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Kingdoms And Dynasties.
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Why were spices highly valued and sought out so eagerly?
a) Spices had medicinal uses and preserved meat for winter.
b) Spices created colors that many kings and queens used to symbolize their power.
c) Spices were the only offering that Portuguese gods would accept.
d) Spices were rumored to restore youth to all who used them.
Japan remained isolated from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century because
a) no other country wanted to go to Japan.
b) Japan prohibited Christian activities within its borders and also restricted trade.
c) the country was too difficult to reach by sea.
d) Japan’s ports were dangerous for docking by ships.
A series of invasions first by the Japanese and later by the Manchu caused Korean rulers to
a) limit contact with foreign countries.
b) increase the size of their military.
c) train Korea’s young citizens in foreign languages.
d) respect foreign countries.
What influenced Korean leaders to isolate the country?
a) Korea attacked and devastated Japan.
b) The Manchu attacked and devastated the country.
c) Korea’s central government strengthened.
d) Korean leaders did not want Western goods.
What was the order of the four main classes during the Tokugawa era, from highest to lowest?
a) merchants, artisans, warriors, peasants
b) peasants, warriors, merchants, artisans
c) warriors, peasants, artisans, merchants
d) peasants, merchants, artisans, warriors
fabled gateway to the Spice Islands
a) Melaka
b) Moluccas
c) Ming
d) Qing
To identify rebels who opposed Manchu rule, the government
a) ordered all Chinese males to shave their foreheads and braid their hair into a pigtail called a queue.
b) set up a vast network of spies and informers.
c) established a special fighting unit called the Gang of Four.
d) created a secret police force called the Triads.
Europeans admired and collected Chinese porcelain because of its
a) high price.
b) great beauty.
c) similarity to British porcelain.
d) difficulty to obtain.
Chinese families held ________ in high regard.
a) women
b) elderly
c) neighbors
d) children
Which effect made it possible for China to remain an agricultural society?
a) Less land was available for each family.
b) Trade increased between provinces within China.
c) There was steady growth in manufacturing.
d) A faster-growing species of rice became available.
Why did the Qing allow European traders to work only on one small island?
a) so that the Europeans would think China was a very small island
b) to limit the amount of contact the Chinese had with Europeans
c) so that prices of Chinese products remained high
d) to keep Europeans from seeing the products before they bought them
When the British demanded access to more Chinese cities for trading, the Qing ruler responded by
a) giving them even less access.
b) opening up more cities for trade.
c) inviting the British to live in China.
d) lowering the prices of goods to sell to the British.
Japan was finally restored to a central authority by
a) Oda Nobunaga
b) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
c) Tokugawa Ieyasu
d) Ihara Saikaku.
a group of people related by blood or marriage
a) porcelain
b) Qing
c) queue
d) clan
a ceramic material used to make everyday objects as well as objects of fine art
a) clan
b) queue
c) porcelain
d) Qing
Chinese dynasty famous for traditional blue-and-white pottery
a) Ming
b) porcelain
c) clan
d) queue
a braid of hair worn at the back of the head
a) queue
b) Qing
c) clan
d) porcelain
non-Chinese dynasty that succeeded by sharing power with Chinese
a) clan
b) porcelain
c) Ming
d) Qing
national policy of avoiding political and economic relations with other countries
a) Moluccas
b) Melaka
c) isolationist
d) bureaucracy
name for Korea due to its national policy
a) bureaucracy
b) Hermit Kingdom
c) Melaka
d) Moluccas
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