Question 1

China's population

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A)  had a majority of females over males as so many of the latter died in China's many wars. 
B)  was about 400 million in 1395. 
C)  was stagnant between 1600 and 1700. 
D)  grew fast during the 1600-1800 period, reaching over 300,000,000 by 1800. 
E)  declined between 1600 and 1800 because of a renewal of the bubonic plague. 
A)  had a majority of females over males as so many of the latter died in China's many wars. 
B)  was about 400 million in 1395. 
C)  was stagnant between 1600 and 1700. 
D)  grew fast during the 1600-1800 period, reaching over 300,000,000 by 1800. 
E)  declined between 1600 and 1800 because of a renewal of the bubonic plague.

Question 2

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,

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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 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Treaty of Nerchinsk

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Treaty of...

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
bakufu

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
bakufu...

Question 5

Firearms first reached Japan via

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A)  China prior to the arrival of Europeans. 
B)  the Portuguese who were the first European traders. 
C)  the English who supplanted the Portuguese in China. 
D)  the Indian trade across the Silk Road. 
E)  Korea and Vietnam who sought money to finance their wars of independence against China. 
A)  China prior to the arrival of Europeans. 
B)  the Portuguese who were the first European traders. 
C)  the English who supplanted the Portuguese in China. 
D)  the Indian trade across the Silk Road. 
E)  Korea and Vietnam who sought money to finance their wars of independence against China.

Question 6

The boundary dispute between the Russian tsar and the Qing was settled by the Treaty of

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A)  Kazan. 
B)  Kiakhta. 
C)  Nerchinsk. 
D)  Nanking. 
E)  Sinkiang. 
A)  Kazan. 
B)  Kiakhta. 
C)  Nerchinsk. 
D)  Nanking. 
E)  Sinkiang.

Question 7

The Ming were in a period of deep decline when the Portuguese arrived in 1514.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Describe the Chinese family and clan under the Qing Dynasty.

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The Chinese family and clan under the Qi

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
hostages

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The term "hostages" refers to people who

Question 10

In 1802, the divided country of ____ was reunited under the Nguyen Dynasty.

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A)  Cambodia 
B)  Tibet 
C)  Korea 
D)  Vietnam 
E)  Thailand 
A)  Cambodia 
B)  Tibet 
C)  Korea 
D)  Vietnam 
E)  Thailand

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
dyarchy

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
dyarchy...

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Deshima Island/Nagasaki

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Deshima (also spelled Dejima or Desima)

Question 13

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 sexual ecstasy. 
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 sexual ecstasy. 
D)  the early development of kabuki . 
E)  a history of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
chinoiserie

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Chinoiserie is a term that refers to a s

Question 15

What led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty? What role did the actions of European nations play in this context?

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The fall of the Ming Dynasty can be attr

Question 16

The name of the Chinese dynasty established by the Manchus was the

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A)  Yuan. 
B)  Tang. 
C)  Ming. 
D)  Qing. 
E)  Han. 
A)  Yuan. 
B)  Tang. 
C)  Ming. 
D)  Qing. 
E)  Han.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Edo and Kyoto

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Edo and Kyoto are historical cities in J

Question 18

Korea

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A)  wanted to play a significant and public role in world affairs. 
B)  developed the most equitable and open civil service system in Asia to avoid having a government bureaucracy drawn from a single class. 
C)  developed a phonetic alphabet for writing the spoken Korean language in the 1400s. 
D)  was much more heavily urbanized than that of Japan by 1750. 
E)  invaded Japan twice during the seventeenth century. 
A)  wanted to play a significant and public role in world affairs. 
B)  developed the most equitable and open civil service system in Asia to avoid having a government bureaucracy drawn from a single class. 
C)  developed a phonetic alphabet for writing the spoken Korean language in the 1400s. 
D)  was much more heavily urbanized than that of Japan by 1750. 
E)  invaded Japan twice during the seventeenth century.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Ming Dynasty

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The Ming Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in

Question 20

What were the defining characteristics of the Chinese novel of the Ming period?

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The defining characteristics of the Chin

Exam 17: The East Asian World

China's population

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,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Treaty of Nerchinsk

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). bakufu

Firearms first reached Japan via

The boundary dispute between the Russian tsar and the Qing was settled by the Treaty of

The Ming were in a period of deep decline when the Portuguese arrived in 1514.

Describe the Chinese family and clan under the Qing Dynasty.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). hostages

In 1802, the divided country of ____ was reunited under the Nguyen Dynasty.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). dyarchy

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Deshima Island/Nagasaki

Saikaku was a major Japanese novelist who wrote about

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). chinoiserie

What led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty? What role did the actions of European nations play in this context?

The name of the Chinese dynasty established by the Manchus was the

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Edo and Kyoto

Korea

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Ming Dynasty

What were the defining characteristics of the Chinese novel of the Ming period?

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