuba |
| The rise to power of the Tokugawa family resulted in what for Japan? | Japanese isolation |
| The United States gained control of Texas after armed conflict with the forces of | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| The United States gained control of the land for the Panama Canal by | helping the Panamanian revolt against Columbia in exchange for land |
| What "Hermit Kingdom" was forced to open its ports to Japanese trade in 1876? | Korea |
| French Indochina was made up of | Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
| Conservative leaders in Latin America in the 1800s believed in | the traditional social order |
| Which of the following helped Japan modernize during the Meiji period? | |
| The March First Movement was a | Korean nationalist movement |
| What was the result of the British North America Act of 1867? | Upper and Lower Canada became one province |
| What were the results of the treaty that ended the Spanish American War? | The United States gained control of the Philippines |
| What was a Filipino complaint about Spanish rule in the late 1800s? | The Catholic church abused its power |
| Which of the following was a feature of the new Japanese political system created by Meiji reformers? | a one house legislature |
| What were the results of the Russo- Japanese War? | Japan gained control of Korea |
| Why did missionaries land in New Zealand in 1814? | to convert the Maori to Christianity |
| The first British colonists to settle in Australia in large numbers were | prisoners |