With the increase in trade and urban activities during the Tang ...

[chandani]

With the increase in trade and urban activities during the Tang and Song eras,
 
  a. the rural population declined.
  b. a landed gentry class assumed a position of social and economic dominance.
  c. the social stagnation of the population became institutionalized.
  d. the scholar-gentry provided considerable financial support to Christians.
  e. most of the population resided in urban areas.

Question 2

In medieval China, the tribute system
 
  a. was a domestic policy used by Tang rulers to exact taxes from local villages.
  b. was a method by which Mongol rulers dealt with the Han Chinese.
  c. maintained a working trade relationship between the Chinese and foreign merchants and rulers.
  d. was first introduced by the Manchu Dynasty.
  e. was maintained in opposition to the tenets of Confucianism.

[Madisongo23]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c

[chandani]

Excellent

[Dominic]

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