Which of the Following Statements About the Chinese Tribute System

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Chinese tribute system is true?

• A) The tribute system operated at the end of wars of conquest and was designed to humiliate the conquered people.
• B) China's neighbors in the premodern period often refused to submit to the rituals of the tribute system because they resented China's assumption of superiority.
• C) The tribute system was an exploitative one-way street,with foreign states paying tribute to China but the Chinese government offering nothing in return.
• D) The Chinese government often gave other states gifts that were in fact worth more than the tribute that those states paid to China.

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