Exam 19: East Asia in the Late Traditional ERA

How did contact with Westerners influence Japanese culture? To what extent were cultural contacts with the West maintained after the expulsion of foreigners in the seventeenth century? Conceptual

What were the primary factors influencing the third commercial revolution in China from 1500 to 1800? What was the role of agriculture in this revolution? What was the role of population growth? Conceptual

What were the main tenets of Ming-Qing culture? What are the similarities of culture with past Chinese dynasties? What influence, if any, did the West have on Chinese cultural development? Conceptual

A "model emperor" of the Qing dynasty was

How did changes in tactics and technology affectthe nature of the Japanese military establishment in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? What were the social and political consequences of military reforms? Conceptual

Compare and contrast European and Chinese government, society, and politics in the period from 1500 to 1800. What factor or factors do you think most account for the differences between them? Conceptual

By the early nineteenth century in Japan, most well-to-do farmers could

What were some of the most prominent differences between China and Japan during this era and how did these differences shape the two nations' economic and political development? Conceptual