Exam 5

Question 1

What happened during the late middle ages?

Answer 1

life worsens on all fronts

Question 2

what lead to the economic crisis during the late middle ages?

Answer 2

bad harvest, bad weather, and the black death

Question 3

the bad harvests during the middle ages lead to what?

Answer 3

starvation, food shortage, and population decrease

Question 4

how did the black death start? where did it start?

Answer 4

the black death started in fleas, came by trade ship where they kept the grain and it originated in China

Question 5

The Black Death killed how many?

Answer 5

20 million, 1/3 of the European population

Question 6

What are the three symptoms of the black death?

Answer 6

stage one is a boil on the skin, stage two is bleeding beneath the skin, and stage three is coughing up blood

Question 7

What did they believe The Black Death was caused from?

Answer 7

Bad air

Question 8

Who did they think caused The Black Death? What did they do to them?

Answer 8

They thought the Jews, cats & dogs, and lusting after old women had done it and slaughtered them

Question 9

What are some things people did to try and keep away from The Black Death?

Answer 9

they didn’t exercise or bathe, and if they were religious then they’d put a cross on their front door for God. They also carried posies in their pockets to ward off the “bad air.”

Question 10

Why was there no trade in the late middle ages?

Answer 10

there was a food shortage and they were trying to keep people isolated due to the black plague

Question 11

What are flagellants?

Answer 11

people who are religious who whip themselves on the back, trying to show God that they’re sorry

Question 12

what were some psychological consequences of the plague?

Answer 12

Orgies, suicide, and flagellants

Question 13

What happens to the population in Ming China?

Answer 13

As the food increases, so does the population

Question 14

What does Ming mean?

Answer 14

Ming = Brilliance

Question 15

Who was the first Ming Emperor?

Answer 15

Hung Wu

Question 16

What did Hung Wu do?

Answer 16

He centralized his government, eliminates any threat from his regimen, seizes all land gives it to peasants and puts the nobles in the capitol, and freezes occupation.

Question 17

What were the occupations in Ming China?

Answer 17

1. Peasant - public laborer
2. Artison - Craftsmen
3. Soldier - skilled soldier

Question 18

What does freezing an occupation mean?

Answer 18

It’s hereditary, whatever your father does, you do.

Question 19

What is Nanking?

Answer 19

The capitol of Ming China

Question 20

What does Hung Wu bring back?

Answer 20

He brings back Scholar Officials - if you want out of your occupation, you’ve got to pass a series of tests.

Question 21

What happens to a scholar official if he gives bad advice?

Answer 21

They would strip them naked, show him about, and beat him - this was often lethal

Question 22

Who did the emperors have to marry?

Answer 22

Someone who isn’t aristocratic, they married peasant girls.

Question 23

What kind of family did they have in Ming China?

Answer 23

Extended family - strength in numbers. Usually living in the same house, but in different sections of the house

Question 24

What did a nuclear family mean in Ming China?

Answer 24

A nuclear family meant poor

Question 25

Why did they have arranged marriage in Ming China?

Answer 25

It solidified their placement within the community/government and usually came with contracts on what the other had to do.

Question 26

What was a woman’s placement/role in Ming China?

Answer 26

A woman had no power, the only way they were able to be of service is if they were able to have a son. If they were not, the husband could have concubines who live in the house and the wife was not allowed to say anything about it.

Question 27

What is female infanticide?

Answer 27

They would kill daughters for not being sons or would sell their daughters to human trafficking

Question 28

What were females trained to do?

Answer 28

Be a good wife, mother, and submissive to their husbands.

Question 29

Men had to go where to go to pass the series of tests?

Answer 29

A university

Question 30

How many tests did men have to go through to pass the civil service tests? Explain each test.

Answer 30

Test One: The Preliminary Test - you win nothing, but the option to take test two.
Test Two: The City/Prefectural Exam - wins lowest degree, wins gentry class, taxes exempt, wins Sadam Chair, gets to move on to Test Three
Test Three: The Provincial Capitol - only 1% of people pass this test, it’s held in the Provincial Capitol, win the next highest degree, can go on to take test four.
Test Four: Imperial Capitol - wins highest degree, the right to speak to the emperor and if the emperor likes him then he’d give him a job.

Question 31

What does “Ming” mean?

Answer 31

Brilliance

Question 32

What policy did Hung Wu bring to Ming China? What was it like?

Answer 32

Ming foreign policy. It was very aggressive and controlling. He brought back Tributaries.

Question 33

What does “Kowtow” mean? What was it?

Answer 33

It means “to bang head.” You bow, head on the floor, groveling at the emperor’s feet.

Question 34

What did the Ming Tributaries do?

Answer 34

Make sure that Kowtow happened every two or three years.

Question 35

What did the Japanese do to China’s coastline?

Answer 35

Raid it