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Question #1
One of the major agricultural innovations was the introduction of what into rice paddies?
A.   Terraces
B.   Algae
C.   Fruit trees
D.   Fish
Question #2
What was Zhu Yuanzhang's adult path to becoming emperor?
A.   From soldier to rebel to prisoner to emperor
B.   From tax collector to soldier to emperor
C.   From monk to rebel to general to emperor
D.   From merchant to rebel to emperor
Question #3
The Ming emperor Chengzu (Yongle) moved the capital from Nanjing to where?
A.   Yangzi
B.   Shanghai
C.   Xi'an
D.   Beijing
Question #4
By the sixteenth century, Ming publishers began producing what type of books?
A.   Books written in the vernacular
B.   Books based on Confucian classics
C.   Books printed on silk paper, a sign of wealth
D.   Translated foreign texts
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.   Red Turbans
B.   Mongol spies
C.   Daoist monks
D.   His chancellor
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 idle urban consumers.
B.   To atone for their violence, many daimyo became Shinto priests.
C.   War and poverty turned many daimyo into rural peasants.
D.   Many daimyo became wealthy merchants.
Question #9
How were eunuchs viewed by Confucian scholars?
A.   With indifference
B.   With admiration
C.   With pity
D.   With scorn
Question #10
The Qing Dynasty was founded by what people?
A.   Manchus
B.   Yuan
C.   Mongols
D.   Jerchens
Question #11
In the fifteenth century, the eunuch establishment had become so large that it rivaled what other group?
A.   The army
B.   The Yuan Dynasty
C.   The civil service
D.   Confucian scholars
Question #12
What was a major difference between Ming China and Europe?
A.   China renounced warfare and the military.
B.   China lacked a hereditary, titled aristocracy.
C.   China refused to trade with other cultures.
D.   Merchants in China were respected and powerful.
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.   Body armor
B.   Bows
C.   Cannon
D.   Catapults
Question #15
What was the staple food source of the majority of central and southern China?
A.   Wheat
B.   Sorghum
C.   Rice
D.   Fish
Question #16
Which of the following was a major feature of Japanese N ō theater?
A.   Poetry only, no spoken dialogue
B.   Elaborate costumes and lavish staging
C.   Realism that focused on the lives and problems of ordinary people
D.   Simple staging and stylized gestures and stances

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