Question 1

Describe the voyages of Zheng He. What was their purpose, and were they successful?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The third

Question 2

During the civil war, which group of people banded together to hire mercenaries to protect cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Merchants 
B)  Monks 
C)  Samurai 
D)  Officials 
A)  Merchants 
B)  Monks 
C)  Samurai 
D)  Officials

Question 3

During the Japanese civil war in the middle of the sixteenth century, what role did the daimyo have?

Accepted Answer

A)  They allied themselves with the Lotus League. 
B)  They were appointed by shoguns to help fight rival samurai. 
C)  They set up a commoner-run government that collected taxes and settled disputes. 
D)  They were local warlords who operated independently of the government. 
A)  They allied themselves with the Lotus League. 
B)  They were appointed by shoguns to help fight rival samurai. 
C)  They set up a commoner-run government that collected taxes and settled disputes. 
D)  They were local warlords who operated independently of the government.

Question 4

How were eunuchs viewed by Confucian scholars?

Accepted Answer

A)  With admiration 
B)  With scorn 
C)  With pity 
D)  With indifference 
A)  With admiration 
B)  With scorn 
C)  With pity 
D)  With indifference

Question 5

What factors limited the success of Christian missionaries in China and Japan?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Jesuits we

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions :
-civil service examinations

Accepted Answer

A) The Chinese dynasty in power from 1368 to 1644; it marked a period of vibrant urban culture. 
B) A highly competitive series of written tests held at the prefecture, province, and capital levels in China to select men to become officials. 
C) The dynasty founded by the Manchus that ruled China from 1644 to 1911. 
D) Units of the Manchu army, composed of soldiers, their families, and slaves. 
E) A type of Japanese theater performed on a bare stage by one or two actors wearing brilliant brocade robes, one actor wearing a mask. The performers conveyed emotions and ideas as much through gestures, stances, and dress as through words.
F)Regional lords in Japan, many of whom were self-made men.
G)The Japanese government in Edo founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It lasted from 1603 to 1867.
H)Arrangement in which Japanese lords were required to live in Edo every other year and left their wives and sons there as hostages to the Tokugawa Shogunate. 
A) The Chinese dynasty in power from 1368 to 1644; it marked a period of vibrant urban culture. 
B) A highly competitive series of written tests held at the prefecture, province, and capital levels in China to select men to become officials. 
C) The dynasty founded by the Manchus that ruled China from 1644 to 1911. 
D) Units of the Manchu army, composed of soldiers, their families, and slaves. 
E) A type of Japanese theater performed on a bare stage by one or two actors wearing brilliant brocade robes, one actor wearing a mask. The performers conveyed emotions and ideas as much through gestures, stances, and dress as through words.
F)Regional lords in Japan, many of whom were self-made men.
G)The Japanese government in Edo founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It lasted from 1603 to 1867.
H)Arrangement in which Japanese lords were required to live in Edo every other year and left their wives and sons there as hostages to the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Question 7

According to Map 21.1, "The Qing Empire, ca. 1800," which people(s) occupied territory that was once the heart of the Ming Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Malayo-Polynesian 
B)  Mongol 
C)  Turkic 
D)  Tungusic, Manchu 
A)  Malayo-Polynesian 
B)  Mongol 
C)  Turkic 
D)  Tungusic, Manchu

Question 8

How did the daimyo deal with the violence of the civil war?

Accepted Answer

A)  They moved to Kyoto. 
B)  They built castles surrounded by moats and stone walls. 
C)  They invited the Portuguese to build forts. 
D)  They made an alliance against the shogun. 
A)  They moved to Kyoto. 
B)  They built castles surrounded by moats and stone walls. 
C)  They invited the Portuguese to build forts. 
D)  They made an alliance against the shogun.

Question 9

What was the market culture of the Ming like?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Many goods

Question 10

In a policy reminiscent of France's Louis XIV, how did Tokugawa Ieyasu control the feudal lords?

Accepted Answer

A)  He confiscated their estates. 
B)  He forced them to periodically reside at his capital. 
C)  He employed men from the merchant class as government officials. 
D)  He required them to perform military service. 
A)  He confiscated their estates. 
B)  He forced them to periodically reside at his capital. 
C)  He employed men from the merchant class as government officials. 
D)  He required them to perform military service.

Question 11

What kinds of books were popular in the Ming period? What does this reveal about Ming culture in general?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Printing m

Question 12

One major hardship faced by the Ming was gangs of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Korean refugees 
B)  Failed scholars 
C)  Former soldiers 
D)  Poor merchants 
A)  Korean refugees 
B)  Failed scholars 
C)  Former soldiers 
D)  Poor merchants

Question 13

How did Japan's trade relations evolve between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trade relations increasingly favored the interests of Portugal. 
B)  European business accounted for half of the government's annual revenue. 
C)  The Japanese excluded the British from trade opportunities. 
D)  Japan's trade relations with Europeans became more limited and restrictive. 
A)  Trade relations increasingly favored the interests of Portugal. 
B)  European business accounted for half of the government's annual revenue. 
C)  The Japanese excluded the British from trade opportunities. 
D)  Japan's trade relations with Europeans became more limited and restrictive.

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-Qing Dynasty

Accepted Answer

A) The Chinese dynasty in power from 1368 to 1644; it marked a period of vibrant urban culture. 
B) A highly competitive series of written tests held at the prefecture, province, and capital levels in China to select men to become officials. 
C) The dynasty founded by the Manchus that ruled China from 1644 to 1911. 
D) Units of the Manchu army, composed of soldiers, their families, and slaves. 
E) A type of Japanese theater performed on a bare stage by one or two actors wearing brilliant brocade robes, one actor wearing a mask. The performers conveyed emotions and ideas as much through gestures, stances, and dress as through words.
F)Regional lords in Japan, many of whom were self-made men.
G)The Japanese government in Edo founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It lasted from 1603 to 1867.
H)Arrangement in which Japanese lords were required to live in Edo every other year and left their wives and sons there as hostages to the Tokugawa Shogunate. 
A) The Chinese dynasty in power from 1368 to 1644; it marked a period of vibrant urban culture. 
B) A highly competitive series of written tests held at the prefecture, province, and capital levels in China to select men to become officials. 
C) The dynasty founded by the Manchus that ruled China from 1644 to 1911. 
D) Units of the Manchu army, composed of soldiers, their families, and slaves. 
E) A type of Japanese theater performed on a bare stage by one or two actors wearing brilliant brocade robes, one actor wearing a mask. The performers conveyed emotions and ideas as much through gestures, stances, and dress as through words.
F)Regional lords in Japan, many of whom were self-made men.
G)The Japanese government in Edo founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It lasted from 1603 to 1867.
H)Arrangement in which Japanese lords were required to live in Edo every other year and left their wives and sons there as hostages to the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Question 15

Although the Tokugawa shoguns attempted to freeze Japanese society in a single mold, in reality there was rapid social and economic change. Explain.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Under the

Question 16

The Ming emperor Chengzu (Yongle) moved the capital from Nanjing to where?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shanghai 
B)  Xi'an 
C)  Yangzi 
D)  Beijing 
A)  Shanghai 
B)  Xi'an 
C)  Yangzi 
D)  Beijing

Question 17

Was Macartney's mission to China a success? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
King Georg

Question 18

In the fifteenth century, Japanese Muromachi culture was heavily influenced by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  European absolutism 
B)  Zen Buddhism 
C)  Confucian ethics 
D)  Repeated foreign invasions 
A)  European absolutism 
B)  Zen Buddhism 
C)  Confucian ethics 
D)  Repeated foreign invasions

Question 19

During the Edo period, which remained an important trading partner for Japan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Portugal 
B)  China 
C)  Korea 
D)  Mongolia 
A)  Portugal 
B)  China 
C)  Korea 
D)  Mongolia

Question 20

What was used most commonly for money in the Ming period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paper 
B)  Silver 
C)  Copper 
D)  Rice 
A)  Paper 
B)  Silver 
C)  Copper 
D)  Rice

Exam 21: Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800

Describe the voyages of Zheng He. What was their purpose, and were they successful?

During the civil war, which group of people banded together to hire mercenaries to protect cities?

During the Japanese civil war in the middle of the sixteenth century, what role did the daimyo have?

How were eunuchs viewed by Confucian scholars?

What factors limited the success of Christian missionaries in China and Japan?

Use the following to answer questions : -civil service examinations

According to Map 21.1, "The Qing Empire, ca. 1800," which people(s) occupied territory that was once the heart of the Ming Empire?

How did the daimyo deal with the violence of the civil war?

What was the market culture of the Ming like?

In a policy reminiscent of France's Louis XIV, how did Tokugawa Ieyasu control the feudal lords?

What kinds of books were popular in the Ming period? What does this reveal about Ming culture in general?

One major hardship faced by the Ming was gangs of which of the following?

How did Japan's trade relations evolve between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries?

Use the following to answer questions : -Qing Dynasty

Although the Tokugawa shoguns attempted to freeze Japanese society in a single mold, in reality there was rapid social and economic change. Explain.

The Ming emperor Chengzu (Yongle) moved the capital from Nanjing to where?

Was Macartney's mission to China a success? Why or why not?

In the fifteenth century, Japanese Muromachi culture was heavily influenced by which of the following?

During the Edo period, which remained an important trading partner for Japan?

What was used most commonly for money in the Ming period?

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