The story of "Chaste Woman" Shi reveals that
a. farming was considered a highly respected profession.
b. women were inferior to men and must submit to their demands.
c. gossip and innuendo were important social forces.
d. Chinese bureaucracy did not often extend to small villages.
c
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On whom did deists blame religious conflict?
A. clergy B. lay fanatics C. secular leaders D. atheists
The colonial assemblies that emerged during the first half of the eighteenth century in the British colonies
A) ?had control over taxation. B) ?at times, had control over the governor's salary. C) ?challenged the influence of the colonial governor. D) ?had control over the militia. E) ?All of these are correct.
The chapter introduction discusses the dilemma of citizens identifying with state and nation after the Revolution to make the point that
A. immediately after the Revolution, no one had a sense of identity or loyalty toward the nation, so it was predictable that the new United States would be politically decentralized. B. because of the Revolution, most felt a sense of identity and loyalty with the united cause, but political jealousies prevented a strong governmental structure until the crises of the 1780s forced the politicians to act. C. Americans created one kind of united government with the Declaration of Independence; needing a better union, they overwhelmingly supported the new Constitution. D. Americans had to experiment to find a way to create a united republic that confronted the realities of separate identities and inequalities
The Nationalists’ “First Principle” involved overthrowing the Qing because
a. They were Manchu, not ethnic Chinese b. They were tyrants c. The were incompetent d. They did not suppress the opium trade e. They were too sympathetic to foreigners