In What Way Did the Canton System Seek to Control

question 27

Multiple Choice

In what way did the Canton system seek to control trade?

• A) It allowed no official trade between Chinese and European merchants.
• B) It required European traders to have Chinese merchants act as guarantors for their good behavior and payment of fees.
• C) It required European merchants to check in at Canton before proceeding into China's interior to trade.
• D) It only allowed Dutch merchants to trade with China.

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Definitions:

Accentuation Effect

Overestimation of similarities among people within a category and dissimilarities between people from different categories.

Overestimation

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Category

A general concept that classifies items, concepts, or ideas that share common characteristics.

Depersonalisation

The perception and treatment of self and others not as unique individual persons but as prototypical embodiments of a social group.