In Korea

question 40

Multiple Choice

In Korea,

• A) civil service examinations were based on the Lotus Sutra.
• B) some aristocratic yangban became merchants, or even peasants, over time.
• C) by 1700 the country became predominantly Christian as a consequence of European traders and missionaries.
• D) China ruled the Koreans through the Chinese emperor's male relatives.
• E) warfare against Japan was constant as the Korean kings hoped to make Japan a colony.

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