Question 1

What role did the daimyo play in shaping the politics of Japan in the late Ashikaga era?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The daimyo

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions :
-Nō theater

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 3

What was Zhu Yuanzhang's adult path to becoming emperor?

Accepted Answer

A)  From tax collector to soldier to emperor 
B)  From merchant to rebel to emperor 
C)  From monk to rebel to general to emperor 
D)  From soldier to rebel to prisoner to emperor 
A)  From tax collector to soldier to emperor 
B)  From merchant to rebel to emperor 
C)  From monk to rebel to general to emperor 
D)  From soldier to rebel to prisoner to emperor

Question 4

The Qing Dynasty was founded by what people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Manchus 
B)  Mongols 
C)  Jerchens 
D)  Yuan 
A)  Manchus 
B)  Mongols 
C)  Jerchens 
D)  Yuan

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions :
-daimyo

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 6

During the Ashikaga Shogunate, the government's capital was in what city?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tokyo 
B)  Kamakura 
C)  Kyoto 
D)  Kochi 
A)  Tokyo 
B)  Kamakura 
C)  Kyoto 
D)  Kochi

Question 7

Why did the Ming government order the planting of 50 million trees in the Nanjing area in 1391?

Accepted Answer

A)  To promote themselves as Daoist and pro-nature 
B)  To create new forests in which to settle disruptive peasants 
C)  To produce lumber for the construction of a fleet 
D)  To feed the silkworms that provided silk for imperial robes 
A)  To promote themselves as Daoist and pro-nature 
B)  To create new forests in which to settle disruptive peasants 
C)  To produce lumber for the construction of a fleet 
D)  To feed the silkworms that provided silk for imperial robes

Question 8

What military advantage did the Qing have over the Mongols?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cannon 
B)  Bows 
C)  Catapults 
D)  Body armor 
A)  Cannon 
B)  Bows 
C)  Catapults 
D)  Body armor

Question 9

Weigh the accomplishments and behavior of Zhu Yuanzhang to determine whether or not China benefited from his rule.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Zhu Yuanzh

Question 10

Which of these made its first appearance during the Ming period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Full-length novels 
B)  Comedic plays 
C)  Epic poems 
D)  Short stories 
A)  Full-length novels 
B)  Comedic plays 
C)  Epic poems 
D)  Short stories

Question 11

Which of the following referred to units of the Qing army that were composed of soldiers, their families, and slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Banners 
B)  Circles 
C)  Clans 
D)  Phalanxes 
A)  Banners 
B)  Circles 
C)  Clans 
D)  Phalanxes

Question 12

The Yuan Grand Canal, which linked Beijing to the Yangzi River, was widened under the Ming to supply which of the following to the capital?

Accepted Answer

A)  Water 
B)  Soldiers 
C)  Salt 
D)  Grain 
A)  Water 
B)  Soldiers 
C)  Salt 
D)  Grain

Question 13

What were two dominant Chinese exports during the Ming period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rice and tea 
B)  Porcelain and silk 
C)  Opium and sugar 
D)  Cotton and tobacco 
A)  Rice and tea 
B)  Porcelain and silk 
C)  Opium and sugar 
D)  Cotton and tobacco

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

What role did the daimyo play in shaping the politics of Japan in the late Ashikaga era?

Use the following to answer questions : -Nō theater

What was Zhu Yuanzhang's adult path to becoming emperor?

The Qing Dynasty was founded by what people?

Use the following to answer questions : -daimyo

During the Ashikaga Shogunate, the government's capital was in what city?

Why did the Ming government order the planting of 50 million trees in the Nanjing area in 1391?

What military advantage did the Qing have over the Mongols?

Weigh the accomplishments and behavior of Zhu Yuanzhang to determine whether or not China benefited from his rule.

Which of these made its first appearance during the Ming period?

Which of the following referred to units of the Qing army that were composed of soldiers, their families, and slaves?

The Yuan Grand Canal, which linked Beijing to the Yangzi River, was widened under the Ming to supply which of the following to the capital?

What were two dominant Chinese exports during the Ming period?

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