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1
The Ming emperor Yongle moved the capital to
A)Nanjing.
B)Beijing.
C)Shanghai.
D)Hong Kong.
E)none of the above
2
Which of the following is not true of the Manchus?
A)They were nomads.
B)They came from Manchuria.
C)They rejected Confucian principles in favor of a Mongol-style tribal council.
D)They established the Qing dynasty.
E)all of the above are true.
3
Which of the following is true of the scholar-bureaucrats of China?
A)They frequently came from the scholar-gentry class.
B)They were independent warlords, far from court and above the law.
C)They were guaranteed jobs when they passed the civil service exams.
D)They inherited their positions form their fathers.
E)none of the above
4
Which of the following is true of China's civil service system?
A)It was a flexible system that focused on studying cutting edge scientific texts.
B)It was not very competitive.
C)It ensured that the most progressive men available governed China.
D)It guaranteed the central place of Confucianism in Chinese education.
E)It none of the above
5
Chinese farmers were able to increase the food supply in the seventeenth century by
A)mechanizing agriculture.
B)having their sons work in the fields.
C)planting new crops from the Americas.
D)developing new, chemical fertilizers.
E)all of the above
6
Which of the following are indicative of the low status of Chinese women in the Ming and Qing dynasties
A)the sale of wives into prostitution.
B)female infanticide.
C)the forced burning of widows.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
7
Foreign traders sought all of the following Chinese products except
A)silk.
B)silver.
C)porcelain.
D)lacquerware.
E)tea.
8
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 above
9
By far the biggest social class in early modern China consisted of
A)the peasants.
B)the gentry.
C)the workers and artisans.
D)the merchants.
E)the "mean people."
10
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 above
11
The Ming state broke sharply with earlier Chinese cultural practices such as Confucianism.
A)True
B)False
12
The Ming dynasty collapsed when famine struck parts of China in the early seventeenth century.
A)True
B)False
13
Qianlong focused his energies almost exclusively on domestic affairs.
A)True
B)False
14
Under the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor was considered to be more than a mere mortal.
A)True
B)False
15
China's population declined between 1500 and 1750.
A)True
B)False
16
Popular novels in China were most frequently read by
A)Confucian bureaucrats.
B)literate urban residents.
C)peasant farmers.
D)the Manchu royal family.
E)none of the above
17
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 used European science and technology to generate interest among the Chinese.
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.
18
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 above
19
In order to control the daimyo and maintain political stability, the Tokugawa bakufu
A)obliged the daimyo to live in the capital on alternate years.
B)limited contacts between individual daimyo.
C)limited contacts between daimyo and the outside world.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
20
The isolationism of the Tokugawa government included
A)forbidding Japanese from going abroad.
B)forbidding Chinese and Dutch merchants from trading at Nagasaki.
C)encouraging limited contact with Jesuit missionaries.
D)banning all foreign religions such as Confucianism and Buddhism.
E)All of the above
21
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 above
22
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 above
23
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 above
24
"Dutch learning" in Tokugawa Japan referred to
A)medical research.
B)the practice of sending Japanese students to Holland to attend university studies.
C)the study of Dutch by a small number of Japanese scholars to gain knowledge of the outside world.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
25
The Tokugawa government suppressed Christianity in Japan because
A)Christian insistence on observing the Sabbath undermined the economy.
B)government officials feared that Christianity would lead to Chinese dominance.
C)Christian missionaries were converting to Buddhism in large numbers.
D)shoguns feared that Christian daimyo would forge alliances with Europeans that could threaten the bakufu.
E)all of the above
26
The Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci sought to impress the Chinese people by emphasizing Christianity's unique views.
A)True
B)False
27
Japan benefited from a period of stability and peace that lasted from the fourteenth century through the sixteenth century.
A)True
B)False
28
During the era of Tokugawa rule, the traditional Japanese ruling elite often descended into poverty.
A)True
B)False
29
Bunraku were elaborate plays in which thousands of actors re-enacted famous Japanese battles.
A)True
B)False
30
Kabuki were a new and more deadly class of samurai who emerged in the early eighteenth century.
A)True
B)False





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