Quote: Whatever is, is in its Causes just Since all Things are by Fate; but purblind Man Sees but a part o’ th’ Chain, the nearest Link, His Eyes not carrying to the equal Beam That poises all above.

PERSON: Benjamin Franklin

Named: A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain

Date: January 1, 1725

QUESTION: Which of the following countries was not in competition for Korea in the 1870's?

ANSWER: England

QUESTION: Powerful banking and industrial families in Japan

ANSWER: Zaibatsu

QUESTION: American naval officer who opened Japan to trade

ANSWER: Mattew Perry

QUESTION: In a(n) ______, local rulers governed but western powers were in actual control.

ANSWER: Protectorate

QUESTION: A policy considered un-democratic by opponents

ANSWER: Imperialism

QUESTION: Which of the following was a cause of the Ottoman Empire's decline?

ANSWER: The weakening of the central government