Qing economic expansion in the eighteenth century was funded in part by
a. conquest of Taiwan.
b. silver from America.
c. expansion of trade into East Africa.
d. importation of guns from Europe.
e. exportation of tobacco to Europe.
Question 2
After the insecurity of the sixteenth century, what contributed to increased food production in Japan?
a. Improvements in irrigation
b. Enforcement of its existing system
c. A shift from cities to countryside
d. A decrease in the coinage of silver.
e. Planting corn and wheat, introduced from the Americas