HI 259 Quiz

Question 1

The Asian Military Revolution

Answer 1

Author: Peter Lorge

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Question 2

Bushido: Soul of Japan

Answer 2

Inazo Nitobe

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Question 3

The Good Man of Nanking

Answer 3

John Rabe

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Question 4

Hidded by Leaves

Answer 4

Tsunetomo

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Question 5

The Art of War

Answer 5

Sun Tzu

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Question 6

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Answer 6

J. Weatherford

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Question 7

Term Tests

Answer 7

1st: February 4th
2nd: March 11

14% each

25 mins for 1-2 page responce

Question 8

Written Assignment

Answer 8

Due: March 25th

2300-2500 words (7-8pages)

30%

Sign up for topic: Jan 21

Question 9

Battle of Ain Jalut

Answer 9

Sept. 3rd, 1260

• Between Mongols & Mameluk Sultanate
• Modern-day Israel

Question 10

Battle of Nagashino

Answer 10

June 28th, 1575

• Takrda Katsutori & allies v. Oda Nobunaga & allies (including Ieyasu Tokugawa)
• N.E. Japan; Mikawa province

Question 11

Battle of the Midway

Answer 11

June 4-7 1942

• American v. Japan
• mid-Pacific

Question 12

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 12

Aug 1894 - Apr 1895

• China v. Japan

Question 13

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 13

Feb 1904 - Sept 1905

• Russia v. Japan

Question 14

Warring States/Spring & Autumn Period

Answer 14

~5th c. BCE - 221 BCE

Question 15

Battle of Tsushima/Sea of Japan

Answer 15

May 27-28 1905

• Japanese Imperial Navy v. Russian Baltic Fleet
• Decisive Japanese victory, Japanese commander Admiral Togo hailed as a national hero

Question 16

Battle of Dan-no-ura

Answer 16

March 24 1185

• Genpai War
• Minamoto clan v. Taira clan
• Naval Engagement
• Southern tip of Honshu
• Decisive Minamoto victory

Question 17

An Lushan Rebellion

Answer 17

755-763

• rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, China

Question 18

Treaty of Portsmouth

Answer 18

Sept 5th 1905

• Officially ended the Russo-Japanese war

Question 19

Sengoku Period

Answer 19

1467-1603

Question 20

Seige of Xiangyang

Answer 20

1267 - March 14, 1273

• End of Southern Song dynasty by Mongolian Yuan Dynasty

Question 21

Boshin War

Answer 21

1868-1869

• Japanese civil war between ruling Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial Court loyals

Question 22

Battle of Dartsedo

Answer 22

Jan 28th, 1701

• Qing Dynasty v. Tibet

Question 23

Genpei War

Answer 23

1180-1185

• Taira v. Minamoto

Question 24

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 24

Dec 1850 - Aug 1864

• S. Chinese, Civil War

Question 25

_Battle of Jamrud_

Answer 25

April 30th, 1837 * Emirate of Afganistan v. Sikh Empire

Question 26

_Opium Wars_

Answer 26

1st: 1839-42 2nd: 1856-60

Question 27

_Battle Shiroyama_

Answer 27

Sept. 24, 1877 * Last battle of the Satsuma Rebellion

Question 28

_Treaty of Shimonoseki_

Answer 28

April 17th, 1895 * end of Sino-Japanese War

Question 29

_Boxer Rebellion_

Answer 29

1898-1900

Question 30

_Battle of Yalu River_

Answer 30

1st: Sept 17, 1894 2nd: April 30-May 1 1904

Question 31

_Chinese Civil War_

Answer 31

1927 - 1936, 1946-1950

Question 32

_Battle of Lake Poyang_

Answer 32

Aug - Oct 1363 * battle in war for control of China

Question 33

_Pearl Harbour_

Answer 33

Dec 7th, 1941

Question 34

_Washington Naval Conference_

Answer 34

1921-22

Question 35

_Battle of Plassey_

Answer 35

June 23, 1757

Question 36

_Satsuma Rebellion_

Answer 36

1877

Question 37

_Sepoy Mutiny/Indian Mutiny_

Answer 37

1857