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None Drugs and Alcohol
What class of drug is Opium?
  1. Steroid
  2. Marijuana
  3. Narcotic
  4. Hallucinogens
None New Imperialism
The Opium War was important to the British because
  1. they wanted to continue selling Opium to the Chinese for silver
  2. it was a step towards taking over the Chinese coast
  3. port cities in China were wanted by the British
  4. they wanted access to more silks and porcelain
Grade 9 Drugs and Alcohol
These drugs come from the opium plant and are pain relievers.
  1. narcotics
  2. depressants
  3. designer drugs
  4. inhalents
Grade 5 New Imperialism
How did Lin Zexu attempt to wipe out the opium problem?
  1. He sent out orders for sixty Chinese opium merchants to be thrown in jail.
  2. He threatened to close all Chinese ports forever unless every ship in Canton handed over all their opium
  3. He threatened to arrest and put to death any British merchant found trading opium.
  4. all of the above
Grade 9 New Imperialism
Which of the following best explains why the British turned to trading opium in China?
  1. Firsthand experience supplying mass opium addiction in the thirteen colonies proved the profitability of the trade
  2. British merchants could find no other commodity the Chinese needed
  3. Successful expansion of the opium trade in India provided a model for replication
  4. Imperialist designs for direct rule in China would be more easily attainable over a population pacified by narcotics
  5. British monarchs wanted to share the benefits of widespread medical and recreational use of opium they had experienced in British society with the Chinese
Grade 7 European History
In 1854, Florence Nightingale went to serve as a nurse during which war?
  1. Boer War
  2. Crimean War
  3. 2nd Opium War
  4. Franco-Prussian War
Grade 11 Modern Era
A wave of immigration from China was prompted by what event?
  1. California Gold Rush
  2. Yukon Gold Rush
  3. Boxer Rebellion
  4. Opium Wars
Grade 6 Dynastic China
The Forbidden City was occupied by foreign forces for the first time in 1860 during which war?
  1. Boxer Rebellion
  2. Sino-Japanese War
  3. Second Opium War
  4. White Lotus Rebellion