Chapter 26: Tradition And Exchange In East Asia

Question 1

After the arrival of the Europeans,

Answer 1

East Asian societies largely controlled their own affairs until the 19th century.

Question 2

In 1368, the Ming dynasty replaced the ?

Answer 2

Yuan dynasty.

Question 3

The Ming dynasty was founded by?

Answer 3

Hongwu.

Question 4

The name Ming meant?

Answer 4

Brilliant

Question 5

In 1421, Yong le moved the Capitol of China to ?

Answer 5

Beijing

Question 6

In an effort to stabilize China internally, the Ming emperors?

Answer 6

Stressed Chinese traditions from the era before the Mongol Yuan dynasty. Stressed Chinese traditions from the tang and song period.

Question 7

The Manchus called their dynasty Qing, which meant?

Answer 7

“Pure”

Question 8

The leader who first organized the Manchu tribes into a centralized state was?

Answer 8

Nurhaci

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT an action of the Manchus after conquering China?

Answer 9

They encouraged intermarriage between Chinese and Manchus

Question 10

Taiwan was conquered by?

Answer 10

Kangxi

Question 11

Which ruler made Vietnam, Burma, and Nepal vassal states of China?

Answer 11

Qianlong

Question 12

In regard to ruling philosophy and techniques, the Qing?

Answer 12

Followed the same patter. That the Ming had established. Relied on the same governmental apparatus as the Ming emperors ( highly centralized state).

Question 13

The phrase “Son of Heaven” refers to the ?

Answer 13

The Chinese emperors role in maintaining order on earth

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT one of those accomplishments of the Chinese clans?

Answer 14

Bringing the different social classes in the clan up to equality with the gentry.

Question 15

During the Ming and Qing dynasties?

Answer 15

Patriarchal authority over females became tighter than ever before.

Question 16

The practice of foot binding?

Answer 16

Represented the increasing subjugation of women during the Qing dynasty. Became popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Question 17

By 1750, the population of China had grown to?

Answer 17

225 million

Question 18

Foreign trade during the Qing dynasty was?

Answer 18

Limited and under tight government control.

Question 19

China fell behind technologically during the Ming and Qing dynasties because?

Answer 19

Favored political and social stability over technological innovation.

Question 20

With the expectation of the emperor and his family, the most exalted members of Chinese society was/were the?

Answer 20

Scholar bureaucrats

Question 21

According to Confucian tradition the most honorable class among the peasants, artisans, and merchants was the?

Answer 21

Peasants

Question 22

Zhu Xi was the?

Answer 22

Song Dynasty scholar who was the most prominent architect or neo- Confucianism

Question 23

The Dream of the Red Chamber shed light on which of the following?

Answer 23

Dynamics of the wealthy scholar gentry families

Question 24

Which of the following popular novels death with the intrigue following the collapse of the Han dynasty?

Answer 24

The romance of the three kingdoms

Question 25

Who sought to convert China to Christianity?

Answer 25

Matteo Ricci, Jesuit missionaries, Jesuit priest

Question 26

The Chinese were hesitant to convert to Christianity because?

Answer 26

Of Christianity’s exclusivity concerning other beliefs such as Damian and Buddhism

Question 27

The term bakufu means?

Answer 27

Tent government

Question 28

In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu ?

Answer 28

Established a military government that was know As the Togugawa Bakufu. Finished the process of unifying Japan.

Question 29

Daimyo were?

Answer 29

“Great names” powerful territorial lords

Question 30

Beginning in the 1630s, and enduring for the next two centuries, Japanese foreign policy included all of the following expect?

Answer 30

Open vibrant trade with Europeans. No economic and military alliance with anyone else ,including the Spanish

Question 31

The process known as “thinning out the rice shoots” refers to?

Answer 31

Infanticide; Japanese attempt to limit population growth.

Question 32

One of the results of the peace bright by the Tokugawa period was?

Answer 32

A reduction in states for the samurai and daimyo.

Question 33

The term “native learning” relates to?

Answer 33

A growing Japanese emphasis on indigenous traditions. A movement to study Japanese classics and glorify the purity of the Japanese culture.

Question 34

The term “floating worlds” originally related to?

Answer 34

“Ukiyo” entertainment and pleasure quarters in the centers of urban culture of Tokugawa

Question 35

The author of The Life of a Man Who Lived for Love was ?

Answer 35

Ihara Saikaku

Question 36

Matteo Ricci, who was ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONARY and other Europeans discovered they were more successful in their negotiations with the Chinese if they presented them with

Answer 36

Mechanical clocks and self ringing bells. (p.571)