Deck 7: From Lesser Dragon to Indochina: Vietnam to 1885

Question 1

Which of these was the Vietnamese state under Tran rule?

A) Lac Viet
B) Annam
C) Tonkin
D) Dai Viet

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of these dynasties ruled Vietnam from 1428 to 1789?

A) Han
B) Tran
C) Nguyen
D) Le

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of these families exercised real power in Vietnam after 1600?

A) Le
B) Trinh
C) Mac
D) Truong

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Le emperors were more successful than their Korean and Japanese counterparts in ________.

A) suppressing the power of local rulers
B) implementing Chinese-style rule
C) working with the hereditary nobility
D) creating a profitable alliance with China

Question 5

-Which of these themes of Vietnamese history is illustrated by the image of the "Temple of Literature, Hanoi"?

A) the results of the Tay Son rebellion
B) Nguyen reforms
C) sinification in Vietnam
D) Vietnamese imperialism

Question 6

In the eighteenth century, Dai Viet was created by ________.

A) the conquest of Cambodia
B) Qing invasions
C) division under Tay Son rule
D) Tran rule

Question 7

Which of these ruled for two decades in the early 1800s, building the Mandarin Road?

A) Le Loi
B) Quang Trung
C) Nguyen Phuc Anh
D) Gia Long

Question 8

As in Korea, Christianity in Vietnam ________.

A) became the official religion after decades of persecution
B) was alternately tolerated and persecuted
C) was associated with Qing rule
D) was always associated with foreign intervention and banned

Question 9

Cambodia and Laos were generally treated by the Vietnamese as ________ was by the Qing.

A) Korea
B) Manchuria
C) Mongolia
D) France

Question 10

As in Vietnam, the French were drawn into Cambodian affairs with the goal of gaining French ________.

A) support against a powerful neighbor
B) trading privileges
C) scientific knowledge
D) industrial and commercial expertise

Question 11

French incursions into Vietnam in the 1870s and 1880s led additionally to a ________ incursion.

A) Japanese
B) Thai
C) Qing
D) British

Question 12

-Looking at Map 7.3 around 1890 Vietnam was roughly ________.

A) the same as in 1800
B) the same as the original Dai Viet kingdom
C) half of mainland Southeast Asia
D) half what it had been around 1800

Question 13

Which of these sparked war between France and China?

A) the failure of treaty negotiations
B) a French offensive
C) Chinese naval assaults
D) Vietnamese uprisings

Question 14

The Sino-French War ended in ________.

A) massive French victory
B) Chinese triumph
C) slight French advantage
D) draw

Question 15

Which of these was Vietnam's imperial capital under the Nguyen?

A) Hanoi
B) Saigon
C) Hue
D) Dien Bien Phu

Question 16

The position of ________ in Vietnam was antithetical to scholar-gentry traditions.

A) women
B) neo-Confucians
C) Chinese immigrants
D) the examination system

Question 17

Compared to Koreans and Japanese, Vietnamese were more likely to ________ Chinese culture and Chinese rule.

A) revere
B) challenge
C) adopt
D) adopt unquestioningly

Question 18

Chu nom in Vietnam was analogous to ________ in Korea.

A) han'gul
B) yangban
C) kana
D) the Tonghak movement

Question 19

Nguyen Truong To was the product of ________ in Vietnam.

A) Qing
B) immigrant Chinese scholar-gentry
C) anti-Buddhist sentiments
D) French Catholic

Question 20

Nguyen Truong To arguably represented ________ the Vietnamese tradition of selective borrowing from the Chinese.

A) a modification of
B) a complete rejection of
C) continuation of
D) a challenge to