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Although the Ming emperor Yongle encouraged maritime exploration, later emperors discontinued that practice because |
| | A) | Portuguese adventurers defeated the Chinese navy. |
| | B) | new Mongol invasions turned China's attention to the north. |
| | C) | the navy was considered too great a drain on the imperial resources. |
| | D) | Qing emperors feared that new ideas would lead to political instability. |
| | E) | All of the answers are correct. |
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Which of the following is not true of the Manchus? |
| | A) | They were nomadic warriors from Manchuria. |
| | B) | They spoke a different language from their ethnic Chinese subjects. |
| | C) | They rejected Confucian principles in favor of a Mongol-style tribal council. |
| | D) | They established the Qing dynasty. |
| | E) | They ruled China from the Forbidden City in Beijing. |
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Which of the following is not true of the scholar-bureaucrats of China? |
| | A) | They came almost entirely from aristocratic families. |
| | B) | They were independent warlords, far from court and above the law. |
| | C) | They were responsible for the security and stability of the country. |
| | D) | Their appointment was based on their performance in the civil service exams. |
| | E) | They enjoyed positions of power and prestige. |
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Which of the following is not true of China's civil service system? |
| | A) | It was open to all men regardless of social standing. |
| | B) | It provided the poor with an avenue for upward social mobility. |
| | C) | It ensured that the most progressive men available governed China. |
| | D) | It guaranteed the central place of Confucianism in Chinese education. |
| | E) | It was very competitive with only a fraction of those applying gaining a government post. |
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The person with the lowest status in the Chinese household was |
| | A) | an unmarried son. |
| | B) | the mother of grown sons. |
| | C) | a young husband. |
| | D) | dead ancestors. |
| | E) | a daughter-in-law. |
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All of the following are indicative of the low status of Chinese women in the Ming and Qing dynasties except |
| | A) | the practice of footbinding. |
| | B) | female infanticide. |
| | C) | the forced burning of widows. |
| | D) | a wife's obligations to her in-laws. |
| | E) | arranged marriages. |
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Foreign traders sought all of the following Chinese products except |
| | A) | silk. |
| | B) | silver. |
| | C) | porcelain. |
| | D) | lacquerware. |
| | E) | tea. |
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In the view of Emperor Qianlong, the trade between China and England was |
| | A) | unnecessary to China but a favor to England. |
| | B) | mutually beneficial to both countries. |
| | C) | dangerous to both countries. |
| | D) | dangerous to England but beneficial to China. |
| | E) | None of the answers are correct. |
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By far the biggest social class in early modern China was |
| | A) | A.. the peasants. |
| | B) | the gentry class. |
| | C) | the workers and artisans. |
| | D) | the merchant class. |
| | E) | the "mean people." |
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According to traditional Confucian values, merchants were |
| | A) | honored for their contributions to society. |
| | B) | considered social parasites. |
| | C) | considered "mean people." |
| | D) | ineligible for civil service positions. |
| | E) | All of the answers are correct. |
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Confucian education tended to support |
| | A) | widespread literacy and popular fiction. |
| | B) | an open mind to different religions traditions. |
| | C) | conservative values such as filial piety and submission to authority. |
| | D) | independent thinking and resistance to authority. |
| | E) | None of the answers are correct. |
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Which of the following statements is not true of the Jesuit mission in China? |
| | A) | Jesuits attracted many converts, and Christianity became a popular religion. |
| | B) | Jesuits made an effort to learn Chinese and to understand Chinese culture. |
| | C) | Jesuits captured Chinese interests with European science and technology. |
| | D) | Other Catholic missionaries criticized the Jesuits' tolerance of Chinese traditions. |
| | E) | Most Chinese were put off by Christian claims to be the only true religion. |
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Tokugawa Ieyasu ruled Japan as |
| | A) | hereditary emperor. |
| | B) | a temporary military ruler in support of the emperor. |
| | C) | the elected lord of the daimyo. |
| | D) | a powerful regional warlord. |
| | E) | None of the answers are correct. |
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In order to control daimyo and maintain political stability, the Tokugawa bakufu |
| | A) | obliged the daimyo to live in the capital on alternative years. |
| | B) | limited contacts between individual daimyo. |
| | C) | had final approval over all marriage alliances among the daimyo. |
| | D) | limited contacts between daimyo and the outside world. |
| | E) | All of the answers are correct. |
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The isolationism of the Tokugawa government included |
| | A) | forbidding Japanese from going abroad. |
| | B) | forbidding Chinese and Dutch merchants from trading at Nagasaki. |
| | C) | forbidding scholars of neo-Confucianism from teaching in Japan. |
| | D) | banning all foreign religions such as Confucianism and Buddhism. |
| | E) | All of the answers are correct. |
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The population growth in Japan slowed after 1700 because of the practice of |
| | A) | abortion. |
| | B) | contraception. |
| | C) | infanticide. |
| | D) | late marriage. |
| | E) | All of the answers are correct. |
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In the floating worlds in the major Japanese cities, one could find |
| | A) | centers of neo-Confucian learning. |
| | B) | important Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. |
| | C) | Kabuki theaters, brothels, public baths, and teahouses. |
| | D) | decorated luxury boats floating over the river water. |
| | E) | All of the answers are correct. |
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What became of the Christian community in Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate? |
| | A) | Christians were restricted to a few carefully controlled missions. |
| | B) | Christians were brutally persecuted and driven into secrecy. |
| | C) | Christianity merged with Buddhism and Shintoism into a new syncretic religion. |
| | D) | Japanese Christians continued to worship but lost support after European trade was restricted. |
| | E) | None of the answers are correct. |
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"Dutch learning" in Tokugawa Japan referred to all of the following areas except |
| | A) | weapons and armaments. |
| | B) | representational drawing and linear perspective. |
| | C) | astronomy and calendars. |
| | D) | anatomy and medicine. |
| | E) | Dutch language. |
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In his treatise "Deus Destroyed," Fabian Fucan expressed his concerns that |
| | A) | Japanese Christians were being persecuted by the shogunate. |
| | B) | Japanese converts had too easily abandoned Christianity. |
| | C) | Christian missionaries were misguided as to the true faith. |
| | D) | Christian missionaries planned to subvert Buddhism and destroy traditional Japanese culture. |
| | E) | without the Christian mission in Japan, the country would lose all contact with the outside world |
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