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The Meiji reformers



A. started to modernize Japan.



B. were controlled by the shoguns.



C. attempted to close Japan to foreign trade.



D. reimposed centralized feudalism on Japan.





The liberal leader who started reforms in Mexico was



A. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.



B. Porfirio Diaz.



C. Maximilian.



D. Benito Juarez.





The first significant number of Europeans to come to Australia were



A. convicts.



B. Aborigines.



C. free citizens from England.



D. Maoris.



Which of the following is NOT a reason for Japan's rapid modernization?



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A. Japan was a homogeneous society.



B. Japan had experience from foreigners.



C. Japan had a diverse culture and language.



D. Japan was able to resist foreign rule.



This nation was called the Hermit Kingdom.



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A. Australia



B. Japan



C. Korea



D. China



By 1900, the strongest power in Asia was



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A. China.



B. Korea.



C. Thailand.



D. Japan.



The Monroe Doctrine was a policy statement by the United States that stated



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A. the Americas are closed to European colonization.



B. the United states would give money to poor Latin American countries.



C. the United States would be the "international police force" in the Western

Hemisphere.



D. the United States would not enter into any entangling alliances with European

nations.



This English leader claimed Australia for England in 1700.



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A. John McDonald



B. Matthew Perry



C. James Cook



D. William Lyon Mackenzie



In 1893, this nation became the first nation to give suffrage to women.



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A. New Zealand



B. Australia



C. United States



D. England



Which of the following results followed Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853?



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A. Japan defeated Perry's forces.



B. Japan closed its ports to all foreigners.



C. Japan opened its ports to American trade.



D. Japan allowed the Dutch to trade at Nagasaki.



Japan became an imperialistic power by gaining control of



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A. Russia.



B. Korea.



C. Thailand.



D. Indochina.





Which of the following parts of Southeast Asia came under French rule?



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A. the Malay Peninsula



B. Vietnam



C. Indonesia



D. Burma



Thailand remained independent by



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A. avoiding incidents that would provoke invasion.



B. defeating invaders.



C. resisting modernization.



D. refusing to accept treaties with European countries.



In the late 1800s, American sugar growers overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and

asked the United States to annex



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A. Samoa.



B. Cuba.



C. the Philippines.



D. Hawaii.



What did the people of Asia, Africa, and Latin America contribute to the

global economy that emerged in the early 1900s?



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A. technology



B. labor and resources



C. investment capital



D. manufactured goodsHistory questions I'm having trouble with?
I read Australia was colonized with convicts. It was a penal colony (jail).