Question 1

Why was Korea a logical first step for Hideyoshi's political conquests?

Accepted Answer

Linguistic similarity despite significant Chinese influences

Question 2

Among the cross-cultural intellectual exchanges between China and Europe, variolation was

Accepted Answer

A) when diplomats spontaneously combusted. 
B) immunization by vaccine. 
C) a bilingual printing of trade contracts. 
D) drawing maps that showed the Eastern as well as the Western world. 
E) a means by which Chinese physicians compared European anatomy to that of Asians. 
A) when diplomats spontaneously combusted. 
B) immunization by vaccine. 
C) a bilingual printing of trade contracts. 
D) drawing maps that showed the Eastern as well as the Western world. 
E) a means by which Chinese physicians compared European anatomy to that of Asians. B

Question 3

In Korea, one had to be born into the class to take the civil or military exams.

Accepted Answer

yangban

Question 4

When Li Zicheng took Beijing, the Ming empire turned for help to this group, which eventually overthrew the

Accepted Answer

A) Japanese Ronin. 
B) Mongolian Buddhists. 
C) Manchu soldiers from the Northeast. 
D) rebel forces from the Southwest. 
E) Korean private armies eager to overthrow Japan. 
A) Japanese Ronin. 
B) Mongolian Buddhists. 
C) Manchu soldiers from the Northeast. 
D) rebel forces from the Southwest. 
E) Korean private armies eager to overthrow Japan.

Question 5

Merchants from which country arrived in China in 1513?

Accepted Answer

A) Spain 
B) Portugal 
C) England 
D) Holland 
E) Italy 
A) Spain 
B) Portugal 
C) England 
D) Holland 
E) Italy

Question 6

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). 
 Describe the conflict between Russia and China over the Amur territories and how it was resolved.

Accepted Answer

Qing rulers were afraid that Galdan's Mo

Question 7

How did the Tokugawa Shogunate fall into decline and crisis?

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize that the decli

Question 8

During the Choson era of Korean history, what percentage of the population was slaves?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent 
B) 20 percent 
C) 30 percent 
D) 50 percent 
E) 75 percent 
A) 10 percent 
B) 20 percent 
C) 30 percent 
D) 50 percent 
E) 75 percent

Question 9

Who helped negotiate an act of settlement between Russia and China?

Accepted Answer

A) Ivan IV and Kangxi 
B) Jesuit interpreters 
C) Siberian shamas 
D) Confucian scholars 
E) Marco Polo's grandson 
A) Ivan IV and Kangxi 
B) Jesuit interpreters 
C) Siberian shamas 
D) Confucian scholars 
E) Marco Polo's grandson

Question 10

Which of the following was not a motive for Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea?

Accepted Answer

A) to impress domestic rivals 
B) to keep daimyo busy fighting outside Japan so they could not rebel 
C) to destroy East Asian trade networks 
D) to push out Christian daimyo 
E) to eventually conquer China 
A) to impress domestic rivals 
B) to keep daimyo busy fighting outside Japan so they could not rebel 
C) to destroy East Asian trade networks 
D) to push out Christian daimyo 
E) to eventually conquer China

Question 11

How did Jesuit missionary work differ from that of other Christian groups in China?

Accepted Answer

A) Jesuits focused on the intellectual and political elite. 
B) Jesuits focused on the merchants. 
C) Jesuits focused on conversion of the bottom of society. 
D) Jesuits used syncretism to promote Buddhism as a parallel of Christianity. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Jesuits focused on the intellectual and political elite. 
B) Jesuits focused on the merchants. 
C) Jesuits focused on conversion of the bottom of society. 
D) Jesuits used syncretism to promote Buddhism as a parallel of Christianity. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 12

In 1614, a Japanese government decree banned

Accepted Answer

A) Christianity. 
B) Confucianism. 
C) trade with Europe. 
D) None of these are correct. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Christianity. 
B) Confucianism. 
C) trade with Europe. 
D) None of these are correct. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the yangban?

Accepted Answer

A) "The two orders" of civil and military leaders of the Koryo government 
B) the warrior class of the Choson Koryo state 
C) Hideyoshi's handpicked invaders 
D) a type of Korean warship 
E) female Korean philosophers 
A) "The two orders" of civil and military leaders of the Koryo government 
B) the warrior class of the Choson Koryo state 
C) Hideyoshi's handpicked invaders 
D) a type of Korean warship 
E) female Korean philosophers

Question 14

Which of the following describes Matteo Ricci?

Accepted Answer

A) An outstanding Jesuit scholar 
B) An expert in the Chinese language 
C) A scholar of Confucian classics 
D) A Jesuit missionary who introduced European technology to China 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) An outstanding Jesuit scholar 
B) An expert in the Chinese language 
C) A scholar of Confucian classics 
D) A Jesuit missionary who introduced European technology to China 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 15

To gain converts, the Jesuits made what compromise?

Accepted Answer

A) They tolerated Confucian ancestor worship. 
B) They allowed Chinese women to become priests. 
C) They acknowledged the emperor to be a god on earth. 
D) They broke away from the Catholic Church. 
E) They freely mixed Buddhism and Confucianism into Orthodox Catholicism. 
A) They tolerated Confucian ancestor worship. 
B) They allowed Chinese women to become priests. 
C) They acknowledged the emperor to be a god on earth. 
D) They broke away from the Catholic Church. 
E) They freely mixed Buddhism and Confucianism into Orthodox Catholicism.

Question 16

What internal and external pressures did Japan face during its period of reunification? How did Japan deal with these challenges?

Accepted Answer

Students should discuss Japan's internal

Question 17

For European merchants, the China trade was second in importance only to the

Accepted Answer

A) Japanese silver trade. 
B) Indian monsoon trade. 
C) African tea trade. 
D) Southeast Asian spice trade. 
E) None of these is correct. 
A) Japanese silver trade. 
B) Indian monsoon trade. 
C) African tea trade. 
D) Southeast Asian spice trade. 
E) None of these is correct.

Question 18

The term "Dutch studies" referred to

Accepted Answer

A) a period in Japanese history that corresponded to the "tulip period" of the Safavid empire. 
B) a partnership between Japanese merchants and the VOC for trading of porcelain. 
C) Japanese who learned about European weapons, shipbuilding and sciences from the Dutch based in Nagasaki. 
D) the requirement by the Emperor that Christian missionaries must learn Japanese as the Dutch had done. 
E) a learning curve as the Dutch traders attacked the technologically inferior Japanese, who adapted their technology to overthrow the merchants later. 
A) a period in Japanese history that corresponded to the "tulip period" of the Safavid empire. 
B) a partnership between Japanese merchants and the VOC for trading of porcelain. 
C) Japanese who learned about European weapons, shipbuilding and sciences from the Dutch based in Nagasaki. 
D) the requirement by the Emperor that Christian missionaries must learn Japanese as the Dutch had done. 
E) a learning curve as the Dutch traders attacked the technologically inferior Japanese, who adapted their technology to overthrow the merchants later.

Question 19

What incident of 1701-1703 exemplified the crisis of Japan's transformation from a military to a civil society?

Accepted Answer

A) The Lonely Ronin 
B) The Hidden Ronin 
C) The Resurrected Ronin 
D) The Forty-Seven Ronin 
E) The Shinto Ronin 
A) The Lonely Ronin 
B) The Hidden Ronin 
C) The Resurrected Ronin 
D) The Forty-Seven Ronin 
E) The Shinto Ronin

Question 20

What European organization was a transmitter of science and technology to China?

Accepted Answer

A) The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits 
B) The Teutonic Knights 
C) The Knights Templar 
D) The Order of the Cross 
E) The Royal Scientific Society 
A) The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits 
B) The Teutonic Knights 
C) The Knights Templar 
D) The Order of the Cross 
E) The Royal Scientific Society

Exam 21: East Asia in Global Perspective

Why was Korea a logical first step for Hideyoshi's political conquests?

Among the cross-cultural intellectual exchanges between China and Europe, variolation was

In Korea, one had to be born into the class to take the civil or military exams.

When Li Zicheng took Beijing, the Ming empire turned for help to this group, which eventually overthrew the

Merchants from which country arrived in China in 1513?

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). Describe the conflict between Russia and China over the Amur territories and how it was resolved.

How did the Tokugawa Shogunate fall into decline and crisis?

During the Choson era of Korean history, what percentage of the population was slaves?

Who helped negotiate an act of settlement between Russia and China?

Which of the following was not a motive for Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea?

How did Jesuit missionary work differ from that of other Christian groups in China?

In 1614, a Japanese government decree banned

Which of the following best describes the yangban?

Which of the following describes Matteo Ricci?

To gain converts, the Jesuits made what compromise?

What internal and external pressures did Japan face during its period of reunification? How did Japan deal with these challenges?

For European merchants, the China trade was second in importance only to the

The term "Dutch studies" referred to

What incident of 1701-1703 exemplified the crisis of Japan's transformation from a military to a civil society?

What European organization was a transmitter of science and technology to China?

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Networks of Communication and Exchange

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Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

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Transformations in Europe

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Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

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