AP World History
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UNIT IV 1750-1914
Chapter 25 Study Guide- Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism (Ottoman,
Russia, Qing) 1800-1870
Directions: Using complete sentences, answer the following questions. Page numbers
provided.
1. Who were the most persistent opponents of early Ottoman reforms? P.653
2. Why/how did Serbia gain independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1805? P.653
3. Why did the ulama oppose Selim III’s reforms? P.653
4. How was Greece able to gain its independence from the Ottoman Empire? p.656
5. List at least 3 features of the Tanzimat Reforms. P. 656
6. What was the preferred language of the reformed educational system? P.657
7. What impact did Ottoman reforms have on women? P. 658
8. What was the significance of the Crimean War? P.661
9. What did the Young Ottomans promote? P. 663
10. How did European leaders view Russia? P. 663
11. What did Russian industrialization depend on? Be specific. P. 664
12. Why did European countries view Russia as more “European” than the Ottoman Empire?
p. 664-5
13. What did Russia’s southward expansion do to its relations with its neighbors? Who were
they (neighbors)? P.665
14. What was the Decembrist Revolt? P. 666
15. List at least 3 reforms instituted by Alexander II after losing the Crimean War. p. 666
16. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: best novel of all time. Leo Tolstoy
rocks too (War and Peace, Anna Karenina)
17. How did the Qing view the Europeans and WHY? P. 668
Notecard Terms: Identify (who/what/when/where/how/why) and explain its significance
(think of the relevant SPRITE category and what effects it had on it).
Resources: Use your chapter reading, glossary, student website (electronic flash cards are
provided!), and/or internet. Sometimes using only one source will not suffice.
Muhammad Ali
Janissaries
Serbia
Tanzimat
Crimean War
extraterritoriality
Young Ottomans
Slavophile
Pan-Slavism
Decembrist revolt
Opium War
Bannermen
Treaty of Nanking
treaty ports
most-favored-nation status
Taiping Rebellion
Chinese Dynasties B.c.e. to 19th c.
DATE
2100 BCE-1600 BCE
1600 BCE- 1046 BCE
1046 BCE- 771 BCE
770 BCE- 256 BCE
475 BCE- 221BCE
221 BCE- 206 BCE
206 BCE- 220 CE
Period of disunity
581- 618 CE
618- 907 CE
DYNASTY
RELIGION(S)
NOTABLE INFO
960- 1279 CE
1279- 1368 CE
1368- 1644 CE
1644- 1914 CE
Free Response Focus Questions: This should read like a mini essay and should include all of
the following:
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An abundance of historical facts (may include facts before this time per. that influenced this event)
Address every part of the question in full and takes a stand that can be argued.
Understand where events fall historically (eg. Enlightenment was influenced by Protestant Reformation)
You must include at least 2 notecard terms in each response…and a bunch of any other related
facts.
1. What are the results of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt? How does Egypt respond to this European
aggression?
2. The problems that land-based Eurasian empires faced in regard to European sea-based empires
were very similar. The solutions they attempted were not. Compare the situations of the Ottoman
and Qing Empires in the nineteenth century and their responses to the European challenge.
3. The Janissary revolt in Serbia and the execution of Selim III taught Ottoman leaders that reform
had to be more systematic. The Ottoman response was the Tanzimat Reforms. Describe those
reforms and evaluate their effectiveness.
4. What were the causes of the Crimean War? Be specific, especially concerning the different
nations and states involved.
5. Discuss the factors within China and among the Chinese people that explain the powerful British
presence in China by 1842. Describe the social situation in China and Britain’s economic
interests.
6. Nineteenth-century Qing China suffered from both foreign intrusion and social unrest. What was
the most obvious demonstration of the Chinese people’s dissatisfaction at midcentury? Explain in
detail the causes and results of that unrest.