Some Southeast Asian nationalists initially welcomed the Japanese because
a. their peoples would be incorporated into a prosperous East Asian Empire.
b. they could obtain Japanese citizenship.
c. the Japanese freed them from Western colonial rule.
d. they believed that Japan would ultimately win the war.
e. they were all fellow Buddhists.
c
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Which of the following statements concerning the Chinese kingdom of Xia is correct?
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Why did the populations of Euro-American cities grow so fast between 1850 and 1914, and how did technological transformation in those cities affect urban life?
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In the early nineteenth century, the Ottoman sultan Selim III
A. converted to Christianity in an effort to appease the Europeans. B. was locked up by the Janissaries because they considered his reforms a threat. C. was able to finally destroy the power of the Janissaries. D. started the Young Turk movement. E. was the leading figure in the Tanzimat era.