In the Period from 1845 to 1900, What Factors in China

question 49

Multiple Choice

In the period from 1845 to 1900, what factors in China led large numbers of people to immigrate to the Americas and Oceania?

• A) expulsion of dissidents by the Qing government
• B) population pressure and a shortage of cultivatable land
• C) promises of freedom from oppressive rule
• D) the one-child policy

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Definitions:

Dehydration Synthesis

A chemical reaction that binds molecules together with the loss of a water molecule.

Hydrogen Bond

A weak bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.

Polar Covalent

A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons unequally, resulting in a molecule with electrically charged poles.

Alkaline

Having a pH greater than 7, which is opposite of acidic, and is characterized by the presence of a higher concentration of OH- ions than H+ ions in a solution.