In Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the class that most welcomed Chinese influence and culture was

In Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the class that most welcomed Chinese influence and culture was

(A) the local aristocrats.
(B) the court bureaucrats (scholar-gentry).
(C) peasants.
(D) Buddhist monks.
(E) the merchants.

Answer: B

Geography, environment, and movement in Vietnam

Geography, environment, and movement in Vietnam

(A) successfully fostered the growth of a uniform Vietnamese culture.
(B) have increasingly isolated Vietnam from its neighbors.
(C) divided the nation into two cultural divisions—one in the south along the Mekong River and the other in the north along the Red River.
(D) have made Chinese influence in Vietnam inevitable.
(E) led to the spread of Christianity and Islam throughout the country

Answer: C

Local Vietnamese officials identified most with the interests of

Local Vietnamese officials identified most with the interests of

(A) Confucian scholar officials.
(B) Hindu rulers.
(C) the imperial court and high administrators.
(D) the peasants and local village culture.
(E) merchants.

Answer: D

After their independence from China, the Vietnamese

After their independence from China, the Vietnamese

(A) slavishly copied Chinese culture and ruling styles.
(B) degenerated into constantly feuding clans and villages.
(C) were conquered by the Khmersand Thais.
(D) became a largely commercial society in southeast Asia.
(E) conquered the highlands and coasts between the Mekong River and South China Sea

Answer: E

What passage in Vietnamese history might have been instructive to the French and United States as they attempted to conquer Vietnam?

What passage in Vietnamese history might have been instructive to the French and United States as they attempted to conquer Vietnam?

(A) The majority of Vietnamese literature and art depicted Vietnam's history and mocked foreign influences.
(B) Vietnam had maintained its distinct Vietnamese identity despite centuries of Chinese rule.
(C) Vietnam's war of independence against China and the Mongols lasted 1,000 years in order to achieve freedom.
(D) The Vietnamese constantly invaded and defeated their neighbors including China.
(E) Vietnam had conquered and ruled its neighbors.

Answer: B

The typical pattern for relations between China and its neighbors during the postclassical period was

The typical pattern for relations between China and its neighbors during the postclassical period was

(A) military occupation by the Chinese armies.
(B) for these states to acknowledge Chinese superiority and pay tribute but remain independent.
(C) incorporation of these states as provinces in the Chinese empire.
(D) to form equal alliances as partners against nomadic invaders.
(E) to maintain no formal relations or treaties with neighboring states.

Answer: B