Review for Asian Studies

THE DEMAND FOR GREATER SUPPLY OF SPICES MADE THE EUROPEAN DESIRE FOR NEW SOURCES OF WEALTH.

True or False

THE PHILIPPINES WAS THE ONLY PORTUGUESE COLONY IN THE EAST.

True or False

THE CHINESE ACCEPTED THE DUTCH AS TRADING PARTNERS DUE TO THEIR SUBMISSION TO PERFORM THE KOWTOW.

True or False

SIAM MAINTAIEND ITS POSITION AS A NEUTRAL ZONE BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH DURING THE YEARS OF COLONIZATION.

True or False

THE MEIJI ERA TRANSFORMED JAPAN INTO A FEUDAL STATE.

True or False

THE ETHICAL POLICY OF QUEEN WILHELMINA CAUSED THE ABUSES OF THE INDONESIANS.

True or False

THE RUSSIANS AGREED TO LEAVE MANCHURIA AFTER THE BOXER REBELLION.

True or False

THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY GRANTED THE BRITISH TERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN INDIA.

True or False

THE TREATY OF NANKING PROVIDED FOR THE TOLERATION OF CHRISTIANITY AND LEGALIZATION OF OPIUM IN CHINA.

True or False

THE JAPANESE SHOGUN WILLINGLY OPENED ITS PORTS TO THE AMERICANS.

True or False

THE EUROPEANS WERE THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SAILED BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THEIR TERRITORIES.

True or False

FINDING SO MUCH WEALTH IN THE EAST, EUROPEANS STARTED COLONIZING VAST AREAS IN THE REGION.

True or False

THE TREATY OF NANKING GAVE THE BRITISH FULL CONTROL OF CHINA.

True or False

KUBLAI KHAN WAS AN ITALIAN MERCHANT WHO WAS RECEIVED WARMLY AND TREATED REGALLY BY THE MONGOLS.

True or False

PROFITS FROM THE “NETHERLANDS INDIES” PRODUCTS HELPED FINANCE THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE NETHERLANDS.

True or False

THE MERIT-BASED CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION WAS RESTORED BY THE MING EMPERORS IN CHINA.

True or False

THE TRADE ROUTE FROM THE EAST TO WEST WAS CONTROLLED BY EUROPEANS AND MUSLIMS BEFORE THE 15TH CENTURY.

True or False

EXPLAIN BRIEFLY

What is the best reason why the Cape of Storm was renamed as Cape of Good Hope?

How did the Europeans know about the spices of the East?

Why did the Chinese call the European explorers “Ocean Devils”?

What made it hard for the Indians to unite?

Why did the British consider India as a “Jewel in thier Imperial Crown”?

Why was the Sepoy mutiny considered a turning point in the history of India?

Why was the 16th century considered as an era of “high imperialsim’?

Why did the Western nations scamper to have colonies along the Pacific coast?

Why did McKinley’s view of Manifest Destiny sway many Filipinos to his side?

What was the result of Commodore Perry’s diplomatic mission to Japan in 1853?

Why was Southeast Asia considered as the melting pot of different religions?

What became of Japan after gaining power in 1890?

What seemed to be different about Gandhi’s leadership?

What urged the Indians to carry out violent acts against the British after the First World War?

Why did Communism succeed in China in 1949?

•Established the Koumintang Party

•A student activist who took part in Dohbama Asiayone

•The first prime minister of Singapore

•He promised to come back to save the Philippines from the Japanese

•Known as the “Father of all Turks”

•Allied with the Japanese to lead Indonesia to freedom

•The emperor of Japan during the World War

•Pioneer of the Great Leap Forward

•Established Taiwan as the legitimate government of all of China

•Declared Philippine Independence

•Led the modernization of Iran

•Head of the Indochinese Communist Party

•Created a non-violence way of fighting the imperialists

•Head of the Muslim League in India

•National hero for the Filipinos

1. A deep veneration bow given to the emperor of China

2. The illegal drug smuggled by the British to China

3. A limited area of a country in which another country gains the right to control politics and trade

4. The manual labor imposed by Sukarno to Indonesians

5. Sense of belongingness that is caused by similarity of religion, language and physical attributes

6. The middle class Filipinos who were educated abroad during Spanish times

7. It is described where a foreign government governs a territory without significant settlement.

8. Is termed as building and maintaining colonies in one territory by people from another territory.

9. The responsibilty of the Westerners to educate the Easterners with their culture

10. The enlightened rule in Japan

11. The principle that would give economic security for all Chinese

12. Known as the mile-long journey taken by the Communist Chinese to escape the seize of the Nationalist Chinese

13. The lowest group of people in India

14. The peaceful protest of the Indians against Bristish control

•15. Term used by the Burmese to call their colonizers

1. ANNEXATION OF EAST TIMOR TO INDONESIA

2. SIGNING OF BURMESE CONSTITUTION IN 1948

3. FALL OF KUWAIT

4. ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL

5. TASHKENT AGREEMENT

6. BRITISH DEPARTURE FROM INDIA

7. COMMUNIST TAKEOVER IN VIETNAM

8. COLD WAR TENSION IN KOREA

9. COMMUNIST PARTY SUCCESS IN CHINA IN 1949

10. GREAT DEPRESSION