Chapter 20 Quiz A with Explanations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. What role did the geisha play in Japanese society?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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