Japan remained isolated and anti-western country until when?
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1868 under the Meiji Rule or "Enlightened Rule"
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What imperial ruler oppressed Russia's peasants by legalizing the sale of serfs separately from the land?
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Catherine the Great
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Who developed cotton production and weaving in India?
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The British
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This dynasty seized control of China in 1644 but experienced a great decline in the late 1800s
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Qing
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The Bible teaches that God establishes governments to do what?
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Protect the innocent and give them quiet, peaceable lives.
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The Boxer Rebellion was directed against whom?
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Foreigners in China
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This man called himself a "Heavenly King" and claimed to be Christ's brother.
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Hong Xiuquan
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Whom did Egypt belong to at the time of Napoleon's invasion in 1798?
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Ottomans
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Where did the Decembrist Revolt occur?
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Russia
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The final incident that led to the British government taking complete control of India was called what?
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The Sepoy Mutiny
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What Russian czar abolished serfdom?
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Alexander II
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What was Japan lacking that it needed to become an industrialized nation?
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A large supply of natural resources and raw materials.
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What country did Commodore Matthew Perry pressure to open for trade and end its isolation?
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Japan
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Why did the Sepoy Mutiny begin?
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Because there were rumors that the ammunition for newly issued rifles had been greased with either beef or pork fat, and in order to open the cartridges, the soldiers had to bite them.
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From where were Napoleon and his army retreating when they suffered great losses due to harsh weather?
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Russia
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The Boxers were members of a secret society which was officially named what?
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The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
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Meiji is a title meaning?
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Enlightened Rule
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What Bible passage did Tolstoy misuse to support his idea of the ideal society?
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The Sermon on the Mount
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This woman staged a coup against her adopted son
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Cixi
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By winning this war, Britain gained control of much of India.
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the Seven Years War
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Where did opium originate when the British were growing and exporting it to China?
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In India
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The Hundred Days' Reform was a failed attempt to implement sweeping changes in what country?
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China
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Michael Bakunin was know as the "Father of...."?
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Anarchism
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What country competed with Britain for control of India?
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France
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What young Chinese ruler worked to modernize China and develop a Constitutional monarchy?