In many respects, the Chinese economy in the mid-Qing era was as advanced as its counterparts around the world
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
You might also like to view...
Collectivization was a program intended to transform Russian ________
A) agriculture B) society C) arts D) Orthodoxy
How was Hernan Cortes able to gain control of the Aztec empire?
A. He made alliances with the people the Aztecs had conquered. B. he and his men fought the Aztecs using advanced weaponry C. He converted the Aztecs to Christianity D. He promised the Aztecs he would give them any riches he found
What was the Great Fear?
A. The fear by the first and second estates that the new constitution would limit their power B. The fear by Louis XVI that he was going to be overthrown after dismissing Necker C. The fear that the National Assembly would be dismissed before a constitution was completed D. Peasant revolts in the rest of the country in reaction to the events in Paris E. Mutiny by the army when called upon to stop mob violence at the Bastille
The chapter introduction relates the story of the "World's Columbian Exposition" to make the point that
A. the 1890s marked a return to a more stable political and social order after the upheavals of the previous two decades. B. American society and the world had been transformed by the industrial revolution. C. by the 1890s, politicians from the South and the West were winning national office more regularly than easterners. D. a political revolution in the 1890s undermined the longstanding power of the Republican party.