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

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