Short Answer Questions:
1. What did the Russian and Qing Empires have in common, and how did these common features affect the relationship between the two?
2. How and why did the role of the Jesuits as transmitters of European ideas differ in Russia, China, and Japan?
3. What role did foreign trade play in the economy of the Qing Empire?
4. How and why did Peter the Great’s attitude toward the west differ from that of Kangxi?
5. Both the Qing and the Tokugawa governments were in decline by 1800. What reasons lay behind the decline of each government?
6. How did the political structure of the Tokugawa Shogunate influence the economic development of