Author Question: Which of the following is NOT a counterpoint to the argument that China was poised to be move into ... (Read 43 times)

Mollykgkg · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following is NOT a counterpoint to the argument that China was poised to be move into the industrial age?

a. There was a healthy respect for the merchant class in Chinese society.
b. Manufacturing and trade remained under control of the State.
c. Success was seen as accomplishing a career in the government bureaucracy.
d. Heavier taxes were levied on manufacture than agriculture.
e. The commercial middle class had little influence at court.

Question 2

The Treaty of Nerchinsk resolved (that)

a. Russian fur traders could sell goods in China.
b. the port city of Vladivostok would pay tribute fees to the Qing Emperor.
c. boundary disputes between Russia and China were negotiated by Jesuits.
d. Russian envoys were exempt from performing the kowtow.
e. the Russian Orthodox Church could send missionaries into China.