Chapter 2 Self Quiz

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. Which of the following was NOT a reason for the growth of cities in the Tokugawa period?

The alternate attendance system correct incorrect

The migration of samurai to urban centres correct incorrect

The stability afforded by the Tokugawa government correct incorrect

The activities of large numbers of foreign merchants. correct incorrect

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. In which of the following cities were Europeans permitted to trade with Japanese merchants?

Kanazawa correct incorrect

Edo correct incorrect

Matsumae correct incorrect

Nagasaki correct incorrect

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. Which trade formed the heart of the Osaka economy?

Rice correct incorrect

Weapons correct incorrect

Silver correct incorrect

Silk correct incorrect

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. What was human waste from cities used for in Tokugawa Japan?

A source of nitre for producing gunpowder correct incorrect

Landfill to reclaim low-lying coastal land correct incorrect

Fuel for heating farmer homes correct incorrect

Fertilizer for fields correct incorrect

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. The Tôkaidô and Nakasendô were:

Daimyo who ruled near Osaka and Tokyo correct incorrect

Major roads from edo correct incorrect

Two forms of taxes gathered in rice correct incorrect

Systems of waste distribution in Tokyo correct incorrect

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. What did the density of packhorses on major roads during the Tokugawa period indicate?

A flourishing tourism industry correct incorrect

Large-scale transportation of weapons correct incorrect

A flourishing inter-regional economy correct incorrect

Large numbers of Buddhist pilgrims correct incorrect

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. The Tokugawa Japanese engaged in replanting trees because...

Their growing shipbuilding industry required more timber correct incorrect

There was increasing demand in cities for paper correct incorrect

Forests were frequently levelled by earthquakes correct incorrect

Timber was in high demand for construction correct incorrect

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. How did successful farmers in the Tokugawa period use their literary skills?

To write accounts of their trade dealings correct incorrect

To write how-to manuals for other farmers correct incorrect

To write about Buddhist philosophy correct incorrect

To write teach samurai how to read and write correct incorrect

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. In the 1720s the Tokugawa population...

Underwent a sudden increase correct incorrect

Began to migrate from the mountains to the plains correct incorrect

Was roughly the same level it has been in 1240 correct incorrect

Stopped growing at the same pace it had before correct incorrect

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. Later Tokugawa peasants did NOT experience which of the following on a regular basis?

A tradition of infanticide correct incorrect

Periodic famines correct incorrect

A scarcity of newly developed farmland correct incorrect

Regular raids from armed monks correct incorrect

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. What was one of the major reasons for the decline of cities such as Okayama in the 18th century?

Constant warfare between domains correct incorrect

Cholera brought from foreign visitors correct incorrect

Economic realignment from ports toward the countryside correct incorrect

Mass migration to Edo correct incorrect

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. Proto-industrialization involved which of the following?

The large-scale production of goods in the countryside correct incorrect

The large-scale production of goods in the city correct incorrect

The large-scale importation of resources from Korea correct incorrect

The large-scale investment of capital by samurai correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of economic development in the countryside?

The emergence of a class of wealthy peasants. correct incorrect

An increase in mass protests peasant protests correct incorrect

An increase in 'smashings' correct incorrect

The emergence of large-scale plantations correct incorrect

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. What was one of the main sources of tension between money lenders and borrowers in this period?

Extremely high interest rates correct incorrect

A lack of liquid capital correct incorrect

The use of silkworms as payment correct incorrect

Social prejudice against borrowers correct incorrect

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. Tokugawa women almost never worked as...

Managers of family farms correct incorrect

Producers of piecework goods correct incorrect

Tax collectors correct incorrect

Domestic servants correct incorrect

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. Among those who benefited from economic growth in the Tokugawa period, few benefited as much as...

The samurai correct incorrect

Urban merchants correct incorrect

Entrepreneurial farmers correct incorrect

Outcastes correct incorrect

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. Proto-industrial producers in Tokugawa Japan did not engage in the production of...

Silk correct incorrect

Sake correct incorrect

Salt correct incorrect

Silver correct incorrect

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. Which of the following characterizations of Tokugawa social change is most accurate?

Society grew more equal although equally impoverished correct incorrect

Society grew more violent and regionally divided correct incorrect

Society grew more reliant on rice production correct incorrect

Society grew more affluent although more unequal correct incorrect

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. Which of the following characterizations of the Tokugawa economy is most accurate?

It shrank and became less productive correct incorrect

It grew increasingly reliant on the production rice correct incorrect

It produced greater amounts and variety developed of consumer goods correct incorrect

It underwent large scale industrialization correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT a trend in the later Tokugawa period?

The decline of population in major cities correct incorrect

The rise of a rich farmer class correct incorrect

The transformation of the samurai into bureaucrats correct incorrect

The gradual replacement of the emperor with the shogun in political ideology correct incorrect