Chapter 20 Quiz A with Explanations

. Which Russian ruler greatly expanded Muscovy's commercial interaction with the West by expanding northward in the sixteenth century?

Peter the Great

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Great

Michael Romanov

. The recognition of Michael Romanov as tsar of Russia in 1613 brought an end to the era called the

Great Move Eastward.

Time of Troubles.

Period of Tatar Domination.

Great Reordering.

. Starting in the sixteenth century, how did Russian expansion eastward affect indigenous peoples?

They were relocated on agricultural land close to Moscow and treated as serfs.

They were left alone by Russian military and settlers on orders from the tsar.

They were often incorporated into tributary networks and forced to convert to Christianity.

They were forced to work, like Amerindians in the New World, as miners in Siberian gold fields.

. Although self-sufficient in most resources, what did China urgently need to acquire starting in the late sixteenth century?

Silver

Firearms

Spices

Cotton textiles

. According to some scholars, why did the huge influx of silver into the Chinese economy not have any significant negative effect?

The Chinese population saved their money rather than spent it.

Any inflationary impact was mitigated by heavy government spending.

Private investment in manufacturing lessened any inflationary impact.

Chinese spending on foreign goods kept a balance of trade.

. The Manchu capture of Beijing in 1644 led to the establishment of which new dynasty in China?

Yuan

Ming

Qing

Song

. What was a major cause for environmental degradation during the Ming and Qing eras?

Overextension of agriculture.

Deforestation

Urbanization

Mining

. In Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu assumed what title in 1603?

Emperor

Nanban

Daimyo

Shogun

. What feature of Christianity contributed to its banning by the Tokugawa government by the 1630s?

Its strict monotheism

Its emphasis on the power and authority of the pope

Its use of sacramental bread and wine

Its condemnation of polygamous marriage

. Why did the Japanese not conquer the Ainu of Hokkaido until the eighteenth century?

The government saw the Ainu as generally peaceful.

The government did not want to expend the money or manpower.

The government could not control its daimyos.

The government sought to control Korea before any other area.

. Urban growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate led to new advancements in building design and regulation because of

shortages in building materials.

tsunamis.

earthquakes.

overpopulation.

. While American food crops, with the exception of sweet potatoes, did not gain popularity in Japan during the Tokugawa period, what crop did?

Coffee

Tea

Cotton

Tobacco

. What role did the geisha play in Japanese society?

They were prostitutes who worked in the licensed quarters of major cities.

They were indentured servants who served as entertainers to the wealthy elites.

They were street performers who entertained large crowds in urban centers.

They were escorts and helpers to the samurai class.

. How was early modern Korea's government different from that of China?

The aristocracy played a major role in the bureaucracy.

The king had only a symbolic role in government.

There was no civil service examination system.

The military controlled all branches of government.

. What role did educators have in Korean society during the Choson period?

They were seen as subversive by the central government.

They limited their role to providing Buddhist education.

They were valued for their role as ethical advisors.

They carefully guarded literacy for the elites.

. Change in Southeast Asia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was marked by the growth in global maritime trade and

the introduction of European firearms.

the growth of Hindu-influenced princedoms.

the establishment of colonies by Europeans.

the successful spread of Catholic Christianity.

. What hindered Vietnamese unity during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Chinese interference in internal politics

The emergence of rival dynasties in the north and south

Invasions from Laos and Cambodia

Resistance among the elite to adopt Confucianism

. Until the early modern period, what characterized the political and cultural organization of the Philippines?

It lacked any significant unifying characteristics.

It was heavily influenced by its Buddhist neighbors to the south.

China influenced the Philippines' development of a hybrid Confucian culture.

It possessed many similarities with Lapita culture from the Pacific.

. Which Philippine city became the center for Spanish commerce and governance in the sixteenth century?

Mindanao

Cavite

Pegu

Manila

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