Question 1

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 2

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

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"The Dream of the Red Chamber," also kno

Question 3

The joint family structure was highly valued for all of the following reasons EXCEPT​

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A) ​it allowed more people to provide labor in agriculture. 
B) ​younger family members would care for older ones. 
C) ​sons would have children with wives they brought to live with them. 
D) ​children would be hired out for menial tasks for supplemental income to the household. 
E) ​unmarried daughters continued to live in the household and provide labor and services. 
A) ​it allowed more people to provide labor in agriculture. 
B) ​younger family members would care for older ones. 
C) ​sons would have children with wives they brought to live with them. 
D) ​children would be hired out for menial tasks for supplemental income to the household. 
E) ​unmarried daughters continued to live in the household and provide labor and services.

Question 4

The samurai reached the apex of the military prowess and influence during the Tokugawa shogunate.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Tokugawa shoguns exerted control over the daimyo by

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A) heavily taxing their lands. 
B) requiring the daimyo to marry into merchant families. 
C) compelling the daimyo to maintain two residences, one in their own domain and one in Edo. 
D) forbidding the daimyo ever to appear at Edo, the center of the shogun's rule. 
E) transferring the daimyos' lands to the peasant class. 
A) heavily taxing their lands. 
B) requiring the daimyo to marry into merchant families. 
C) compelling the daimyo to maintain two residences, one in their own domain and one in Edo. 
D) forbidding the daimyo ever to appear at Edo, the center of the shogun's rule. 
E) transferring the daimyos' lands to the peasant class.

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-Li Zicheng

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Li Zicheng (1606 – c. 1645) was a Chines

Question 7

The most powerful and lengthiest of all Japanese shogunates was begun by

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A) Iza Shotoku. 
B) Oda Nobunaga. 
C) Toyotomi Hideyoshi. 
D) Tokugawa Ieyasu. 
E) Heidekei Hokkaido. 
A) Iza Shotoku. 
B) Oda Nobunaga. 
C) Toyotomi Hideyoshi. 
D) Tokugawa Ieyasu. 
E) Heidekei Hokkaido.

Question 8

The Ming Dynasty

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A) under Yongle, had Chinese ships bring back Christian missionaries to China. 
B) sent a fleet far into the Indian Ocean. 
C) sent a huge army into Japan, which captured and held the city of Edo for one year until a debt owed to the Chinese government was paid. 
D) saw their fleets reach the Mediterranean Sea. 
E) dismantled the Great Wall as it was no longer needed for the defense of China. 
A) under Yongle, had Chinese ships bring back Christian missionaries to China. 
B) sent a fleet far into the Indian Ocean. 
C) sent a huge army into Japan, which captured and held the city of Edo for one year until a debt owed to the Chinese government was paid. 
D) saw their fleets reach the Mediterranean Sea. 
E) dismantled the Great Wall as it was no longer needed for the defense of China.

Question 9

All of the following are true about expulsion of Christians from Japan EXCEPT ​

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A) ​Toyotomi Hideyoshi was careful to distinguish missionary from trade activities. 
B) ​Spanish Franciscans renewed the Emperor's objections to Christians. 
C) ​Missionaries destroyed local shrines. 
D) ​the Pope claimed loyalty of all Japanese Christians. 
E) ​Dutch missionaries were allowed to stay in Edo. 
A) ​Toyotomi Hideyoshi was careful to distinguish missionary from trade activities. 
B) ​Spanish Franciscans renewed the Emperor's objections to Christians. 
C) ​Missionaries destroyed local shrines. 
D) ​the Pope claimed loyalty of all Japanese Christians. 
E) ​Dutch missionaries were allowed to stay in Edo.

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Basho

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Basho (芭蕉) is most commonly associated w

Question 11

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 12

Identify the following terms.
-Francis Xavier

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Francis Xavier was a pioneering Christia

Question 13

As a result of the controversy over the policy of Jesuit missionaries accommodating Chinese religious beliefs in order to facilitate conversion to Christianity,

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A) the Pope permitted the Chinese to maintain their tradition of ancestor worship. 
B) Kangxi's successors assisted in the suppression of Christianity in Japan. 
C) the Pope forbade the practice of ancestor worship. 
D) the Chinese emperors sent young Chinese boys to be educated in Rome. 
E) China declared war against the West. 
A) the Pope permitted the Chinese to maintain their tradition of ancestor worship. 
B) Kangxi's successors assisted in the suppression of Christianity in Japan. 
C) the Pope forbade the practice of ancestor worship. 
D) the Chinese emperors sent young Chinese boys to be educated in Rome. 
E) China declared war against the West.

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Ming dynasty

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The Ming dynasty was a ruling dynasty in

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-yangban

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The term "yangban" refers to the traditi

Question 16

Family life in Japan was very similar to China with the exception of​

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A) ​arranged marriages. 
B) ​female infanticide. 
C) ​joint family structure. 
D) ​education in the Confucian classics. 
E) ​women had less opportunity for education in the lower classes. 
A) ​arranged marriages. 
B) ​female infanticide. 
C) ​joint family structure. 
D) ​education in the Confucian classics. 
E) ​women had less opportunity for education in the lower classes.

Question 17

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 18

Identify the following terms.
-Kabuki and No

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Kabuki and Noh (also spelled No) are two

Question 19

The arrival of the Portuguese did not have much effect on Chinese society.​

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

After the expulsion of Christian missionaries and other Westerners, the Japanese allowed only the Dutch access to Japan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: The East Asian World

Saikaku was a major Japanese novelist who wrote about

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

The joint family structure was highly valued for all of the following reasons EXCEPT​

The samurai reached the apex of the military prowess and influence during the Tokugawa shogunate.

The Tokugawa shoguns exerted control over the daimyo by

Identify the following terms. -Li Zicheng

The most powerful and lengthiest of all Japanese shogunates was begun by

The Ming Dynasty

All of the following are true about expulsion of Christians from Japan EXCEPT ​

Identify the following terms. -Basho

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

Identify the following terms. -Francis Xavier

As a result of the controversy over the policy of Jesuit missionaries accommodating Chinese religious beliefs in order to facilitate conversion to Christianity,

Identify the following terms. -Ming dynasty

Identify the following terms. -yangban

Family life in Japan was very similar to China with the exception of​

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to accomplish all of the following except

Identify the following terms. -Kabuki and No

The arrival of the Portuguese did not have much effect on Chinese society.​

After the expulsion of Christian missionaries and other Westerners, the Japanese allowed only the Dutch access to Japan.

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The joint family structure was highly valued for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

All of the following are true about expulsion of Christians from Japan EXCEPT

Family life in Japan was very similar to China with the exception of

The arrival of the Portuguese did not have much effect on Chinese society.