Question 1

The _______ ceramicist Chojiro preferred highly rustic, rough-hewn earthenware designs with glazes that formed spontaneous designs when fired-the famous "raku" ware.

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese 
B)  Chinese 
C)  Korean 
D)  Dutch

Question 2

One of the richest glimpses into local Chinese society comes from Pu Songling's __________ Tales from a Chinese Studio.

Accepted Answer

A)  True 
B)  1001 
C)  Unfinished 
D)  Strange

Question 3

The addition of important new food crops was an important factor in Chinese population growth, resulting in populations of:

Accepted Answer

A)  About 60 million in 1368 to 150 million in 1600, and about 300 million by 1800. 
B)  About 60 million in 1368 to 100 million in 1500, to about 200 million by 1800. 
C)  About 60 million in 1368 to 200 million in 1500, to about 250 million by 1800. 
D)  About 60 million in 1368 to 75 million in 1500, to about 400 million by 1800.

Question 4

______ became a vital axis of world trade, with Chinese merchants exchanging spices and luxury goods such as porcelain there for Spanish silver from the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bombay 
B)  Guangzhou 
C)  Manila 
D)  Tokyo

Question 5

Qing philosophers based themselves at the Donglin Academy, founded in 1604, and devoted themselves to reconstituting an activist ________ based on rigorous self-cultivation and advising court officials.

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhism 
B)  Platonism 
C)  Catholicism 
D)  Confucianism

Question 6

According to the infamous "_______ edict" in 1645, all males, regardless of ethnicity, were required on pain of death to adopt the Manchu hairstyle of a shaved forehead and long pigtail in the back.

Accepted Answer

A)  Barber 
B)  Conformity 
C)  Queue 
D)  Close Shave

Question 7

The Shimabara Rebels were largely:

Accepted Answer

A)  Peasants whose crops had been taken for taxes. 
B)  Workers who had been affiliated with the Dutch and Portuguese. 
C)  Urban workers and merchants whose property had been confiscated by samurai. 
D)  Samurai and Japanese Christians.

Question 8

A wholescale massacre of Japanese _________ followed in the wake of a rebellion against the government in 1637-38.

Accepted Answer

A)  Peasants 
B)  Christians 
C)  Daimyo 
D)  Shinto priests

Question 9

Which of the following is the correct chronological order?

Accepted Answer

A)  Founding of the Ming Dynasty; founding of the Qing Dynasty; establishment of Tokugawa Shogunate; Shimabara Rebellion. 
B)  Founding of the Qing Dynasty; establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate; founding of the Ming Dynasty; the Shimabara Rebellion. 
C)  The Shimabara Rebellion, the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate; the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the founding of the Qing Dynasty. 
D)  Founding of the Ming Dynasty; founding the Tokugawa Shogunate; Shimabara Rebellion; founding of the Qing Dynasty.

Question 10

Jesuit missionaries were at times welcomed into China and Japan, but were ultimately rejected as "subversive" elements by the ____ and the Tokugawa.

Accepted Answer

A)  Manchu emperors 
B)  Protestant British imperial advisors 
C)  Qing 
D)  Yangban

Question 11

The eighteenth century proved to be a boon time for all involved in the ____________ trade, and the British in particular increasingly viewed it as a valuable part of their growing commercial power.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rice 
B)  Beijing 
C)  Canton 
D)  Cheese

Question 12

In the context of European trade with Asia, a "factory" is:

Accepted Answer

A)  The place where Asian goods are manufactured for the European markets. 
B)  The diplomatic quarters in Beijing, called "factory" because they were headed up by a "factor." 
C)  The place where merchants, local agents, and other interested parties gathered to conduct business. 
D)  The place European merchants brought their wives and other family members to stay during the trading seasons.

Question 13

The earliest Christian missionaries encountered by the Ming dynasty were:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Jesuits and the Franciscans 
B)  The Jesuits and the Dominicans 
C)  The Franciscans and Dominicans 
D)  The Cistercians and the Franciscans

Question 14

European manufacturers of porcelain:

Accepted Answer

A)  Crafted their vases in red and white colors, in order to distinguish them from "china" ware. 
B)  Deliberately destroyed all china ware vessels that came to their ports, in order to avoid taxation on luxury goods. 
C)  Were able to replicate the Chinese process as early as 1610, when Meissen began production. 
D)  Imitated Chinese designs in porcelain before they could make their own.

Question 15

The position of the military aristocracy in Japan was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Roughly equivalent to its counterpart in Chinese Confucianism. 
B)  Absolute and unquestioned, in all matters of life and death. 
C)  Responsible to a civilian commander-in-chief, appointed by a group of peasants 
D)  Considered incongruent with practitioners of the refined arts of painting and poetry.

Question 16

The education of elite women…

Accepted Answer

A)  Focused on cooking, cleaning, and rearing children. 
B)  Focused on training in sexual protocol. 
C)  Included training in Confucian decorum, writing essays, and reciting poetry. 
D)  Was intended to prepare them to assist their mothers-in-law in managing a household.

Question 17

The Qianlong emperor built a Tibetan version of the Buddhist stupa, or __________, for the visit of the Panchen Lama in 1779.

Accepted Answer

A)  Altar 
B)  Reliquary 
C)  Statue 
D)  Retreat center

Question 18

The huge commitment of Chinese troops against the forces of the Japanese leader Hideyoshi during his attempted invasion of ________ and China from 1592 to 1598 weakened the Ming dynasty and led to the rise of the Manchus.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Philippines 
B)  Korea 
C)  Vietnam 
D)  Russia

Question 19

After arriving in Beijing in 1715, Giuseppe Castiglione worked as a(n) ______________ for the emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong.

Accepted Answer

A)  Translator 
B)  Painter 
C)  Astronomer 
D)  Military advisor

Question 20

Dorgon crossed the Great Wall into China in 1642:

Accepted Answer

A)  To defeat the Qing or "pure" dynasty in Beijing. 
B)  In defiance of the demands of Altaic-speaking peoples in his vicinity. 
C)  At the invitation of a Chinese general. 
D)  Only to be ambushed and defeated at the border by firm Ming resistance

Exam 21: Regulating the Inner and Outer Domains: China and Japan, 1500-1800