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Question #1
One of the major agricultural innovations was the introduction of what into rice paddies?
A.   Fruit trees
B.   Algae
C.   Terraces
D.   Fish
Question #2
What was Zhu Yuanzhang's adult path to becoming emperor?
A.   From tax collector to soldier to emperor
B.   From soldier to rebel to prisoner to emperor
C.   From merchant to rebel to emperor
D.   From monk to rebel to general to emperor
Question #3
The Ming emperor Chengzu (Yongle) moved the capital from Nanjing to where?
A.   Beijing
B.   Xi'an
C.   Yangzi
D.   Shanghai
Question #4
By the sixteenth century, Ming publishers began producing what type of books?
A.   Translated foreign texts
B.   Books printed on silk paper, a sign of wealth
C.   Books based on Confucian classics
D.   Books written in the vernacular
Question #5
Why did the Ming government order the planting of 50 million trees in the Nanjing area in 1391?
A.   To feed the silkworms that provided silk for imperial robes
B.   To promote themselves as Daoist and pro-nature
C.   To produce lumber for the construction of a fleet
D.   To create new forests in which to settle disruptive peasants
Question #6
In 1380, Taizu became convinced that who was plotting to assassinate him?
A.   Mongol spies
B.   Red Turbans
C.   His chancellor
D.   Daoist monks
Question #7
Which of the following describes the early life of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty?
A.   He was the son of a disgraced noble.
B.   He was the son of a Mongol general.
C.   He was a penniless orphan.
D.   He was a merchant's son.
Question #8
Under the Tokugawa, how were the roles of many daimyo transformed?
A.   Many daimyo became wealthy merchants.
B.   To atone for their violence, many daimyo became Shinto priests.
C.   Many daimyo became idle urban consumers.
D.   War and poverty turned many daimyo into rural peasants.
Question #9
How were eunuchs viewed by Confucian scholars?
A.   With scorn
B.   With indifference
C.   With pity
D.   With admiration
Question #10
The Qing Dynasty was founded by what people?
A.   Mongols
B.   Jerchens
C.   Yuan
D.   Manchus
Question #11
In the fifteenth century, the eunuch establishment had become so large that it rivaled what other group?
A.   Confucian scholars
B.   The Yuan Dynasty
C.   The army
D.   The civil service
Question #12
What was a major difference between Ming China and Europe?
A.   Merchants in China were respected and powerful.
B.   China renounced warfare and the military.
C.   China refused to trade with other cultures.
D.   China lacked a hereditary, titled aristocracy.
Question #13
What was the status of merchants in Tokugawa Japan?
A.   They had the right to one-third of all tax-rice in the cities.
B.   They had no relationships with the daimyo.
C.   They had economic wealth but no political power.
D.   They had tremendous influence over the shogun.
Question #14
What military advantage did the Qing have over the Mongols?
A.   Bows
B.   Catapults
C.   Body armor
D.   Cannon
Question #15
What was the staple food source of the majority of central and southern China?
A.   Fish
B.   Sorghum
C.   Wheat
D.   Rice
Question #16
Which of the following was a major feature of Japanese N ō theater?
A.   Realism that focused on the lives and problems of ordinary people
B.   Simple staging and stylized gestures and stances
C.   Poetry only, no spoken dialogue
D.   Elaborate costumes and lavish staging

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