Why did the year 1895 bring great embarrassment to the Chinese?
A) Western powers announced that they would support Japan over China, since Japan was stronger.
B) Japan soundly defeated them in the Sino-Japanese War.
C) The French defeated them and seized Vietnam.
D) Korea unexpectedly threw off the colonial yoke of China.
E) The Western powers announced that they would no longer purchase Chinese products because they were inferior.
Question 2
Which group took over the Indian Ocean trade in the seventh Century?
A) Thais
B) Khmers
C) East Africans
D) Arabs and Muslims
E) Dutch
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