Deck 21: East Asia in Global Perspective

Question 1

Which empire replaced the Ming Empire of China?

A) Qing Empire
B) Han Empire
C) Yuan Empire
D) Yi Empire
E) Qin Empire

Answer 1

Qing Empire

Question 2

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

Answer 2

The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits

Question 3

The Japanese response to Francis Xavier and 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.

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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 limited the Europeans to Canton
E) Chinese products were of inferior quality.

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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

A) daimyo
B) shoguns
C) merchants
D) samurai
E) scholars

Question 7

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

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.

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

Which of the following factors led to political unification in Japan between 1500-1800?

A) Relatively small size.
B) A culturally homogenous population.
C) Natural boundaries.
D) Prolonged warfare ended by Hideyoshi
E) all of the above

Question 10

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 centered on Edo.
E) China invaded Japan.

Question 11

The Japanese called their warriors

A) daimyo.
B) samurai.
C) yujo.
D) renmin.
E) danzaemon.

Question 12

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 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 13

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.

Question 14

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.

Question 15

In the 1630s the Japanese government

A) sharply curtailed Christian missionary activities
B) largely closed Japan to European trade and Christian influence.
C) had Europeans illegally in Japan face the death penalty
D) required Japanese to produce certificates of Buddhist temple participation
E) all of the above

Question 16

The main reason for population decline in the rural areas of Ming China was economic depression followed by

A) internal rebellions
B) external threats along the border
C) European invasion
D) a and b
E) all of the above

Question 17

The main form of economic exchange between the lords and their followers in the Tokugawa Shogunate was

A) cash.
B) land.
C) political power.
D) rice.
E) stock options.

Question 18

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.

Question 19

A ronin was

A) a moneylender.
B) an elite minister of the shogun.
C) a merchant.
D) a masterless samurai.
E) a Buddhist monk.

Question 20

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.

Question 21

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 and internal rebellions.
E) an economic "boom" as demand for goods rose as well.

Question 22

Identify the following term(s).
samurai

Question 23

Identify the following term(s).
Tokugawa Shogunate

Question 24

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.

Question 25

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.

Question 26

Identify the following term(s).
Ming Empire

Question 27

During the Qing Empire, what new item(s) or idea(s) did Europe gain from China?

A) An early form of inoculation
B) The practice of decorating homes with wallpaper
C) Silk, porcelain, and tea
D) The poetry written by the Qing emperors
E) All of the above

Question 28

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.

Question 29

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 and the southern border of Russia along the Amur River.
E) was violated the day after it was signed and led to a war.

Question 30

Which of the following describes Matteo Ricci?

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 the above

Question 31

Under the Qing, Europeans were permitted to trade only at

A) Beijing.
B) Canton.
C) Shanghai.
D) Kashgar.
E) Hunan.

Question 32

Identify the following term(s).
daimyo

Question 33

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.

Question 34

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

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

Question 35

Which of the following best describes the yangban?

A) literally "the two orders" of civil and military leaders of the Koryo government
B) the warrior class of the Choson Koryo state

Question 36

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

Question 37

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.

Question 38

Identify the following term(s).
Kangxi

Question 39

Identify the following term(s).
Manchu

Question 40

Identify the following term(s).
Qing Empire

Question 41

The growth of the early Qing Empire was fueled by the desire to create an economic and demographic recovery in China. What did the Qing government do to stimulate that recovery?

Question 42

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

Question 43

Explore the different approaches to imperial rule in Japan, China, and Russia between 1500 and 1800. What sorts of political structures emerged to administer and incorporate the different peoples of these regions? What were the infrastructural needs of these empires?

Question 44

Explain how the European relationship with China changed from astonishment and admiration to criticism and frustration.

Question 45

How did the Tokugawa Shogunate fall into decline and crisis?

Question 46

Identify the following term(s).
Macao

Question 47

Identify the following term(s).
Matteo Ricci

Question 48

Identify the following term(s).
turtle ships

Question 49

Identify the following term(s).
yangban

Question 50

Although the Tokugawa Shogunate gave Japan more political unity than the islands had seen in centuries, the daimyo

Question 51

Identify the following term(s).
seppuku

Question 52

Identify the following term(s).
Dutch Studies

Question 53

Identify the following term(s).
Macartney Mission

Question 54

Identify the following term(s).
Amur River

Question 55

Prior to 1500, Japan provided 30% of the world's supply of...

Question 56

Describe the Choson empire of Korea as it strengthened in the 16th and 17th centuries. How was Korea influenced by China and Japan? What role did the yangban have in Korean society?

Question 57

Identify the following term(s).
Hideyoshi

Question 58

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

Question 59

Identify the following term(s).
Dalai Lama

Question 60

Identify the following term(s).
Nagasaki

Question 61

Using Map (in the textbook) 21.2, explain the correlation between ethnic groups and their predominant economic activities in East Asia.

Question 62

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 21.1 and trace the boundaries of Japan, Korea, Manchuria, and China. Describe the Japanese invasion of Korea and China under Hideyoshi. What were the ramifications of this invasion for the whole region?

Question 63

Using Map (in the textbook) 21.2, discuss the different environmental zones and ethnic populations of China. Was China tolerant of these populations? Why was the fifteen-inch rainfall line important?

Question 64

Using Map (in the textbook) 21.2, analyze the effects of climate on East Asian in general and the Qing Empire in particular.

Question 65

Using Map (in the textbook) 21.1, locate the city where the Chinese allowed European trade to take place. Discuss the growing European frustration with Chinese trade policies.

Question 66

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 21.1 and trace the expeditions of the Manchurians into neighboring areas. What political and military advances did they make, and what was accomplished?

Question 67

In Korea, women negotiated Confucian dogma toward women including

Question 68

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 21.1 and locate the Amur River, Mongolia, Nerchinsk, and Siberia. Describe the confrontation between Russia and China and explain how this border dispute was settled.