PEASANTS AND FARMERS Why were the Confucian rulers of China, the Manchus, suspicious of all foreign Merchants? (1) The British were buying tea at very low rates (2) They feared that the British would interfere in local politics and disrupt their authority (3) China was self-sufficient and did not want to trade with any country (4) All the above
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS The Great Agrarian Depression of the 1930s was caused by (1) overproduction of wheat (2) fall of wheat production (3) rise in the price of wheat (4) overproduction of rice
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS Name the US President who said “Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war.” (1) President Roosevelt (2) President Clinton (3) President Bush (4) President Wilson
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS Which one of these is not the correct option for the cause of the Great Agrarian Depression in the USA? (1) Production had declined rapidly (2) Storehouses overflowed with grain (3) Vast amount of corn and wheat were turned into animal feed (4) Wheat prices fell and export markets collapsed
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS What did the settlers of the Great Plains realise after the 1930s? (1) Using older methods of cultivation were better than modern machines (2) Competition with other countries was not healthy (3) They had to respect the ecological conditions of each region (4) None of the above
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Option: 3 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS In 1839, who was sent by the Emperor to Canton as a Special Commissioner to stop the opium trade? (1) I-tsing (2) Lin Ze-xu (3) Lao-Tsu (4) None of the above
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS The Manchus were (1) Chinese rulers (2) Roman rulers (3) Indian rulers (4) Portuguese rulers
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS How much land did the wheat barons possess at this time in the USA? (1) 1000-2000 acres of land (2) 2000-3000 acres of land (3) 3000-4000 acres of land (4) 4000-5000 acres of land
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Option: 4 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS Opium was exported from India to: (1) China (2) Rome (3) U.K. (4) Portugal
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Option: 1 Solution : -. |
PEASANTS AND FARMERS In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented the first mechanical reaper. What was its most Important advantage? (1) In could harvest 50 acres of wheat (2) 500 acres of wheat could be harvested in two weeks (3) It could cut grass on large areas (4) It could prepare the ground for cultivation
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Option: 2 Solution : -. |
