How did writing unify China?
What will be an ideal response?
Begin your answer by describing the process by which the Chinese developed writing, beginning with the Shang pictographs. What problems were associated with the conversion of numerous and diverse Chinese dialects into a unified writing system? To what extent did this process force a confrontation with larger issues of Chinese identity, and how successful was this process? How did the tonal nature of these dialects also lead to the kind of writing developed by the Chinese? What are some of the problems with learning how to write in Chinese?
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What were the internal and external pressures that bore on the Qing rulers as China began to experience closer contact with the West? How effective were their short-term and long-term responses, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Political corruption during Reconstruction was
a. primarily the fault of white carpetbaggers and scalawags. b. located in the North. c. common in both North and South. d. present in all Southern states except South Carolina and Louisiana. e. almost entirely conducted by blacks.
Who called on the Soviet Union to remove the wall separating East Berlin, saying, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"?."
A) ?George H. W. Bush B) ?Jimmy Carter C) ?Gerald Ford D) ?Ronald Reagan
The critics of the decision to discontinue the coinage of silver called that decision the "________ of ‘73."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).