Author Question: With the increase in trade and urban activities during the Tang and Song eras, a. the rural ... (Read 52 times)

chandani · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

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.