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1.
What was used as the standard currency of trade between China and Europe in the 18th century?
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What triggered the First Opium War?
The Qing imposed monopoly on opium trade to Chinese merchants
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The Qing owed the British money on opium imports
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The Qing banned opium trade and confiscated opium stocks
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The Qing killed the British merchants selling opium
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What did Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, claim himself to be?
Descendent of the Ming emperor
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Reincarnation of Buddha
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Younger brother of Jesus Christ
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4.
Which of these was burnt down by the Anglo-French troops during the Second Opium War?
Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan)
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Summer Palace (Yi He Yuan)
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5.
How did the Russians gain control of Vladivostok (Haishenwai) in 1860?
Ceded by the Qing in the Convention of Peking
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The city surrendered after a siege by the Russian forces
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Ceded by the Japanese after the Russo-Japanese War
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Rewarded by the Qing for helping to fight against the Anglo-French forces in the Second Opium War
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How was the Qing's Beiyang Fleet annihilated in the First Sino-Japanese War?
Outnumbered by the larger Japanese navy fleet
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With help from the Russian Pacific Fleet
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Outmanoeuvred by the smaller, faster and more modern Japanese boats
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With help from the British Royal Navy
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7.
Why did the Japanese return the Liaodong Peninsula to China after the First Sino-Japanese War?
The Qing fought back and drove the Japanese out
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The Japanese swapped Liaodong Peninsula for Taiwan
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Under pressure from diplomatic intervention by Russia, France and Germany
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The Japanese suffered from strong local resistance against its rule
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8.
Why did the scramble of China, similar to that in Africa, not happen in 1899?
The Qing implemented successful reforms to become on par politically and militarily with the European powers
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The United States proposed the Open Door Policy towards China
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The population of China was too large for the Europeans to colonise China
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The Japanese wanted to take over all of China and threatening the European powers
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9.
Which country was NOT involved in the Eight-Nation Alliance against the Boxer Rebellions?
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Where did the Chinese Revolution break out on October 10th, 1911?
Wuchang (part of now Wuhan)
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