What describes the Taiping movement in China?
A) A secret society of martial artists who believed they had nothing to fear from Western weapons.
B) A revolution led by the educated class of Chinese.
C) The name for the Chinese defeat in the Sino-Japanese War.
D) The name for the Qing government's development of Chinese military industries and understanding of the West.
E) The prophet Hong Youwei claimed to be Jesus' brother sent to create a Heavenly Kingdom in China.
E
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German unification was completed as a result of the:
A. Crimean War. B. Napoleonic Wars. C. Seven Weeks' War. D. Franco-Prussian War. E. Russo-Japanese War.
__________ immigrants began immigrating to the United States in the late 1880s because of land shortages more serious than those in Europe
A) Japanese B) Chinese C) Mexican D) African
Which of the following was true of France in the early 12th century?
A) The king's royal army rivaled most armies in Europe. B) France was a collection of nearly independent duchies and counties. C) The Count of Anjou and the Duke of Normandy had small realms compared to Paris. D) The king controlled taxation for the entire French nation. E) France possessed the earmarks of a modern nation state.
One of the leading objections against Pope Julius II was
A. his plethora of illegitimate children. B. his demand for tithes from the nobility in exchange for leniency. C. his involvement personally leading his own army against his enemies. D. his refusal to obey the Benedictine rules. E. his use of church funds to decorate the Vatican palace.