Lord Macartney's trip to Beijing in 1793
a. resulted in his being refused permission to go to the capital.
b. created a scandal because Macartney tried to sell opium to local businessmen.
c. was the primary action leading to the fall of the Qing.
d. failed, as the Chinese government did not want additional trade with Britain.
e. succeeded in obtaining Hong Kong for Great Britain.
d
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The "New Culture" movement that developed after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty saw science as
a. a means to develop industry and create a middle class. b. in harmony with Confucian teachings and emphasis on education. c. a necessary part of creating new ideas and a democratic system for China. d. a way to modernize and save the country from the West and Japan.
What did German-speaking Austrians and Hungarian Magyars do under the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary?
a. They destroyed national minorities through genocide. b. They dominated national minorities within their boundaries. c. They cooperated in freeing other national minorities. d. They forced national minorities to emigrate or assimilate. e. They treated ethnic minorities as they treated each other.
In 1986, the Reagan administration suffered a serious political scandal after the White House admitted it had
A. secretly sold weapons to the revolutionary government of Iran. B. illegally funneled money from arms sales. C. both illegally funneled money from arms sales and secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua. D. secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua. E. All these answers are correct.