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|Ques|Answer |

|tion| |

|b. |Yi Kingdom. |

|c. |Ming Empire. |

|d. |Song Empire. |

|e. |Tang Empire. |

REF: p. 355

2. To demonstrate their rejection of the Mongols, the Ming emperors

|a. |severed relations with the Middle East and Central Asia and closed the borders to foreigners. |

|b. |built the Great Wall of China and deported all Mongols. |

|c. |changed the official language from Mongolian to Chinese. |

|d. |marched all the Mongols to the Korean border. |

|e. |formed close ties with the Manchu instead. |

REF: p. 356

3. The emperor Yongle improved the imperial complex built by the Mongols called the

|a. |Imperial House. |

|b. |Forbidden City. |

|c. |Heavenly Gates. |

|d. |Dragon's Court. |

|e. |Red Square. |

REF: p. 356

4. Because Mongols controlled access to the Silk Road after the overthrow of the Yuan, the emperor Yongle put an emphasis on

|a. |trade by ships. |

|b. |overland trade through India and Arabia. |

|c. |trade through Buddhist monasteries. |

|d. |trans-Pacific exploration. |

|e. |none of these; trade decreased because people could not afford to travel by Silk Road and pay Mongol tariffs. |

REF: p. 356-357

5. Zheng He's primary accomplishment was

|a. |converting barbarians to Islam. |

|b. |discovering new lands in the East. |

|c. |bringing wealth to China. |

|d. |acquiring Ming tributary states. |

|e. |discovering the Philippines. |

REF: p. 357

6. Why didn't Ming China develop seafaring for commercial and military gain?

|a. |The emperor feared outside contacts and influence. |

|b. |The peasantry were a strong voting lobby and refused to support it. |

|c. |The merchants were opposed to losing their domestic markets. |

|d. |The Mongol threat from the north took priority over seafaring. |

|e. |The Japanese merchants undercut the market and stole China's trading partners. |

REF: p. 357

7. What was the primary reason for the slowdown of technology after Yongle's death?

|a. |limitation of the mining industry by the Ming empire. |

|b. |Japanese coastal piracy prevented transmission of new ideas and techniques. |

|c. |a religious edict by the conservative traditional elements |

|d. |collapse of the economy with the flood of silver from Spanish and Portuguese explorers. |

|e. |none of these |

REF: p. 357

8. Which of the following was not a reason for economic decline in China after the death of Yongle?

|a. |Decreased production of metal |

|b. |Lack of commercial development |

|c. |Reemphasis of the classic examination system, rather than commercialism |

|d. |A switch to growing staple crops instead of commercial crops |

|e. |Resurgence of the bubonic plague |

REF: p. 357

9. Water Margin and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms are examples of

|a. |Ming literature. |

|b. |Ming racehorses. |

|c. |Ming silk tapestry designs. |

|d. |Ming wallpaper. |

|e. |famous Ming sailing vessels. |

REF: p. 358

10. The Ming produced one of the most prized commercial products of Eurasia:

|a. |green or ginseng ink. |

|b. |teakwood clocks. |

|c. |porcelain. |

|d. |lightweight cannon. |

|e. |wool. |

REF: p. 359

11. Which of the following areas were not under Mongol domination?

|a. |Japan |

|b. |Korea |

|c. |China |

|d. |Vietnam |

|e. |Russia |

ANS: A REF: p. 359

12. Which coastal area did the Mongols see as crucial to choke off the sea trade of their enemies?

|a. |Southern China |

|b. |Japan |

|c. |Korea |

|d. |Vietnam |

|e. |Singapore |

REF: p. 360

13. The relationship between the leading family in Korea, the Koryo family, and the Mongols was that

|a. |they were mutually hostile. |

|b. |the Koryo family became attached and loyal to the Mongols. |

|c. |the Koryo family revolted against the Mongols and expelled them from Korea. |

|d. |the Mongols considered the Koryo family and all Koreans "barbarians." |

|e. |of parents and children, with the Koryo family as the parents. |

REF: p. 360

14. Two main areas of mechanized production in Yi Korea were in

|a. |celadon pottery and cannon. |

|b. |cotton and movable-type font. |

|c. |glass and metal. |

|d. |silk and pottery. |

|e. |porcelain and gunpowder. |

REF: p. 360-361

15. The rise of literacy in Korea resulted from the

|a. |combination of an improved printing system and the han'gul writing system. |

|b. |institution of a university system. |

|c. |spread of woodblock printing from China and the Mongol writing system. |

|d. |imposition of Japanese rule, which forced the formation of public schools. |

|e. |popularity of Islam, which required that all Muslims read the Quran. |

REF: p. 360

16. Unlike in Ming China, the development of agriculture in the Yi kingdom was based on what cash crop?

|a. |Wheat |

|b. |Rice |

|c. |Sugar |

|d. |Cotton |

|e. |Tobacco |

REF: p. 360-361

17. What military techniques or innovations made the Yi military a formidable defensive force?

|a. |cannon with gunpowder-driven arrow launchers. |

|b. |compound bows and chain mail. |

|c. |battering rams and Trojan horses. |

|d. |phalanxes of soldiers deployed by rota. |

|e. |the development of poison gas canisters. |

REF: p. 361

18. What prevented the Mongols from invading Japan?

|a. |The Mongols feared the samurai military prowess. |

|b. |The jungle heat prevented their horses from continuing. |

|c. |A storm prevented them from establishing a base. |

|d. |Mongol tactics were no match for the Japanese military technology. |

|e. |The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Mongol naval base. |

REF: p. 361

19. How did the threat of Mongol invasion affect Japan?

|a. |Japanese clans took political control of their regions. |

|b. |Japanese merchants lost huge sums of money in the Mongolian markets. |

|c. |Japanese monks were held hostage. |

|d. |The Japanese military government spent a lot of time building coastal defenses, hoping to consolidate the warrior class.|

|e. |Japan reinstated direct imperial rule. |

REF: p. 362

20. Kamikaze means

|a. |suicide. |

|b. |triumphant death. |

|c. |wind of the gods. |

|d. |honorable death. |

|e. |wisdom of the gods. |

REF: p. 362

21. The ancestor of modern Vietnam was formed when Annam

|a. |annexed Champa. |

|b. |defeated Mongol forces. |

|c. |was defeated by China. |

|d. |was annexed by Korea. |

|e. |signed the Treaty of Amur with Russia. |

REF: p. 364

22. Although the Delhi Sultanate had its problems, it did provide a

|a. |reliable and safe water supply to the region. |

|b. |new irrigation system of qanats to the region. |

|c. |safe haven for religious exiles. |

|d. |centralized political authority to India. |

|e. |new unifying religion in the form of Islam. |

REF: p. 379

23. Which of the following did not help to increase Indian Ocean trade between 1200 and 1500?

|a. |The collapse of the Mongol Empire, which disrupted the overland trade routes |

|b. |Increased demand for luxury goods such as jewels, fine textiles, and precious metals |

|c. |The invention of the astrolabe |

|d. |The construction of larger ships, making shipping cargo more profitable |

|e. |The rising prosperity of Asian, European, and African states, which stimulated expansion |

REF: p. 379

24. The characteristic ship of the Arabian Sea was the

|a. |galley. |

|b. |junk. |

|c. |skow. |

|d. |caravel. |

|e. |dhow. |

REF: p. 379

25. The largest, most technologically advanced ship in the Indian Ocean was the Chinese

|a. |galley. |

|b. |junk. |

|c. |skow. |

|d. |dhow. |

|e. |caravel. |

REF: p. 380

26. The different regional networks of the Indian Ocean trade were tied together by

|a. |commercial interests. |

|b. |political authority. |

|c. |religious authority. |

|d. |a common language. |

|e. |the threat of Chinese intrusion. |

REF: p. 379

27. By 1250 the most important trading city of the Swahili Coast was

|a. |Cairo. |

|b. |Kilwa. |

|c. |Timbuktu. |

|d. |Casablanca. |

|e. |Johannesburg. |

REF: p. 381

28. The economic and political power of Great Zimbabwe was based on long-distance trade in

|a. |gold, copper, and salt. |

|b. |silk, porcelain, and iron. |

|c. |olives, wheat, and pepper. |

|d. |books, wool, and wine. |

|e. |qurans, ink, and wheat. |

REF: p. 382

29. What caused the collapse of the empire of Great Zimbabwe?

|a. |monsoon flooding |

|b. |conquest by Christian Ethiopians |

|c. |deforestation and cattle overgrazing |

|d. |prolonged drought that killed agriculture |

|e. |The order of Sultan Muhammed ibn Tughluq that the city be abandoned |

REF: p. 382

30. What significant cultural feature allowed the regions of Aden and Ethiopia to thrive commercially?

|a. |common monetary units |

|b. |mutual tolerance of diverse religions |

|c. |polyglots were common |

|d. |mutual abolition of slave trade |

|e. |none of these |

REF: p. 383

31. What was unique about Gujarat trade compared to African and Arabic?

|a. |Gujarat manufactured goods for trade |

|b. |Gujarat required non-Hindu traders to pay a special tariff |

|c. |Gujarat was significantly inland |

|d. |Gujarat had artisanal guilds that dictated trade standards |

|e. |Gujarat refused trade with the European states |

REF: p. 383

32. As trade increased in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Strait of Malacca became the center of a political rivalry between

|a. |Java and Ceylon. |

|b. |Siam and Tibet. |

|c. |India and Gujarat. |

|d. |Majapahit and Chinese pirates. |

|e. |Calcutta and Bombay. |

REF: p. 384

33. Because of the trade through the Strait of Malacca, Malacca became an important port and

|a. |the focus of the annual Buddhist pilgrimage. |

|b. |a meeting place for traders from around the Eurasian world. |

|c. |replaced Madagascar as the most important slave-trading port. |

|d. |became one of the most homogeneous cities in Southeast Asia. |

|e. |became known as the "Asian Tiger." |

REF: p. 384

34. What evidence supports the belief that eastern Pacific islands were settled as a result of planned expeditions by Polynesian mariners?

|a. |DNA evidence |

|b. |Linguistic similarities |

|c. |Transference of indigenous plants |

|d. |Settlements in Easter Island and New Zealand |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 421

35. The island of Madagascar was settled by

|a. |Malayo-Indonesians. |

|b. |Polynesians. |

|c. |Arabs. |

|d. |Africans. |

|e. |both A and B. |

REF: p. 422

36. Sailing in the Indian Ocean was less difficult and dangerous than in other places because

|a. |it is shallow. |

|b. |there is less wind. |

|c. |the monsoon winds are predictable. |

|d. |it isn't an ocean, but rather a large saltwater lake. |

|e. |there are no sharks. |

REF: p. 422

37. The vessels of the Indian Ocean were called:

|a. |junks |

|b. |triremes |

|c. |galleons |

|d. |dhows |

|e. |sloops |

REF: p. 422

38. How did the rise of medieval Islam give trade in the Indian Ocean an important boost?

|a. |The Muslim cities in the Middle East provided a demand for commodities. |

|b. |Networks of Muslim traders tied the region together. |

|c. |The Muslim traders shared a common ethic, language, and law. |

|d. |Muslim traders actively spread their religion to distant trading cities. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 422

39. The Ming Empire attempted to create new Indian Ocean contacts by

|a. |sending out seven imperial fleets between 1405 and 1433. |

|b. |employing Mongol horsemen to travel the Silk Road. |

|c. |attempting to defeat the Portuguese in the famous sea battle of Calcutta. |

|d. |establishing maritime courts to deal with pirates and privateers. |

|e. |building "artificial" islands. |

REF: p. 422

40. Which of the following statements is not true of Chinese-African contacts circa 1415-1433?

|a. |At least three trading cities in East Africa sent delegations to China in 1415. |

|b. |Zheng's voyages were extended to Africa. |

|c. |Zheng's voyages stimulated the Swahili silk market. |

|d. |The Chinese imported more pepper as a result of this contact. |

|e. |Many cultural misunderstandings led to the Sino-African War. |

REF: p. 423-424

41. The Chinese treasure ships of Zheng He carried

|a. |people and animals as settlers for far-flung colonies. |

|b. |silk, metals, and other valuable goods as gifts for distant rulers. |

|c. |soldiers to fight the Japanese pirates in the Sea of Japan. |

|d. |balsa wood for buoyancy. |

|e. |salted fish. |

REF: p. 423

42. Why did the Ming court suspend the voyages of Zheng He?

|a. |The Chinese had suffered great epidemics from their contacts in the Indian Ocean. |

|b. |Zheng He's fleet was sunk by Portuguese naval might. |

|c. |The government believed that little could be gained by exploring. |

|d. |The unpredictable weather of the Indian Ocean made these voyages too unsafe. |

|e. |Zheng He used the fleet to lead a revolution against the Ming emperor. |

REF: p. 424

43. The greatest mariners of the Atlantic in the Early Middle Ages were

|a. |Mongols. |

|b. |Ostrogoths. |

|c. |Celts. |

|d. |Vikings. |

|e. |Lombards. |

REF: p. 424

44. How did the Vikings maneuver across long distances?

|a. |Use of the astrolabe and compass |

|b. |Knowledge of the heavens and seas. |

|c. |Extensive Arabic maps |

|d. |Legends and oral traditions. |

|e. |Trial and error. |

REF: p. 424

45. In addition to sailing up the Pacific coast, early Amerindians from South America also colonized

|a. |the West Indies. |

|b. |Greenland. |

|c. |Newfoundland. |

|d. |Iceland. |

|e. |Finland. |

REF: p. 424

46. The Mughal Empire is distinguished from the Ottomans and Safavids mostly because it was

|a. |not very warlike. |

|b. |heavily influenced by the Chinese. |

|c. |a Hindu land ruled by Muslims. |

|d. |still controlled by the Mongols. |

|e. |a democracy. |

REF: p. 545

47. The founder of the Mughal Empire was

|a. |Akbar. |

|b. |Babur. |

|c. |Ali. |

|d. |Mehmed. |

|e. |Nanak. |

REF: p. 545

48. Mughal is Persian for

|a. |infidel. |

|b. |interloper. |

|c. |conquerors. |

|d. |Mongol. |

|e. |Mamluk. |

REF: p. 545

49. What surprising military similarity did the Mughals have with the Safavids?

|a. |Lack of a navy |

|b. |No weaponry on horseback |

|c. |A religious ban on incendiary devices |

|d. |They each had the chemical secret for Greek Fire. |

|e. |They hired mercenary soldiers. |

REF: p. 545

50. The Mughal Empire was quite prosperous in the sixteenth century because it

|a. |traded cotton cloth. |

|b. |mined gold in Siberia. |

|c. |grew cash crops such as coffee and cacao. |

|d. |colonized the Americas. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 545

51. Mansabs were a similar feature to the Ottoman empire, being:

|a. |the rights of tax collection |

|b. |trade agreements with western Europe |

|c. |a class of non-Muslim functioning in the local government |

|d. |land grants in exchange for service |

|e. |a type of cavalry unit |

REF: p. 545

52. Which of the following was not part of Akbar's policy of religious reconciliation between Muslims and Hindus?

|a. |His marriage to a Rajput princess |

|b. |The appointment of Hindu mansabdars |

|c. |His elevation of Hindus to high government positions over Muslims |

|d. |His allowing Hindus to settle legal disputes with Hindu law |

|e. |The elimination of the tax on non-Muslims |

REF: p. 545

53. Among Akbar's cultural accomplishments that did not survive him was

|a. |a "divine faith" that incorporated Zoroastrianism, Muslim and Hindu beliefs |

|b. |mandating that all court documents be transcribed in both Persian and Urdu |

|c. |allowing women to attend religious classes |

|d. |precision in portraiture including scantily clad women |

|e. |dedication to the Hidden Imam |

REF: p. 546

54. Nadir Shah's sack of Delhi is symbolized by what act?

|a. |forcing the sultan's widow to marry him |

|b. |burning all Hindu religious books |

|c. |Slaughter of the Rajput enemies |

|d. |Confiscating the peacock throne |

|e. |burning down the Taj Mahal |

REF: p. 546

55. Which of the following is not a reason for the decline of the Mughals under Aurangzeb?

|a. |The land-grant system |

|b. |Resistance in the southern provinces |

|c. |Alienation of the Sikhs |

|d. |Symbolic loss of the peacock throne from Delhi |

|e. |Contract disputes over cotton trading with Europe |

REF: p. 546

56. With the fragmentation of Mughal political order, who became president of an independent European stronghold on India's east coast?

|a. |Ferdinand Braudel |

|b. |Joseph Francois Dupleix |

|c. |Toussant L'overture |

|d. |Jack Shaftoe |

|e. |Ignatius Dumond |

REF: p. 547

57. Why did the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires decline simultaneously?

|a. |Inability to adjust to the changes in military technology and the world economy |

|b. |Natural disasters |

|c. |The bubonic plague |

|d. |Declining birthrates combined with fertility problems |

|e. |A religious prohibition against banking |

REF: p. 547

58. The Japanese called their warriors

|a. |daimyo. |

|b. |samurai. |

|c. |yujo. |

|d. |renmin. |

|e. |danzaemon. |

REF: p. 556

59. Which of the following factors did NOT lead to political unification in Japan between 1500-1800?

|a. |Relatively small size. |

|b. |A culturally homogenous population. |

|c. |Natural boundaries. |

|d. |Emphasis on feudalism |

|e. |None of these |

REF: p. 556

60. In 1592, after years of civil war, Hideyoshi

|a. |launched an invasion of Korea and China. |

|b. |was killed by his palace guard. |

|c. |successfully pacified the country by outlawing all weapons. |

|d. |converted to Buddhism. |

|e. |renounced violence in all forms. |

REF: p. 556

61. One of the consequences of Japanese aggression in the sixteenth century was

|a. |the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. |

|b. |the defeat of weakened Chinese armies by the Manchu. |

|c. |the complete defeat of Japanese forces. |

|d. |the alliance formed between China, the Manchus, and Japan. |

|e. |the destruction of the Manchu Empire. |

REF: p. 556

62. After the period of civil wars ended in Japan,

|a. |Japanese leaders fragmented into many feuding castes. |

|b. |Korea invaded Japan. |

|c. |Japanese leaders resigned, thus allowing a true democracy to form. |

|d. |Japanese leaders established the Tokugawa Shogunate, a centralized military government. |

|e. |China invaded Japan. |

REF: p. 556

63. The main form of economic exchange in the Tokugawa Shogunate was

|a. |cash. |

|b. |land. |

|c. |political power. |

|d. |rice. |

|e. |stock options. |

REF: p. 556

64. Which Japanese city emerged as one of the world's most populous centers of trade by the late 17th century?

|a. |Osaka |

|b. |Honshu |

|c. |Edo |

|d. |Nagasaki |

|e. |Kyoto |

REF: p. 556

65. The group within the Tokugawa era that weakened centralized economic policies was the

|a. |daimyo |

|b. |shoguns |

|c. |merchants |

|d. |samurai |

|e. |scholars |

REF: p. 557

66. The term "Dutch studies" referred to

|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. |

|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. |

REF: p. 560

67. The Japanese response to the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits was

|a. |to officially welcome it with open arms. |

|b. |to murder every Jesuit that entered the country. |

|c. |to adopt Catholic beliefs. |

|d. |to blend Shinto, Buddhist, and Catholic belief systems. |

|e. |mixed; while some were opposed to it, others were attracted. |

REF: p. 559

68. In the 1630s the Japanese government

|a. |adopted an "open door" policy in regards to foreign trade. |

|b. |largely closed Japan to European trade and Christian influence. |

|c. |encouraged the people to choose an economic system. |

|d. |encouraged the people to choose a religious system. |

|e. |opened up trade to England only. |

REF: p. 559

69. Which of the following did not contribute to Tokugawa Japan's instability?

|a. |The samurai went into debt. |

|b. |The merchants gained in power. |

|c. |The government remained traditional in a society that was changing. |

|d. |The introduction of Christianity caused Buddhism to die out. |

|e. |Population and economic growth put a strain on resources. |

REF: p. 560-61

70. A ronin was

|a. |a moneylender. |

|b. |an elite minister of the shogun. |

|c. |a merchant. |

|d. |a masterless follower who had lost his samurai. |

|e. |a Buddhist monk. |

REF: p. 561

71. European visitors to Ming China in the sixteenth century were

|a. |dissatisfied with the quality of Chinese goods. |

|b. |trying to convince the Chinese to accept the Russian presence in Manchuria. |

|c. |buying huge quantities of opium, which was unavailable in Europe at the time. |

|d. |astonished at its power, manufacturing, and vast population. |

|e. |unimpressed by China's grandeur. |

REF: p. 561

72. What was the main reason for population decline in the rural areas of Ming China?

|a. |Moving to the cities to participate in manufacturing |

|b. |Bubonic plague |

|c. |Lack of agricultural innovation and crop fungus |

|d. |European invasion |

|e. |Economic depression |

REF: p. 562

73. Which empire replaced the Ming Empire of China?

|a. |Qing Empire |

|b. |Han Empire |

|c. |Yuan Empire |

|d. |Yi Empire |

|e. |Qin Empire |

REF: p. 562-563

74. When Li Zicheng overthrow Beijing, the Ming empire turned for help to whom?

|a. |The 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. |

REF: p. 563 | p. 555

75. Although European enthusiasm for Chinese trade was high,

|a. |the bigotry of the West limited the market for Asian goods. |

|b. |China produced virtually no products. |

|c. |Western countries feared the opium trade. |

|d. |the Chinese were slow to embrace European trade. |

|e. |Chinese products were of inferior quality. |

REF: p. 563

76. Merchants from which country were the first to arrive in East Asia?

|a. |Spain |

|b. |Portugal |

|c. |England |

|d. |Holland |

|e. |Italy |

REF: p. 563

77. The VOC (Dutch East India Company) representatives gained the favor of the Chinese emperor by

|a. |acknowledging him with the ritual of the "kowtow." |

|b. |providing him with concubines. |

|c. |providing him with bribes. |

|d. |freeing the royal family members held hostage by Ming loyalists. |

|e. |providing him with beautiful clocks. |

REF: p. 563

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

|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 |

REF: p. 563

79. Who was Matteo Ricci?

|a. |The man responsible for domesticating rice |

|b. |The first European to speak Chinese and Japanese |

|c. |The Chinese emperor's prime minister to Europe |

|d. |A Jesuit missionary who introduced European technology to China |

|e. |The "Marco Polo of the eighteenth century" |

REF: p. 563

80. Why did the Jesuits succeed more than other Christianizing organizations in China?

|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. |Jesuits were banned from China. |

REF: p. 563

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

|a. |Ivan IV and Kangxi |

|b. |Jesuit interpreters |

|c. |Siberian shamas |

|d. |Confucian scholars |

|e. |Marco Polo's grandson |

REF: p. 566

82. The Treaty of Nerchinsk

|a. |allied the Chinese and Russians against the Germans. |

|b. |allowed Europeans into formerly closed China. |

|c. |gave China a communist political system. |

|d. |fixed the northern border of China along the Amur River. |

|e. |was violated the day after it was signed and led to a war. |

REF: p. 566

83. To gain converts, the Jesuits made what compromise?

|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. |

REF: p. 566

84. During the Qing Empire, what new item(s) or idea(s) did Europe not gain from China?

|a. |Use of gunpowder |

|b. |The practice of decorating homes with wallpaper |

|c. |Silk, porcelain, and tea |

|d. |The poetry written by the Qing emperors |

|e. |An early form of inoculation |

REF: p. 566

85. Under the Qing, Europeans were permitted to trade only at

|a. |Beijing. |

|b. |Canton. |

|c. |Shanghai. |

|d. |Kashgar. |

|e. |Hunan. |

REF: p. 567

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

|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. |

REF: p. 566

87. What problem did the British face with China's "Canton system"?

|a. |Britain couldn't meet China's demand for goods. |

|b. |China bought few British goods. |

|c. |China wanted British rule in Canton to facilitate trade. |

|d. |the British wanted to go to Canton only for trade. |

|e. |a gold deposit was required as goodwill collateral. |

REF: p. 567

88. The British Macartney mission was an attempt to

|a. |persuade China to revise its trade system. |

|b. |find a lost British missionary, Eli Macartney. |

|c. |assassinate the emperor's main rival. |

|d. |convert the Chinese to Christianity. |

|e. |establish diplomatic ties with Japan. |

REF: p. 567

89. Population growth in China in the 1700s led to

|a. |a better standard of living due to cheap labor. |

|b. |massive unionization of Chinese workers. |

|c. |better working conditions among artisans. |

|d. |severe environmental problems. |

|e. |an economic "boom" as demand for goods rose as well. |

REF: p. 568

90. The princes of Muscovy organized a movement of conquest and expansion against the

|a. |Japanese. |

|b. |Chinese. |

|c. |Tibetans. |

|d. |Golden Horde. |

|e. |Koreans. |

REF: p. 568

91. The predominant religion in the eastern Russian empire was

|a. |Orthodox Christianity. |

|b. |Catholicism. |

|c. |Paganism. |

|d. |Islam. |

|e. |Judaism. |

REF: p. 569

92. After 1547, the Russians used which term as the title for their leader?

|a. |Grand Prince |

|b. |Emperor |

|c. |Pasha |

|d. |Tsar |

|e. |King |

REF: p. 569

93. The motivation for Russian expansion to the east was

|a. |the promise of captives for religious sacrifice. |

|b. |to free people under Japanese rule. |

|c. |to capture the deep-water port at Vladivostock. |

|d. |demand for animal pelts. |

|e. |the acquisition of Siberian oil reserves. |

REF: p. 569

94. Why was Siberia seen as a good avenue for expansion?

|a. |the far north was frozen most of the time. |

|b. |the southern ports of the black see were controlled by the Ottoman Empire. |

|c. |The Northwest access to the Baltic was blocked by Sweden and Poland |

|d. |There were very few inhabitants to the east. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 569

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