Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-"bannermen"

Accepted Answer

Bannermen were members of the military a

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Qing dynasty

Accepted Answer

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Manc

Question 3

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to accomplish all of the following except

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A)  rise from farmer's son to leader of Osaka and most other areas of Japan. 
B)  increase the area he controlled to include the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu. 
C)  was one of the three unifiers of Japan in the sixteenth century. 
D)  gain control of Korea. 
E)  create a national currency. 
A)  rise from farmer's son to leader of Osaka and most other areas of Japan. 
B)  increase the area he controlled to include the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu. 
C)  was one of the three unifiers of Japan in the sixteenth century. 
D)  gain control of Korea. 
E)  create a national currency.

Question 4

The peasant revolt that brought down the preoccupied Ming Dynasty,and precipitated the ascension to control of the Manchus,was led by the disgruntled postal worker

Accepted Answer

A)  Yuan Shi-Kai. 
B)  Li Zicheng. 
C)  Zheng Chenggong. 
D)  Koxinga. 
E)  Kangxi Lon. 
A)  Yuan Shi-Kai. 
B)  Li Zicheng. 
C)  Zheng Chenggong. 
D)  Koxinga. 
E)  Kangxi Lon.

Question 5

In comparing Mongol and Manchu rule in China,it can be accurately stated that the

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A)  Mongols were more successful than the Manchus. 
B)  Manchus were more successful than the Mongols. 
C)  Mongols were better at adapting to the ways of the Chinese than the Manchus. 
D)  Manchus produced a system of government in China in which there was absolutely no distinction made for Manchurian identification. 
E)  both succumbed to new invaders from the Asian steppes. 
A)  Mongols were more successful than the Manchus. 
B)  Manchus were more successful than the Mongols. 
C)  Mongols were better at adapting to the ways of the Chinese than the Manchus. 
D)  Manchus produced a system of government in China in which there was absolutely no distinction made for Manchurian identification. 
E)  both succumbed to new invaders from the Asian steppes.

Question 6

Which of the following is accurate regarding of the effects of Qianlong's trade policy with England?

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A)  It showed Lord Macartney that he could not continue to attack the Emperor. 
B)  It set the stage for a future of harmonious trade relations between the two powers. 
C)  It showed the compromising nature of the Chinese attitude. 
D)  It set the stage for a future of Chinese degradation and decline. 
E)  The emperor encouraged the British to import opium from India to China. 
A)  It showed Lord Macartney that he could not continue to attack the Emperor. 
B)  It set the stage for a future of harmonious trade relations between the two powers. 
C)  It showed the compromising nature of the Chinese attitude. 
D)  It set the stage for a future of Chinese degradation and decline. 
E)  The emperor encouraged the British to import opium from India to China.

Question 7

Saikaku was a major Japanese novelist who wrote about

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A)  picturesque rural scenes. 
B)  alienated samurai. 
C)  five women ready to die for love. 
D)  the early development of kabuki. 
E)  a history of the Tokugawa shogunate. 
A)  picturesque rural scenes. 
B)  alienated samurai. 
C)  five women ready to die for love. 
D)  the early development of kabuki. 
E)  a history of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Question 8

Probably the best-known artistic achievements of the Ming era were the famous

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A)  court paintings of the artists of Yangzhou. 
B)  silk masterpieces of the chinoiserie. 
C)  blue-and-white porcelain objects. 
D)  intricately carved lacquerware in bold shapes and colored cloisonné. 
E)  jade jewelry works. 
A)  court paintings of the artists of Yangzhou. 
B)  silk masterpieces of the chinoiserie. 
C)  blue-and-white porcelain objects. 
D)  intricately carved lacquerware in bold shapes and colored cloisonné. 
E)  jade jewelry works.

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Gold Vase Plum/The Golden Lotus

Accepted Answer

"Gold Vase Plum" and "The Golden Lotus"

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Yang Jisheng

Accepted Answer

Yang Jisheng is a Chinese journalist and

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Yi Song Gye

Accepted Answer

Yi Song-gye (also spelled as Yi Seong-gy

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-blue and white porcelain and chinoiserie

Accepted Answer

Blue and white porcelain is a type of ce

Question 13

Basho

Accepted Answer

A)  was intrigued by the search for the meaning of existence. 
B)  was Japan's premier seventeenth century architect. 
C)  was the first Muslim intellectual to emerge in Japan. 
D)  was a rebel samurai who tried to assassinate the emperor. 
E)  ended his life by suicide. 
A)  was intrigued by the search for the meaning of existence. 
B)  was Japan's premier seventeenth century architect. 
C)  was the first Muslim intellectual to emerge in Japan. 
D)  was a rebel samurai who tried to assassinate the emperor. 
E)  ended his life by suicide.

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Edo

Accepted Answer

Edo refers to a period in Japanese histo

Question 15

All of the following were part of Japan's "Dutch learning" except

Accepted Answer

A)  medicine. 
B)  theology. 
C)  astronomy. 
D)  languages. 
E)  oil painting. 
A)  medicine. 
B)  theology. 
C)  astronomy. 
D)  languages. 
E)  oil painting.

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-The Dream of the Red Chamber

Accepted Answer

"The Dream of the Red Chamber," also kno

Question 17

Government under the Qing Dynasty

Accepted Answer

A)  abandoned all of its Manchu roots. 
B)  gave Europeans preference over Chinese for civil service positions. 
C)  was actually no different than it had been under the Ming. 
D)  saw compromises made in the civil service examination system as positions were increasingly assigned to candidates who purchased their degrees. 
E)  although a dyarchy, in reality favored the Chinese over the Manchus. 
A)  abandoned all of its Manchu roots. 
B)  gave Europeans preference over Chinese for civil service positions. 
C)  was actually no different than it had been under the Ming. 
D)  saw compromises made in the civil service examination system as positions were increasingly assigned to candidates who purchased their degrees. 
E)  although a dyarchy, in reality favored the Chinese over the Manchus.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Treaty of Nerchinsk

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Nerchinsk, signed on Augus

Question 19

The Christian missionaries who accompanied the European merchant ships to East Asia

Accepted Answer

A)  came primarily, at first, from the Lutheran and Greek Orthodox churches. 
B)  seemed less threatening to the Ming and Qing dynasties than to the Tokugawa shogunate. 
C)  were actually only twenty in number, and were ignored by the governments and peoples. 
D)  were widely resented by the Chinese population because of their all-too-obvious disinterest in the Chinese language and popular ideas. 
E)  were refused entry into China. 
A)  came primarily, at first, from the Lutheran and Greek Orthodox churches. 
B)  seemed less threatening to the Ming and Qing dynasties than to the Tokugawa shogunate. 
C)  were actually only twenty in number, and were ignored by the governments and peoples. 
D)  were widely resented by the Chinese population because of their all-too-obvious disinterest in the Chinese language and popular ideas. 
E)  were refused entry into China.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-the "Forbidden City"

Accepted Answer

The "Forbidden City" refers to a histori

Exam 17: The East Asian World

Identify the following terms. -"bannermen"

Identify the following terms. -Qing dynasty

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to accomplish all of the following except

The peasant revolt that brought down the preoccupied Ming Dynasty,and precipitated the ascension to control of the Manchus,was led by the disgruntled postal worker

In comparing Mongol and Manchu rule in China,it can be accurately stated that the

Which of the following is accurate regarding of the effects of Qianlong's trade policy with England?

Saikaku was a major Japanese novelist who wrote about

Probably the best-known artistic achievements of the Ming era were the famous

Identify the following terms. -Gold Vase Plum/The Golden Lotus

Identify the following terms. -Yang Jisheng

Identify the following terms. -Yi Song Gye

Identify the following terms. -blue and white porcelain and chinoiserie

Basho

Identify the following terms. -Edo

All of the following were part of Japan's "Dutch learning" except

Identify the following terms. -The Dream of the Red Chamber

Government under the Qing Dynasty

Identify the following terms. -Treaty of Nerchinsk

The Christian missionaries who accompanied the European merchant ships to East Asia

Identify the following terms. -the "Forbidden City"

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The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

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The Flowering of Traditional China

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The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

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The West on the Eve of a New World Order

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The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge

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