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wrbasek0

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The motive for seeking an all-water route to Asia by the Portuguese was to
 
  a. establish colonies in the East Indies.
  b. wrestle control of Australia from England.
  c. Christianize Japan and Korea.
  d. challenge the emerging power of the Dutch.
  e. outflank the Muslim middleman who controlled the land routes through Western Asia and Africa.

Question 2

The treatment of girls reinforced a strict Confucian view that females should be
 
  a. allowed to read histories.
  b. equal to men in the household.
  c. allowed to remarry if widowed young.
  d. held to a strict gender hierarchy.
  e. head of the household upon the death of their husbands.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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