Traditions and Encounters, 2/e

Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

SOCIETIES AT CROSSROADS

Study Questions


1		What factors led to the territorial decline of the Ottoman empire over the course of the nineteenth century? What territories were lost?



2		Compare the reforms of the Tanzimat era with the program of the Young Turks.



3		What significant political and legal reforms did the Russian government implement in the late nineteenth century?



4		What was Count Witte's program for the industrialization of Russia? What were the results?



5		What were the sources of social discontent and agitation in Russia in the late nineteenth century? How did the government respond?



6		What events led to the Russian Revolution of 1905? What was the outcome of this revolution?



7		Why was the opium trade so important to the British? What factors led to the Opium War and how was this war resolved?



8		What was the impact of the Treaty of Nanjing on the Chinese empire? What nations benefited from this treaty?



9		What were the causes of the Taiping revolution? What was the outcome?



10		Overall, what weaknesses would you say led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty?



11		What factors led to the collapse of the Tokugawa government and the restoration of the emperor Meiji in 1868?



12		How did Japanese reformers achieve rapid industrialization of Japan? What were the results of this effort? What were the costs?

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