Question

1) the ideal family unit in Qing China consisted of

A) the extended family
B) two parents and one child
C) male children plus children
D) one-parent households

2) between 1500 and 1800, 85 percent of Chinese people were

A) bureaucrats
B) farmers
C) merchants
D) soldiers

3) The Forbidden City was

A) closed to women
B) closed to foreigners
C) closed to commoners
D) shunned by Christians

Answer 1

4) The footbinding of Chinese women was
A) a way of punishing wives who were bad cooks
B) considered a status symbol in Qing society
C) a method used by landowners to keep female slaves from escaping
D) a custom imported from Europe by Marco Polo

Answer 2

1 is B

Answer 3

What topic is this?

Answer 4

the topic is World History: Chinese Society and Culture

Answer 5

I don't know anymore of those then

Answer 6

thanks for the help

Answer 7

Yep

Answer 8

Even though this is already a closed question, no doubt there will be others that will look for this information, so I will give the the necessary information for the seeker of the answer to come to their own conclusion.

1). In Chinese culture in the Qing dynasty, the norm for family unit, usually would consist of three to four generations of the extended family that lived under the same roof. The unmarried daughters, Parents and Grandparents would be living there, especially the elderly, as they were held in high regard, so they were set, knowing that they would be taken care of.

2) In the 1500-1800s there was a population boom, in 1390 there was less than 80 million people in China, now that may seem like a lot, but by the end of the 1700s there were over 300 million people, mainly due to the stability and peace under the early Qing dynasty. With the population going up, there was a larger need for food, and along with the need for food, there was a lot of people who needed a place to live. So by the time the 18th century rolled around, >most< of the land that could be farmed, >was being farmed<. What does that tell you?

3) The Imperial City was a walled off city filled with apartment and offices as well as places for parties and banquets, this was for the wealthy people to enjoy, so it was made off-limits for commoners, so it got a nickname, The Forbidden City.

4) To us nowadays, Foot-binding was kind of a nasty feature of Chinese society in that era, though where it came from are not really clear, it was a means of restricting the mobility of women. Scholars believe that it started in the wealthiest classes of society, as a status symbol, and eventually spread and was adopted into the rest of the classes at a later time, though not all of the clans thought it was a good thing to do. The process was started in childhood, and it was very painful, the women who had their feet bound couldn't really walk, so they were carried. Women that worked in fields or that had jobs that required a lot of walking or keeping on their feet, did not have their feet bound.

I hope that this helps those who are seeking knowledge.