Ch 20 East Asia Stability

Which of the following ways to determine historical periods would give historians the fullest picture of China from 1450-1750?

• By foreign invaders who took control

• By ruling dynasties

• By European powers that arrived

• By peasant revolts

Which of the following methods did China’s Ming Dynasty

use to improve the organization of its government?

• Reestablished the traditional civil service exam and bureaucracy

• Continued the governmental structures of the Mongol rulers

• Copied the feudal system of Western Europe

• Sent Zheng He to learn about government structures in other countries

Which of the following is most likely to have caused many Chinese people to emigrate to foreign lands in the first half of the 15th cent.?

• The reestablishment of Confucianism

• The fear of peasant revolts

• The influence of Zheng He’s explorations

• The influence of Portuguese traders

A peasant revolt during the Ming Dynasty was one cause of

• Peasants reclaiming lands stolen by Manchu rulers

• The Mongol Dynasty regaining power over all China

• The Manchu seizing power and establishing the Qing Dynasty

• Europeans taking over key trade centers in China

Which change in the structure of China’s peasants labor system reflected a growing global demand for products?

• The creation of workshops for silk workers

• The reestablishment of China’s civil service

• The building of Portuguese outposts in China

• The White Lotus Rebellion by angry peasants

Which statement best explains why the Portuguese were the first European traders to come to China?

• Portuguese ships and weapons were superior to those of other European powers

• Portugal had a large enough population to maintain a long-term trading empire in Asia

• Portugal succeeded in elimination corruption among its government officials

• Other European powers had no interest in building trade networks in Asia

Which of the following is most closely associated with the purpose of Zhenge He's travels

• to display the might of the Ming Dynasty

• to ensure continued dominance over Manchuria

• to provide access to the Americas

• to destroy enemies of the state

How did Zheng He and his travels stir up controversy?

• interaction with foreign nations threatened China's social order

• they invited enemies to attack China

• Confucianism promoted foreign travel

• Daoism promoted a lifestyle of monasticism

Where were the Qing from?

• Manchuria

• Gobi desert

• Japan

• Korea

China under Kangzi could best be described as a period of

• stability and expansion

• instability

• succession and change

• recession