Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.7: Challenges to traditional East Asian societies (1700–1868) Questions
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Discuss the causes of the First Opium War (1839-1842).
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Discuss the view that Qianlong's reign (1735-1796) marked both the peak and the beginning of the decline of Qing China.
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Discuss the reasons why the Taiping Rebellion attracted mass support in southern China.
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To what extent was the Second Opium War (1856-1860) simply a continuation of unresolved issues from the First Opium War (1839-1842)?
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Examine the reasons for the internal weakening of Qing China in the period 1735 to 1804.
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Evaluate the impact of the Opium Wars on China's relations with foreign powers up to 1860.
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To what extent was the Treaty of Nanjing (1842) a turning point in China's relations with the West?
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Analyse the reasons for the outbreak of the White Lotus Rebellion (1796-1804) and its consequences for Qing China.
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Compare and contrast the impact of Western intervention on two states, each chosen from a different region, in the nineteenth century.
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Evaluate the relative importance of internal decay and external pressure in explaining the crisis of Qing China by 1860.
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Examine the role of the Canton System and the tribute system in shaping China's relations with Britain before 1839.
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Discuss the reasons for the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate by 1868.
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Analyse the role of internal weaknesses, as opposed to external pressure, in the decline of traditional government in EITHER Qing China OR Tokugawa Japan between 1839 and 1868.
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Compare and contrast the impact of Western intervention on Qing China and Tokugawa Japan between 1839 and 1868.
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Discuss the view that foreign military pressure was the single most important cause of political crisis in China and Japan between 1839 and 1868.
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Examine the reasons why the Qing dynasty survived the crises of 1839 to 1864, while the Tokugawa Shogunate did not survive to 1868.
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To what extent did economic factors explain the outbreak of internal rebellion in China and political crisis in Japan in the mid-nineteenth century?
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Evaluate the successes and failures of the Qing dynasty's response to internal and external threats between 1839 and 1864.
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Evaluate the impact of the unequal treaties on China's sovereignty between 1842 and 1860.
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To what extent was foreign intervention responsible for the defeat of the Taiping Rebellion?
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