Deck 19: East Asia in the Late Traditional ERA

Question 1

The text argues that the West may have industrialized before the East for all of the following reasons except (Global Perspective, pp. 458-459)

A) that the Protestant Ethic inspired saving and thrift.
B) that the first modern states, with efficient bureaucracies, emerged in the West.
C) that the Scientific Revolution contributed to technological innovation.
D) that the competitive state system made the West more open to outside influences.

Answer 1

that the competitive state system made the West more open to outside influences.

Question 2

The best description of the Chinese and Japanese patterns of government is

A) China's is cyclical, Japan's has no set configuration.
B) China's has no set configuration, Japan's is cyclical.
C) China's is circular, Japan's is cyclical.
D) China's is cyclical, Japan's is circular.

Answer 2

China's is cyclical, Japan's has no set configuration.

Question 3

Chinese today believe a characteristic achievement of Ming-Qing culture was

A) sculpture.
B) drama.
C) ceramics.
D) the novel.

Answer 3

sculpture.

Question 4

A "model emperor" of the Qing dynasty was

A) Shanxi.
B) White Lotus.
C) Manchu.
D) Kangxi.

Question 5

During the Warring States period, customs shifted so that inheritances went to

A) the oldest child.
B) the most able son.
C) equal division among heirs.
D) the state, which was the legal owner of all property.

Question 6

Christianity became a hidden religion in Japan

A) after it was banned by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
B) after 37,000 Christians died in an uprising.
C) after a period in which Christians were persecuted in Japan.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

Social classes developed distinct cultural characteristics

A) during the Warring States period.
B) despite government policies that encouraged class mobility.
C) in imitation of Chinese culture.
D) after they were frozen by Hideyoshi.

Question 8

The story of the forty-seven r?nin demonstrates

A) that loyalty was deeply internalized.
B) that women and men were both capable of self-sacrifice.
C) the importance attached to the law.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 9

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

A) afford personal attendants.
B) send their children to work in cities.
C) read and write.
D) retire early.

Question 10

Economic and political development in traditional Korea was limited by

A) Korea's geographical location between Japan and China.
B) the lack of skilled administrators and rulers.
C) the small number of private slaves available.
D) the reliance on the complex Chinese alphabet.

Question 11

The "march to the south" refers to

A) southward movement of Vietnamese peoples.
B) Chinese military aggression against Vietnam.
C) French colonization.
D) None of these answers are correct.

Question 12

What are some of the reasons the text offers for why modernity began in the West and not in East Asia?
Conceptual

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

How did the commercial revolution impact the status of women in Chinese society?
Conceptual

Question 16

Explain the main tenets of Chinese foreign policy in the Ming-Qing period. What were the "managed frontiers"? Why did the Chinese fail to take advantage of their maritime technology? What groups were the greatest threat to the empire?
Conceptual

Question 17

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

Question 18

How did the Warring States develop in Japan? Why did the wars continue for over a century? What institutions were changed in the country because of these long wars?
Conceptual

Question 19

How did the Foot Soldier Revolution change Japanese society?
Conceptual

Question 20

What were the main tenets of Japanese foreign policy from 1467 to 1858? How important was Western influence in this period? What trade had been carried on with China and why did such activity stop during this period?
Conceptual

Question 21

How did Japanese culture change during the Tokugawa period? What was the importance of Confucianism to the culture of Japan? What influence, if any, did the West have on Japanese cultural development?
Conceptual

Question 22

Compare and contrast the influence of Chinese culture and government in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. How did each state use Chinese culture to build their own states? What were the results of state-building in each place?
Conceptual

Question 23

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

Question 24

Why was Christianity more successful in Japan than in other Asian countries? Was Christianity compatible with Japanese religious beliefs? Did the success of Catholic missionaries lead to an aggressive reaction toward Christians?
Conceptual

Question 25

What are the factors that prevented Korea from emerging as a strong state during medieval and early modern times? How did Korean political and social structures differ from those of China and Japan?
Conceptual

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

Given the influence of Confucianism and the deep roots of patriarchal social structures, what was the condition of women in China and Japan during the early modern period? What was their social status and their economic power? What were the differences between Chinese and Japanese women?
Conceptual