In what ways did China continue to demonstrate economic vitality in this period?
What will be an ideal response?
A. China's economic vitality
1. intensive concentrations of industrial activity were still in East and South Asia
2. growth of large industrial factories and production
a. Beneficial and Beautiful Company
b. porcelain center in eighteenth-century Jiangxi province
c. ironworks employed 2,000 to 3,000 men, and water-driven
hammers pounded incense
d. machines for husking rice were lined up by the hundreds
e. city of Nanjing had three imperial textile factories at the start of
the eighteenth century, employing 2,500 artisans and 664 looms
f. Shanghai, in 1723, had about 20,000 textile workers and dyers
3. imperial government appointed the entrepreneurs in state factories and
made a fortune
4. size of China's internal market guaranteed a dynamic economy
a. cotton and grain sold at market
b. silk, tea, and salt in the empire likewise were sold on the market
5. foreign trade was of relatively small importance to China
a. vital for the rest of the global economies
b. European tea market boosted China's advantage
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During the 1780s, most state governments
A. found it difficult to revise their constitutions. B. eliminated property requirements for voters. C. remained strongly elitist. D. moved to limit popular power. E. were notable for their stability.
Market roads, long-distance roads, the Grand Canal, and caravan and sea routes all had important functions under the Sui and Tang. How was the city of Chang'an a key component of this network of transportation?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
According to FitzGerald and Cook-Martin, literacy tests were an effective way to limit immigration.
What did Kush use its pyramid shaped buildings for?
a. temples b. law courts c. royal palaces d. marketplaces e. tombs