WORLD HISTORY

COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM

COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Qianlong learning about and preserving Han Chinese culture is evidence of ____
A
Qing Emperors forcing Han Chinese to assimilate to Manchu culture
B
Han Chinese forcing Manchus to assimilate to Han culture
C
Qing Emperors choosing to assimilate to Han Culture
D
Han Chinese choosing to assimilate to Manchu culture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He conducted a series of military campaigns that eliminated the Turk and Mongol threats to northeastern China (1755–60), enlarged his empire by creating the New Province (the present-day Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang), and reinforced Chinese authority in the south and east.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the new Han subjects faced discrimination. Han men were required to cut their hair in Mongolian fashion or face execution. Han intellectuals attempted to criticize the rulers through literature; many were rounded up and beheaded. Han people were also relocated from the power centers of Beijing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Qianlong wrote more poetry in his lifetime than all the poets in the Tang dynasty (618-906) combined, a dynasty known for its Golden age of poetry. Aside from his own art practice, Qianlong combined his passion for collecting art with his role as preserver and restorer of the Chinese cultural heritage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Despite setbacks in the south, overall the Qianlong Emperor’s military expansion nearly doubled the area of the already vast Qing Empire, and unified many non-Han peoples-such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Evenks and Mongols.

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