Chapter 20 Quiz B with Explanations

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. What had Ivan IV intended to do by creating the personal fiefdom called the oprichnina in 1560s?

He sought to curb the influence of the nobility. correct incorrect

He sought to provide new resources for the Church, on which he depended. correct incorrect

He sought to create a stable manufacturing base. correct incorrect

He sought to establish a new independent state from Muscovy. correct incorrect

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. Which tsar was known for his relentless drive to Westernize Russia in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?

Ivan IV correct incorrect

Michael Romanov correct incorrect

Ivan III correct incorrect

Peter the Great correct incorrect

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. Starting in the sixteenth century, China acquired considerable amounts of silver in exchange for manufactured goods through

the Manila trade. correct incorrect

trade with the Dutch. correct incorrect

the Silk Road. correct incorrect

Russian merchants. correct incorrect

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. How were Chinese women engaged in textile production affected by the increasing demand for textiles during the sixteenth century?

Women lost their jobs as textile manufacturing was moved to male-operated factories. correct incorrect

Women worked harder in their households to produce piecework, which yielded income for their families. correct incorrect

Women were forced to leave their families and move to urban centers for work in silk factories. correct incorrect

Young women were often sold as virtual slaves to local textile manufactures. correct incorrect

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. What was the main focus of Chinese expansion under the Qing Dynasty?

Southeast Asia correct incorrect

Northern Asia correct incorrect

Southwest Asia correct incorrect

Western Asia correct incorrect

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. The ideal Neo-Confucian agrarian society during the Ming period was based upon

mutual dependency among village units. correct incorrect

production for the growing international market. correct incorrect

the attainment of self-sufficiency. correct incorrect

strong bureaucratic control from urban areas. correct incorrect

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. Who became the sole European representative in Japan by the 1630s?

A Dutch merchant from the East India Company correct incorrect

A Jesuit missionary from Portugal correct incorrect

An ambassador from Spain correct incorrect

An ambassador from England correct incorrect

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. What method did the Tokugawa Shogunate use to maintain control over regional daimyos?

It stationed military units in regional capitals. correct incorrect

It gave the daimyos significant tax revenues in exchange for loyalty. correct incorrect

It had the daimyos establish households in the Tokugawa capital, Edo. correct incorrect

It appointed bureaucrats to watch over daimyos in the provinces. correct incorrect

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. Agriculture in Japan depended on what from urban areas?

Slave labor correct incorrect

Human excrement correct incorrect

Farming implements correct incorrect

Samurai administrators correct incorrect

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. What led to an increase in the Japanese artisan class during the Tokugawa period?

The expansion of exports of luxury products to China and Korea correct incorrect

The growth in demand for high-quality goods from an emerging leisure class correct incorrect

The emergence of a wage-earning consumer class correct incorrect

The expansion of a silver-based exchange system correct incorrect

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. What was a major theme in the work of the seventeenth-century Japanese writer Ihara Saikaku?

The triumph and glory of sumo wrestling correct incorrect

The harsh world of the geisha correct incorrect

Homosexual relations among the various social classes correct incorrect

Growing social tension between elites and commoners correct incorrect

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. Which popular form of Japanese theater included only male performers?

Noh correct incorrect

Osaka correct incorrect

Kabuki correct incorrect

Tea House correct incorrect

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. The institution known as the Samsa possessed the authority to do what in early modern Korean government?

It could investigate wrongdoings of the yangban, the noble class. correct incorrect

It authorized military operations. correct incorrect

It provided oversight for Buddhist monasteries. correct incorrect

It had power to override the king. correct incorrect

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. Korean women lost much of their independence in early modern Korea due to the introduction of

Neo-Confucianism. correct incorrect

Buddhism. correct incorrect

Manchu culture. correct incorrect

Daoism. correct incorrect

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. What group in Korea made up almost one-third of the population by the mid-sixteenth century?

Soldiers correct incorrect

Peasants correct incorrect

Merchants correct incorrect

Slaves correct incorrect

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. Which kingdom expanded into Laos and Thailand during the reign of King Bayinnaung during the sixteenth century?

Vietnam correct incorrect

Burma correct incorrect

Melaka correct incorrect

Cambodia correct incorrect

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. Which of the following crops originated in Southeast Asia?

Tobacco correct incorrect

Cotton correct incorrect

Sugarcane correct incorrect

Sweet potato correct incorrect

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. What was the position of women in the Philippines before the arrival of the Spanish in the sixteenth century?

They played important roles in the home while enjoying considerable influence in politics and commerce as well. correct incorrect

They had limited roles due to the influence of Neo-Confucian ideas brought by Chinese merchants. correct incorrect

Women's roles were limited to the home and to their participation in local handicraft production. correct incorrect

They enjoyed considerable influence due to the matriarchal nature of Philippine society. correct incorrect

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. What impact did Spanish missionaries have on the Philippines during the sixteenth century?

They met significant resistance from the mostly Buddhist population. correct incorrect

They succeeded in converting much of the population to Catholicism. correct incorrect

They had limited success due to the multiplicity of cultures and languages. correct incorrect

They faced considerable competition from Dutch and Portuguese missionaries. correct incorrect