Q1. What evidence exists to support the claim that Muhammad Ali supported the western technology and ideas?
Q2. Why did geography serve as a source of conflict for the Ottoman and Russian Empires?
Q3. How did the Ottoman Empire's military defeats improve the condition of the empire?
Q4. Why were the religious elites (including ulama) and the Janissaries impediments to reform movements in the Ottoman Empire?
Q5. How did the Tanzimat impact religion in the Ottoman Empire?
Q6. What impact did the Tanzimat have on women in the Ottoman Empire (connected to the impact of silver from the Americas)?
Q7. What were the causes of the Crimean War?
Q8. Why did Ottoman urban centers grow after the Crimean War?
Q9. What similarities exist between extraterritoriality and treaty ports?
Q10. How were Russia compare to the Ottoman Empires of the 1800's?
Q11. Why was industrialization slow to take hold in Russia?
Q12. Why is Pan-Slavism considered a nationalist movement?
Q13. Why did Alexander I's reform efforts meet with opposition from well-established Russian families?
Q14. What impact did the Decembrist revolt have on the reign of tsar Nicholas I?
Q15. What impact did the Crimean War have on Russia?
Q16. Why would a Russian serf support the narodniki and the Emancipation Edict?
Q17. How did the Macartney mission and the Canton system impact relations between the Qing Empire and Europe?
Q18. What were the consequences of the Qing Empire's agricultural policies?
Q19. What evidence exists to support the claim that the Arrow War and the Opium War were wars of imperialist aggression?
Q20. In what ways did the Opium War illustrate the differences between Britain and China?
Q21. How did the Treaty of Nanking and the guaranteed most-favored-nation status label benefit British interests?
Q22. What caused the Taiping Rebellion?
Q23. How did the Arrow War lead to laws banning Chinese immigration into the United States in 1882?
Q24. Why is the Taiping Rebellion pointed as a key event in the downfall of the Qing dynasty?